The Penrith Mountain Rescue team were called at 9:20am this morning (Tuesday 26th November) by the North West Ambulance Service to assist in the rescue a horse rider who had been thrown whilst riding in the Greystoke estate.
As injured riders location although not precisely know, was somewhere up on the fell the mountain rescue team were asked to attend and extract the casualty.
After piecing together information the rescue team had, and speaking with the estate farmer, the casualty location was established and team members deployed.
Due to concerns around the casualty’s back pain and mechanism of injury, pain relief was given to the injured rider who was then placed in a vacuum mattress on a stretcher to immobilise him before the team transported him by Land Rover to Greystoke castle were the casualty was handed over to an NWAS ambulance for transfer to hospital.
The rescue involved 10 volunteer team members of Penrith mountain rescue in the recovery that lasted three and a half hours on Tuesday morning.
Speaking after the mornings rescue a spokes person for Penrith Mountain Rescue said “Our thanks to those on the estate who assisted us on this callout.”
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