Two injured climbers airlifted to hospital from Croagh Patrick

IT was a busy weekend on Croagh Patrick for the members of Mayo Mountain Rescue and two injured climbers had to be airlifted off the mountain and transferred to Mayo University Hospital.

At 7.40 p.m. on Friday evening, the team assisted a female casualty at the front Reek. The casualty was suffering from exhaustion.

The first response team treated the casualty and she was stretchered off the hill.

On Saturday afternoon at 3.30, a female casualty sustained a head injury on the cone. A first response team went up and worked with Rescue 118 to treat her and ready the casualty for air evacuation to Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar.

Less than an hour later the team were alerted to a second casualty. The first response team made their way down from the cone to just below the shoulder to treat a female casualty who had sustained a head injury.

The team were met by Rescue 118 and first aid was administered. The casualty was assisted into the helicopter and evacuated to Mayo University Hospital.