Man with injury to hip, Ullswater lakeshore path
A team vehicle above Ullswater. A general photograph — not taken at this callout.
Home / Incidents / Callout 2021_053 · 26 September 2021
Callout 2021_053
Water rescue
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called by Cumbria Police on Sunday (26th November) to assist an elderly gentleman who had slipped, fallen and damaged his hip while walking along the lakeshore path. The team deployed the inflatable rescue boat to access the remote location.
On arrival the gentleman’s injuries were assessed by the team doctor. As a precautionary measure the gentleman was packaged in a vacu-mattress and casualty bag before being transferred by stretcher onto the rescue boat and taken back across the lake to the waiting ambulance. The incident lasted 2.5hrs and was attended by members who had just returned from a 4 day swift water rescue course in Teeside.
The callout in numbers
2½
Hours on the hill
53
Callout of the year
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Cumbria Police.
With thanks to Cumbria Police.
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