CALLOUT 18 – Call to assist casualty on Pendle Hill

On Saturday morning (8/6/24) at about 12:55 the team were called directly by our friends at Pendle Hillside Farm of reports there’d been an 85 y/o gentleman how’d fallen and injured his head near the steps leading up the face of Pendle Hill.

A few members responded direct to Pendle whilst Mobile 2 was mobilised.

During responding, we’d been informed the gentleman had been assisted down to the farm to wait for NWAS (which so happened to have a team member on board that was the crew paramedic).

At that time the remaining members en route were stood down.

This callout was a little challenging as we thank the public so much for the support they give us and sometimes it can seem so simple to get an injured party a few hundred meters to easier access but what can seem a simple accident can often present hidden complications that our Remote Rescue Medical Technicians are specifically trained to manage and react to if situations change.

Whilst we reinforce our thanks again, we’d like to also reinforce if you see or find a casualty whilst out and about and call for help, it’s the best plan of action to keep the casualty warm and dry as possible and reassured but DO NOT attempt to move them and please wait for our arrival. The elderly in this instance can have hidden injuries from what might be on the face of it a simple trip or fall and can also have mobilisation considerations needing specialist attention.
In this occasion all worked out but it could easily have not.

Thanks again to our friends at Pendle Hillside Farm for the speedy direct call and for the publics support as usual.

The team wishes the gentleman a speedy recovery.