The Team was called out by the North West Ambulance Service to a walker who had fallen badly on their ankle below Warnscale Bothy. A full call-out was initiated and the Team approached by both Honister and Warnscale due to some uncertainty in the casualty's location. The walker was promptly located, analgesia administered and their ankle splinted. They were then packaged into a stretcher and carried to Team vehicles at Dubs Hut. The casualty was then driven down the track to the mine car park to meet the waiting ambulance.

A walker fell forwads on the Buttermere lakeshore path, sustaining significant injuries to their face, and were unable to continue. The Team assessed the walker, treated the injuries and helped them back along the path to Gatesgarth, transporting them to their vehicle at Buttermere village.

A couple of walkers had become disorientated descending High Stile as darkness fell. The Team was able to pinpoint their location from base, and a limited call-out was initiated to assist the walkers off the hill. Six Team members made their way up High Stile, located the walkers and escorted them back to their vehicle in Buttermere.

A competitor in a trail race turned their ankle near Scale Beck, Buttermere. As most of the Team and vehicles were training in the Ennerdale Valley, eight CMRT made their way to Buttermere supported by five Keswick MRT. The casualty was quickly located, injury splinted then transported to a waiting NWAS ambulance. Meanwhile, the bulk of CMRT had cut training short to provide back up if required.

One in a party of walkers had suffered a severe head injury by Third Gill alongside Sail Beck.The full Team was promptly despatched and a Coastguard Helicopter requested to support extraction.The Team parked at Newlands Hause and made their way on foot to the casualty’s location, fortunately despite the poor conditions the party was quickly located. Following an initial examination, it became apparent the injury was much less significant than anticipated, however the weather posed a greater threat due to the cold, wind and rain. Meanwhile, HM Coastguard Rescue 199 had arrived at Buttermere but was unable to get to the scene due to the weather.The casualty’s group had split up to get help, and some were unaccounted for. CMRT dressed the walker’s wound; whilst this was being done, a quick search was coordinated to locate the rest of the party and escort them back to the shelter of Buttermere village. The casualty was then packaged into the stretcher and carried 3Km back to a waiting NWAS ambulance. The Team then returned to the scene of the incident to collect the considerable baggage left by the casualty and their party.

A family was reported overdue from a walk from Gatesgarth in the Haystacks area. None in the family responded to phone calls or efforts by the Team to locate them using PhoneFind. With the help of a family member, their car was located in Gatesgarth, with a parking ticket that indicated the time they had set off was significantly later than expected, meaning they would likely be returning later than anticipated. During enquiries, the Team was called out to an ankle injury, also on Haystacks, so were prepared to conduct a search for the missing family. This turned out to be unnecessary however, with the family arriving back at their vehicle shortly after, all in good spirits.

A walker fell badly on their ankle, with an audible ‘crack’, near Haystacks summit.The Team accessed the casualty via the track up Honister Slate mine. From Dubs Hut the Team approached on foot, locating the casualty just beyond Innominate Tarn. The casualty was in good health apart from the painful lower leg injury. Team members administered analgesia before splinting the ankle and packaging the casualty in a stretcher. Helimed 58 had been requested to assist with the evacuation, but was unable to find a suitable landing site due to the boggy conditions, so the Team carried the casualty back over the very rough track to the vehicles, before heading down the mine track to hand over to an NWAS ambulance for onward transport and treatment.

A young child was reported as experiencing a prolonged siezure on the Buttermere lakeshore path. As the Team mobilised, a Team member already in the vicinity established that the child had already been taken to the Bridge Hotel by nearby National Trust staff. The Team member treated the child as best they could and fortunately, both land and air ambulances had already been dispatched and were with the casualty within a few minutes.

The Team were asked to assist Wasdale with a long potential double stretcher carry for two benighted walkers who were very cold and unable to continue. As the Team arrived at Brackenclose to assist, Wasdale located the walkers and advised that CMRT were no longer needed. Read WMRT's full report here.

A walking group reported that one of their members had tripped on steep ground and broken their leg on the steep lower section of Gamlin End, High Crag. En route to the scene, the Team Leader requested Helimed H58 to attend, given the time to casualty with a potentially limb-threatening injury and long stretcher carry off. Due to very strong winds, Helimed were unable to reach the location and turned back. A more powerful Coastguard helicopter, newly based in Carlisle, was then requested instead. The Team continued to make the steep ascent to Gamlin End and found the casualty with severe fractures of the tibia and fibula. In difficult conditions, the Team administered analgesia, then straightened and splinted the lower leg. By this time, Coastguard Rescue 897 had reached the scene, but was unable to assist due to the severe weather and returned to their base, leaving the Team to make the long stretcher descent into Warnscale, to be met by an NWAS ambulance at Gatesgarth.