Incidents throughout the region kept the team busy this weekend.
Our teams in both Cumbrian and North-East bases had a relatively busy time as much of the region had some dry weather over the weekend.
Some of the places we were called out to:
*Darlington
*Black Sail Pass, Ennerdale
*Seaton, County Durham
*Hartsop, Penrith
*Sedgefield, County Durham
*South Shields
*Beattock, Dumfries and Galloway
Saturday 6 April – Darlington
On Saturday we were activated at 4.10pm to the A66, Darlington.
Our paramedic and doctor team assessed and treated a patient and they were flown to hospital.
Incident timeline:
16:10 Mobile to incident from Durham Tees Valley Airport
16:16 On scene
16:52 Take off from scene, transporting patient by air
16:59 Arrive at hospital
17:19 Returning to base
17:32 Arrived back at base
Sunday 7 April – Hartsop
On Sunday, we were activated at 1.01pm to Hartsop, Penrith. Our critical care team assessed and treated a patient before flying them to hospital.
Incident timeline:
13:01 Mobile to incident from Langwathby
13:09 On scene
13:32 Take off from scene, transporting patient by air
13:46 Arrive at hospital
14:30 Returning to base
14:42 Arrived back at base
Sunday 7 April – Black Sail Pass
Later we were activated at 5.24pm to Black Sail Pass, Ennerdale. We worked alongside the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team to assess and treat a patient before airlifting them to hospital.
Incident timeline:
17:24 Mobile to incident from Langwathby
17:43 On scene
18:18 Take off from scene, transporting patient by air
18:27 Arrive at hospital
18:50 Returning to base
19:12 Arrived back at base
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