On Thursday, 21 May, and Monday, 25 May, Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team were called to the Neuadd Valley area along with Brecon Mountain Rescue Team.

The first callout was for a walker having an asthma attack near Pen Y Fan, and on the 25th a walker suffered a heatstroke during the heatwave period on the mountain above Neuadd Vally and Torpantau.

On both callouts, the casualties were treated for their conditions by team Doctors, Paramedics and Remote Rescue Medics before being carefully transported off each of the mountains.

Also over the Late May Bank Holiday, the team were called out twice to the waterfalls area of Bannau Brycheiniog for suspected fractures of lower legs/ankles. Both were treated with pain relief and splintage before being carried to their onward journeys to hospital.

The team experienced five callouts in one day on Thursday, 28 May. It started with another visit to the Neuadd Valley and another piece of joint work with Brecon Mountain Rescue Team, to assist a walker with an ankle injury below the summit of Cribyn mountain.

The casualty received treatment by Paramedic and Remote Rescue Medics for a suspected broken ankle. It was then a stretcher carry off the mountain for onward transport to hospital.

Number two of the day was a request to assist Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust Paramedics at Bike Park Wales with a stretcher carry to the ambulance of a bike rider with spinal and pelvic injury.

The team received a request from South Wales Police to assist with an extraction from a ravine of a person found deceased at Clydach Vale, Rhondda and at the same time they received another request from Dyfed-Powys Police for a walker with a seriously large wound to their knee and unable to walk at the waterfalls area.

Soon after one of the team’s 4x4’s had arrived at Clydach Vale it was agreed that Police Officers were able to deal with the situation and the Mountain Rescue Team were stood down.

A spokesperson for Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team said: “We extend our condolences to the person’s family and friends.”

At the waterfalls, one of the team’s Doctors and Remote Rescue Medic dressed the walkers’ knee wound and very carefully the casualty was able to slowly walk with support.

While helping the casualty into their car in Cwm Porth car park, the team were approached by a walker emerging from the trail with a hand injury after falling during their walk. Central Beacons rescue Team Doctor was soon on it and after giving a full assessment with pain relief, the walker was advised to hospital for a x-ray.