Whilst Team members were busy at Aira Force on Easter Sunday, raising awareness of what the team do and selling tickets for our Infamous, Easter Monday Duck Race, a member of the public had ran from above the waterfalls to alert us of a woman who had fallen injuring her lower Leg.
Two Patterdale team members and a passing member of the Penrith Mountain Recue Team who , took kit from the vehicle and were quickly on scene.
The rest of the team were called out and began making their way to the scene.
The woman was assessed and treated by one of our teams Remote Rescue Medical Technicians, her leg was splinted and she was then taken by stretcher to a team Land Rover and re assessed by a team doctor and transported to her partners vehicle, who chose to drive her to the hospital.
The team are very grateful to the National Trust for allowing us to fundraise at Aira Force and help us raise awareness of the work we do.
This rescue took 2 hours and 13 Team members were involved.

At 4:25pm on Friday 11th April, North West Ambulance service tasked PMRT to an incident at Aira Force where a young lady had fallen and sustained a minor head wound.
Upon arriving at the scene a Team doctor treated the young woman and accompanied by several Team members, they were able to escort the casualty back to her vehicle where one of her friends drove her to Penrith minor injuries unit for further care.
This incident involved 12 Team members and lasted for just 1 hour

On 5/4/2025 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were contacted by Cumbria Police at 14.17 with a report of a female with a possible broken ankle at Hayeswater dam.The walker slipped whilst crossing the stream sustaining a painful injury to her lower leg. The team were called out and managed to drive to scene using the old reservoir track. The casualty was treated on scene initially by the team medics before being transported back to base, for onward treatment with North West Ambulance service.
The callout lasted 3 hours with 15 team members

On Thursday 3rd April at 11:45hrs the Team were tasked by Cumbria police to a male who had fallen whilst descending Great Mell Fell and had injured his leg.  The Team Landrover accessed to the scene through Mell Fell Wood and after a short walk were with the casualty, he was assessed and due to the injury his lower leg was placed in a splint, he was sledged off the hill by stretcher to the Landrover. The male was then transported a short distance to his vehicle and he was taken to hospital for further treatment by his partner.  Seven Team Members attended the incident which took just over two hours to complete.  The Team would like to thank Rookin House Equestrian Centre for allowing us to access through their wood to reach the casualty quickly ,we also wish the casualty a swift recovery.