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Broken Femur on Tal y Llyn Pass

9/11/2017

At around 4:45 p.m., call-handlers from the Team were requested to assist the Welsh Ambulance Service Trust in reaching a man with a suspected broken leg on Cader Idris.

The 67 year old man was part of a group of plane spotters making use of the popular "Mach-Loop" vantage points above the Tal y Llyn pass. In muddy conditions he had slipped and fallen a short distance, sustaining a suspected broken femur. Team volunteers assisted the WAST crew with treatment and preparation for extraction from the hill side, and given the potentially serious nature of the injury, the Coast Guard helicopter, Rescue936, was deployed to transfer the man to Ysbyty Gwynedd for further hospital based treatment.

Dislocated Shoulder above Cregennen Lakes

7/11/2017

At around 5:20 p.m. Team call-handlers were made aware of an injured walker on the hills above Cregennen Lakes near Dolgellau.

The 46 year old man, part of an Outdoor Education Centre group, had dislocated his shoulder in a trip on the steep ground of Pared y Cefn hir. Team volunteers were quickly on scene to help with management of the casualty, and given the man's pain levels, along with the difficulty of the terrain and rapidly failing light, it was decided to request assistance from the Coastguard Helicopter R936.

At around 7:30 p.m. the man was winched aboard R936 and flown to Ysbyty Gwynedd at Bangor for further assessment and treatment. The remaining centre group members, all uninjured, were assisted down off the hill by Team volunteers and centre staff.