Ankle Injury at Aira Force
A team vehicle above Ullswater. A general photograph — not taken at this callout.
Home / Incidents / Callout 2024_031 · 25 May 2024
Callout 2024_031
Injured walker
NWAS requested the Team’s help in attending a female who had slipped. She was in a lot of pain and had a suspected ankle fracture. The injury was treated and stabilised with a lower leg splint. The casualty was then transferred by stretcher to a Team Land Rover, thence to the road where she was handed over to a land ambulance for onward travel to hospital.
The callout in numbers
10
Team members
2½
Hours on the hill
31
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