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injured walker Lake District
Aira Force
A casualty with a broken ankle was rescued from Aira Force on 6 September after being attended by twelve members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team. Team medical technicians provided pain relief and stretcher evacuation to meet a waiting road ambulance, which transported the casualty to hospital. The operation took approximately two hours in misty and drizzly conditions.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to hospital
Responding team
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