The injured woman was on the path between Miners Bridge and Crowberry Haws
A woman was stretchered from a Lake District fell after injuring herself.
Members of the Coniston Mountain Rescue Team went to the aid of the walker after she suffered ankle injuries while walking on the lower slopes of the Old Man of Coniston yesterday, Monday.
The team was alerted about 2.20pm and 12 members treated the woman who had fallen on the path between Crowberry Haws and the Miners Bridge.
After treatment at the scene, she was stretchered off the fell and then taken by ambulance to Furness General Hospital, in Barrow in Furness.
The Cave Rescue Organisation also had its first callout of 2012 yesterday, when a 22-year-old walker slipped and injured his arm above Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales.
Members of the Clapham-based rescue team were alerted to the incident above the 80m (262ft) limestone crag at 2.15pm and helped the man a short distance to a waiting air ambulance, which airlifted him from the scene.
While dealing with the first incident, a farmer brought a 10-year-old boy to one of the team’s vehicles on his quad bike. The boy had suffered a knee injury and was treated by a team doctor before being taken to hospital by ambulance.
Max
03 January 2012Whilst the arm injury was no doubt painful and awkward, am I alone in thinking that he could have successfully utilised his remaining limbs and returned to Malham?
If he still couldn't get to hospital ie couldn't safely drive, I believe the NHS offer a service to cover.
A modicum of self help should be the norm, before badgering hard working volunteers, surely..?
rhodesy
03 January 2012Max - wasn't going to say anything but seeing as you have, yes, you're dead right. You wouldn't even need to walk to Malham as the road is fairly close to the cove. I'd like to think in a similar situation I'd be against putting potentially a couple of dozen people to the inconvenience of offering soothing words and painkillers. The helicopter will have cost thousands....
Colin
04 January 2012I wasn't going to say anything either but seeing as you did...
The article says, "injured his arm", which is almost no information about the incident at all. But I watch enough TV to know that the air ambulance only airlift casualties who really need it. Otherwise they would have given him an Elastoplast and the MRT would have held his good hand back to the road.
The helicopter does cost thousands. Between them the two Yorkshire Air Ambulances cost £7,200 per day to run. So instead of griping follow this link and get your money out:
http://www.yorkshireairambulance.org.uk/donate/