Male fitting – Aira Force
Aira Force. Photograph: Patterdale MRT.
Home / Incidents / Callout 2021_036 · 6 August 2021
Callout 2021_036
Medical emergency
On Friday 06/08/21 at around 13:30hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out by the Northwest Ambulance Service to assist with a male who had been fitting. The man had been walking up Aira Force with his partner when he suffered a suspected epileptic fit.
A NWAS fast response paramedic and a Patterdale Team member arrived first on the scene and commenced first aid. Once the casualty was stabilised he was transferred to a stretcher and evacuated to a team Land Rover. The casualty was then driven to the main road where a NWAS ambulance took him to hospital. The rescue lasted for 2 hours and involved 13 team members
The callout in numbers
13
Team members
2
Hours on the hill
36
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