Ankle Injury Gowbarrow Fell
A team vehicle above Ullswater. A general photograph — not taken at this callout.
Home / Incidents / Callout 2021_011 · 22 May 2021
Callout 2021_011
Injured walker
At 12.26hrs on Saturday 22nd May 2021 the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by Cumbria Constabulary to a female in her mid fifties who had slipped on wet ground whilst walking on Gowbarrow Fell near Dockray. The team responded to the incident in 3 Land Rovers and the casualty was assessed by the team doctor and treated at the scene for a possible fracture to her right ankle.
She was put in a leg splint and evacuated off the fell by stretcher to a team vehicle where she was conveyed to the main road and was then taken to hospital for treatment . The rescue took 2.5 hours a total of 14 members attended the incident.
The callout in numbers
14
Team members
2½
Hours on the hill
11
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