Photographs on Call Outs Page

4th October 18.45hrs

The Team was called to assist a collapsed male on Scout Scar. In very heavy rain, he was treated and then stretchered off to a waiting County Ambulance.

Just as this incident ended at 20.30 hrs, the Team was put on standby to assist the Cave Rescue Org. who were dealing with multiple incidents due to the adverse weather conditions. In the end, the Team's assistance was not required.

30th September 20.30 hrs

The Team was paged by the Police and asked to assist in a search for an elderly lady who was missing from a Nursing Home in Grange. The Team joined the Police, HM Coastguard and Bay Search & Rescue in a local search in very wet conditions. Unfortunately, she was not found and the search was suspended at about 1 am on 1 October. The Team re-assembled at 06.15 hrs on 1 October and fortunately the lady was found quickly at about 07.30 hrs. She was hypothermic and was taken to hospital in a County Ambulance. Thanks to Kirkby Stephen and Duddon & Furness MRTs for joining the search briefly on the morning of 1 October.

28th September 16.45hrs

The Team was called to help a young woman with an ankle injury about 500 metres from the summit of Yoke. The team's 2 Land Rover vehicles drove to the top of the Garburn Pass and the troops went off to locate the casualty. Her ankle was splinted and she was stretchered back to the waiting Land Rovers. She was then transported back down to Kentmere and on to Staveley where she was transferred to a County Ambulance.

 

25th September 07.45hrs

The Team was asked to assist Kirkby Stephen MRT on the third day of a search for a missing person in the South Stainmore area. As the Team was assembling, we were stood down with the good news that the missing person had been found near Brough and taken to hospital.

13th September 23.30hrs

Just after the Team had returned from parading around with the the Kendal Torchlight Procession we were called by the police to treat and evacuate an injured male walker at Whitestone Plantation, Ayside (near High Newton). A Police Officer was already with the casualty but he was some distance from the road in dense woodland on very steep ground. The walker was found to have a knee injury, he was wet and suffering the first signs of hypothermia. Pain relief was administered and he was stretchered to a waiting ambulance. The evacuation was very lengthy and difficult and the stretcher had to be back-roped most of the way. But at least it wasn't raining!