Air ambulance teams attended four incidents across Cumbria over the weekend.
The Great North Air Ambulance Service were called out to Kendal, Scafell Pike, Gosforth and Papcastle on Saturday March 8 and Sunday March 9.
Overall, teams in the North East and Cumbria attended a total of 14 incidents which saw them deal with four cardiac arrests, four assaults, three falls, two road traffic collisions and one medical incident.
The charity’s critical care team was called out on Saturday at 11.39am to reports of a medical incident in the Heron Hill area of Kendal.
A paramedic and doctor were also on board our aircraft and they arrived on scene at 11.53am.
The team worked alongside the North West Ambulance Service to assess and treat a patient and they were taken to hospital by a NWAS road crew.
On Saturday the critical care team was also activated at 3.05pm to reports of a fall at Scafell Pike.
A paramedic and doctor were on board the aircraft and they landed close to the scene at 3.24pm.
The team made their way to the patient’s location on foot and worked alongside the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team to assess and treat a patient who was then airlifted to hospital.
On Saturday the critical care team was then activated at 9.25pm to reports of a road traffic collision on the A595 near Gosforth.
A paramedic and doctor were in a rapid response vehicle and once on scene they worked alongside the North West Ambulance Service to assess and treat a patient.
The patient was then airlifted to hospital by a coastguard helicopter.
On Sunday the critical care team was activated at 3.48pm to reports of a medical incident in Papcastle, near Cockermouth.
A paramedic and doctor were on board the aircraft and they arrived on scene at 4.05pm.
The team worked alongside the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) to assess and treat a patient and they were taken to hospital by a NWAS road crew.
The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) is a charitably funded air ambulance service which provides life-saving care throughout the North East, North Yorkshire, Cumbria and the Isle of Man.
They do not receive Government funding and must therefore raise £9.3 million a year through public donations to remain operational. This means the cost per day for the charity is £25,200.
