Overview

• On June 21, Wasdale MRT and a Coastguard helicopter retrieved an unconscious walker near Scafell Pike’s summit, with a Coastguard paramedic providing immediate treatment.
• Rescuers secured the walker in a vacuum mattress and stretchered him along a rocky path to the helicopter, which flew him to a waiting land ambulance in the valley.
• Cumbria Police alerted the team early in the morning and phone location data pinpointed the casualty’s position close to the summit plateau.
• On June 18, the team carried a walker with a knee injury down to Brackenclose for transfer to his own vehicle after Helimed58 was unable to land.
• Both callouts demonstrate close coordination between Wasdale MRT, Cumbria Police and the Coastguard to overcome challenging terrain and ensure timely medical evacuations.