Boy suffers limb-threatening leg injury in Penrith


The Great North Air Ambulance Service was called to a boy who had suffered a limb-threatening leg injury during a football match in Penrith at around 3pm today (Sat 14.) The 12-year-old army cadet was assessed by North West Ambulance Service, who recognised that he had a limb-threatening injury which required swift intervention from a doctor. The GNAAS doctor-led trauma team from the aircraft then assessed and treated the boy and following successful treatment, he was taken to Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle by ambulance..

The Great North Air Ambulance Service was called to a boy who had suffered a limb-threatening leg injury during a football match in Penrith at around 3pm today (Sat 14.)

The 12-year-old army cadet was assessed by North West Ambulance Service, who recognised that he had a limb-threatening injury which required swift intervention from a doctor.

The GNAAS doctor-led trauma team from the aircraft then assessed and treated the boy and following successful treatment, he was taken to Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle by ambulance.

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