Team called by NWAS. A child had fallen from a tree swing and sustained a head injury. The location was Prickley Fell near Kendal Green. The team assisted in the stretcher transfer to helimed 08. Continue Reading
Yearly Archives: 2017
3rd April 2017 15:20 – Gummers How
Team contacted by NWAS, a walker on Gummers How had suffered from an allergic reaction and had fallen ill. Helimed 08 from Blackpool was also tasked. Two team members (plus search dog Fern) were quickly on scene, due to being near the area, and assisted the casualty into the helimed. Remaining team members had a… Continue Reading
2nd April 2017 11:20 – Hugill Fell
Team called by NWAS, a walker had fallen and sustained a head injury on a remote path at Hugill Fell near Staveley. The casualty was treated by the paramedics after which the team stretchered the casualty back to the land ambulance. Continue Reading
26th March 2017 13:18 – Whins Farm
Cumbria Police contacted Kirkby Stephen MRT after walkers had heard what they described as shouts for help close to Whins Farm in the Howgills. As this is located in Kendal’s patch, KSMRT contacted us & relayed the information they had received. Both teams responded & jointly conducted searches around the possible locations. With no signs… Continue Reading
19th March 2017 16:28 – Sedbergh
Team paged by NWAS concerning a water incident with persons trapped in a vehicle close to Sedbergh. Whilst team members were heading to base we received confirmation that the incident was being dealt with by the fire and rescue service. Team was stood down. Continue Reading
4th March 2017 12:55 – Staveley-in-Cartmel
The team was paged by NWAS, requesting our assistance. A mountain biker had taken a fall at Chapel House Woods, Staveley-in-Cartmel, and they could not access the casualty with the ambulance. As team members arrived on scene, helimed was requested, and the team were able to guide them to a suitable landing site, and stretcher… Continue Reading
25th February 2017 16:10 – Rydal
Team called by Langdale & Ambleside team to assist with an incident along one of the paths at Rydal Water. Casualty was transferred in a L&A vehicle to Low Fold (L&A Base) to await NWAS. Continue Reading
22nd February 2017 10:45 – White Moss
Team called by Langdale & Ambleside MRT to assist with a second incident that they were involved with. This one was close to White Moss car park. The casualty was successfully transferred to the awaiting ambulance just as we arrived. Continue Reading
14th February 2017 15:15 – Coniston
With two jobs on at once, our friends at Coniston MRT requested support from other lakes teams including Kendal. Seven team members soon assembled, and made their way to Coniston base to await deployment. As we arrived, we got the news that both casualties had been evacuated by helicopter. We used our team Land Rover… Continue Reading
2nd January 2017 14:35 – Scout Scar
Team called by NWAS, a walker on Scout Scar had taken a fall whilst out with family. With accurate information, including a good description of the injury, received from those with the casualty we were able to locate them very quickly. The casualty was treated on scene for a suspected broken tibia/fibula then placed on… Continue Reading
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