The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) had a busy weekend, with incidents throughout the North-East and Cumbria:
On Saturday at 11.30am, the GNAAS Pride of Cumbria aircraft was called to Egremont, Cumbria, to treat a woman, believed to be in her 60s, who was suffering from chest pain. She was assessed and treated by the GNAAS aircrew before being flown to the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, in 16 minutes. She arrived in a stable condition.
At 1.30pm on Saturday, GNAAS was called to Skiddaw in the Lake District, where a mountain biker had fallen from his bike and suffered arm and leg injuries. The man, believed to be in his 50s, from Prestwick, was treated on scene by the GNAAS doctor-led aircrew with assistance from Keswick Mountain Rescue Team before being flown to the Cumberland Infirmary. The flight to hospital took just eight minutes. The same journey by road would have taken around 50 minutes. He arrived at hospital in a stable condition.
Later on Saturday, at around 6pm, we were called to Scafell Pike, Cumbria, where a man in his 20s was suffering from exhaustion. He was treated by our aircrew before being flown to the Cumberland Infirmary in 14 minutes and he arrived in a stable condition.
Yesterday, at 12.35pm, the team was called to Rydal Fell, Lake District, where a 32-year-old male was suffering from abdominal pain and vomiting. He was treated by the aircrew before being flown to the Cumberland Infirmary in 15 minutes and he arrived in a stable condition.
Later yesterday, at 3.30pm, GNAAS’ Guardian of the North aircraft was called into action in Killhope, Weardale, where a male motorcyclist had been involved in a road traffic collision. The 24-year-old man from Barnard Castle was treated by the GNAAS doctor-led aircrew for shoulder injuries before he was flown to the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) in Newcastle. The flight to hospital took just 15 minutes. The same journey by road would have taken around one hour and ten minutes. He arrived at hospital in a stable condition.
At 6pm yesterday, GNAAS was called to East Rainton, County Durham, where a female motorcyclist had been involved in a serious collision. The 41-year-old woman had sustained life-threatening head, arm and pelvic injuries in the accident. The GNAAS doctor-led aircrew treated the patient before she was flown to the major trauma centre, the RVI. The flight took ten minutes. She arrived at hospital in a critical condition.
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