Exhausted Walker on Birkhouse Moor
A team vehicle above Ullswater. A general photograph — not taken at this callout.
Home / Incidents / Callout 2024_075 · 24 August 2024
Callout 2024_075
Medical emergency
The Team was alerted to a report of a 70 year old male who was unable to continue. As some Team Members were at Base packing kit from a previous incident, they reached the casualty quickly. He was checked by a Team Doctor and no serious medical issues were identified.
The casualty was carried from the fell on a stretcher and reunited with his walking party who took him home.
The callout in numbers
12
Team members
3½
Hours on the hill
75
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