Man sustains ankle injury during fell face
A team vehicle above Ullswater. A general photograph — not taken at this callout.
Home / Incidents / Callout 2022_072 · 2 October 2022
Callout 2022_072
Injured walker
On Sunday 2nd October Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was tasked at 10.45hrs by Cumbria Police to a man who had fallen whilst taking part in a fell race as he was descending from the Rest Dodd area down to the Pump House in the Hartsop Valley.
Team members, alongside medical students who were at Patterdale base on a course, attended the incident in two Landrovers. The casualty was assessed and given pain relief for a suspected fractured ankle. He was then placed in a leg splint and conveyed down to his colleague’s vehicle from where he was taken for further treatment at hospital.
This rescue involved 6 team members plus 5 medical students lasting just under two hours.
The callout in numbers
6
Team members
2
Hours on the hill
72
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Cumbria Police.
With thanks to Cumbria Police.
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