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Man airlifted after sustaining head injuries in fall


The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) was called to Lancaster, at 11am today, to assist North West Ambulance Service with a male who had fallen approximately 10ft and sustained head injuries. The charity’s Pride of Cumbria aircraft, based in Langwathby near Penrith, was called to the location in Lancaster with a doctor on board.

The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) was called to Lancaster, at 11am today, to assist North West Ambulance Service with a male who had fallen approximately 10ft and sustained head injuries.

The charity’s Pride of Cumbria aircraft, based in Langwathby near Penrith, was called to the location in Lancaster with a doctor on board. The GNAAS trauma team assessed and anaesthetised the 32-year-old man on scene before he was flown to the Royal Preston Hospital in a flight that took ten minutes. He arrived in a stable condition.

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