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  • INCIDENT 39/2022 JUN 11th  SAT. 16.54 Just on to SUMMIT PLATEAU, INGLEBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

    All Rescues / Mountain Rescue / Walking Rescues

    A Three Peaks walker (m, 60) was reported to have collapsed (believed to be in cardiac arrest), just on to the summit of Ingleborough, having climbed up from Chapel le dale. Members of his own group administered CPR until paramedics arrived by North West Air Ambulance. CRO members were ascending

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  • INCIDENT 37/2022 JUN 9th  THU. 20.08 WHERNSIDE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

    All Rescues / Mountain Rescue / Walking Rescues

    A Three Peaks walker (f, 20) suffered crippling abdominal pain, causing her to faint momentarily on the summit of Whernside – her final peak of the three. The team responded, also requesting an air ambulance, but the YAS clinical hub decided that the casualty had rallied sufficiently to be classed

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  • INCIDENT 36/2022 MAY 28th  SAT. 08.40 Nr GAPING GILL HOLE, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

    All Rescues / Mountain Rescue

    A caver (f) attending the Spring winch meet at Gaping Gill was believed to be suffering from appendicitis and CRO was called. Members were despatched by Land Rover and Honda Pioneer, at the same time as the availability of an air ambulance was queried. No helicopter was available immediately and

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  • INCIDENT 66/2021 – AUGUST 22nd SUN. 13.45 – Top of CATRIGG FORCE, STAINFORTH, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

    All Rescues / Mountain Rescue / Walking Rescues

    A walker (m, 80) collapsed near the top of Catrigg Force waterfall. After a thorough assessment by a CRO casualty care trainer he was helped into an insulated casualty bag on a stretcher and carried to a team vehicle. This took him to Settle Ambulance Station where he and several

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  • INCIDENT 53/2021 – JULY 25th SUN. 14.59 – ‘GORBECK ROAD’, LANGCLIFFE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

    All Rescues / Mountain Rescue / Walking Rescues

    A walker (f, 26) was reported to have ‘fallen and passed out’ on the ‘Settle Loop’ of the Pennine Bridleway, above Langcliffe. Two team members and the YAS ambulance crew were able to reach the casualty in CRO 4, the team’s Honda Pioneer. After an initial assessment by the paramedic

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  • INCIDENT 52/2021 – JULY 23rd FRI. 14.51 – SWINE TAIL, INGLEBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

    All Rescues / Mountain Rescue / Walking Rescues

    A walker keyed 999, telling North Yorkshire Police that two other walkers were calling for help, that he was on the Swine Tail and that he was heading towards the pair to investigate. The Duty Controller was unable to call the reporting party back*, so there was no further information.

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  • INCIDENT 45/2021 – JULY 10th SAT. 13.27 – INGLETON WATERFALLS TRAIL, NEAR ‘TOM’S CABIN’, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

    All Rescues / Mountain Rescue / Walking Rescues

    A visitor (m, 43) was reported to be fitting, on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail between Pecca Falls and Thornton Force. As team members neared the site, confirmation was received that he was at the ‘Tom’s Cabin’ refreshment hut. Members found that he was no longer fitting and was fully conscious,

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  • INCIDENT 91/2019 – Oct. 31st. Thu. 14.38hrs – Ingleton Waterfalls Trail – Mountain Incident

    Mountain Rescue / Walking Rescues

    A visitor (m, ca.35?) was reported to have such abdominal pain, ’20 minutes into the walk’, that he was unable to continue. When the first team member arrived at the casualty site, YAS personnel were just beginning to walk the patient back to the car park. CRO stood down. Volunteer hours 

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  • INCIDENT 77/2019 – Aug 31st. Sat. 09.30hrs – Near summit of Pen y ghent, North Yorkshire – Mountain Rescue

    All Rescues / Mountain Rescue / Walking Rescues

    A walker (m, 31) was reported to be having a fit, then breathing but unconscious, just above the upper tier of rocks on the ascent of Pen y ghent. When he regained consciousness, his companions and a passing doctor moved him to the shelter of the ridge wall as the

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  • INCIDENT 40/2019 – May 29th. Wed. 15.09hrs – Near Gaping Gill Hole, Ingleborough, Clapham, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident

    All Rescues / Mountain Rescue

    The caving club operating the winch into Gaping Gill called North Yorkshire Police to ask for assistance with a member (m, 46) experiencing an irregular and very rapid heartbeat, on the surface, near GG. A helicopter was requested, but as the North West Air Ambulance approached, the cloud and drizzle

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