The Team’s 2022 incident attendance register records this callout as “Poss search/broken ankle. Dove crag”. No further public press-release wording survives in the archive.

The Team’s 2022 incident attendance register records this callout as “Ankle injury Gowbarrow Fell”. No further public press-release wording survives in the archive.

On Thursday 21 April, volunteers from Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by the North West Ambulance Service to reports of a girl who had fallen off rocks and into Aira Beck, near to Parkgate Farm. When the team arrived at the scene the girl, who had been out walking with friends, was being treated for her injuries by paramedics from the North West Ambulance Service.

Team members assisted with the stretcher extraction from the scene of her fall to the waiting ambulance, from where she was transferred to the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, for further treatment. Thankfully the injuries were of a minor nature and the team wishes her well.

On Easter Monday 18/04/2022 around 1400hrs the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out by Cumbria Police with regard to a runner who had injured her ankle on Arthurs Pike. The casualty had been running with her partner when she went over on her ankle.

They tried to get off the fell by themselves initially, however when the pain was too much they requested assistance by calling Cumbria Police. 15 team members and two team landrovers responded. The casualty location was accessible by Land Rover and the first team members were on scene quickly. The casualty was treated on scene by the team doctor and her ankle injury was stabilised.

She was then transported in the Land Rover off the fell for onward travel to hospital. The rescue lasted 2 hrs.

On Saturday 19/03/22 at around 1600hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called to a walker who had slipped and injured her ankle. With the use of phonefind technology the casualty was quickly located on a footpath below Gowbarrow fell. On arrival at the scene the team doctor stabilised the ankle injury and the casualty was then transferred via stretcher to the team’s Landrover.

The casualty was then handed over to a waiting land ambulance for onward travel to hospital. The rescue lasted 3 hrs and involved 19 team members.

The Team’s 2022 incident attendance register records this callout as “Walker fallen Helvellyn”. No further public press-release wording survives in the archive.

At about 14:00 on 16/02/2022 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was requested by the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) to assist a 74 year old woman from Essex who has slipped whilst walking with her family near Aira Force. Two team vehicles were mobilised to rendezvous with team members at Park Brow car park.

They then proceeded on foot to the incident location which was close to the top of the falls. A team doctor and paramedic assessed the woman who had suffered a significant injury to her left knee. She was packaged into a stretcher and carried back to the car park before being transferred to an NWAS ambulance for transport to Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle.

The incident lasted 1.5 hours and involved 17 team members.

On Saturday 29th January Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called to a report of a woman who had been walking near Howtown at Scalehow wood when she had received an ankle injury by a falling tree and was unable to continue on her walk. As the team were still up in the Cairngorms on winter training the job was passed to RAF Leeming Mountain Rescue Team who were covering our area for the duration we were out of the area.

They attended the scene and carried out an assessment before evacuating the casualty by stretcher off the hill. She was then conveyed to hospital by her colleagues in their own car for further treatment. Patterdale team would like to express their thanks to RAF Leeming for their assistance on this rescue and for their cover throughout the four days whilst we were away in Scotland.

At 16.30 hrs on New Year’s Day Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was requested by North West Ambulance to assist a woman who had been walking with her family and slipped on a wet grassy path, fallen and heard a crack from her ankle. The family had been descending Low Dodd down to Sandwick at the time of the accident.

The team was mobilised and once on scene the casualty was assessed and her leg placed in a splint to make her comfortable. She was given pain relief and placed onto the stretcher. The casualty was then carried down to the team Landrover and conveyed to the main road where she was transferred to an ambulance and on to Hospital for treatment.

The rest of the family were taken back to their holiday cottage so they could then follow on to the hospital. 16 Team members attended the rescue which lasted 4 hours in total.

The Team’s 2021 incident attendance register records this callout as “Fractured wrist above Greenside”. It was recorded as a limited callout. No further public press-release wording survives in the archive.