Serious Injuries

Date

22/07/2025

Time

15:55

Location

WHW near Ivow

Details

Loch Lomond Rescue Boat were paged by Police Scotland at 15:55 on 22/7/25 to reports of three persons on the West Highland Way who had fallen sustaining serious injuries and requiring immediate medical assistance. LLRB launched swiftly and proceeded to the location near Ivow Island on the east side of Loch Lomond. Once on scene, our crew immediately began casualty care, assessing, treating, and managing two patients whilst the third left scene and didn’t wish medical attention. Both casualties had fallen from height landing on rocks, and due to the difficult location of these casualties, we requested assistance from Arrochar Mountain Rescue Team for extrication. Two memebers of LLRB crew remained on scene with the casualties to continue treatment, whilst the boat returned to collect MRT colleagues.

With the assistance of Arrochar Mountain Rescue Team utilising rope techniques, we lowered and loaded the first patient onto the Rescue Boat and conveyed them to the waiting ambulance at Inveruglus. We then returned to collect the remaining casualty and crew before again returning to Inveruglus to meet the second Ambulance. Crew stood down at 20:30hrs and returned to base.

We wish both casualties a speedy recovery and would like to thank Arrochar Mountain Rescue team and Scottish ambulance colleagues for their assistance.