Incident report

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to Combs Moss following the report of a man suffering chest pain.  The report also triggered a response from an E.M.A.S. Paramedic First Responder and an E.M.A.S. Paramedic Response car and the North West Air-ambulance.

A 69 year old man had been walking with friends on a round of the moor when he stumbled and tumbled about three metres into a gully.   Team members climbed steeply from Pye Greave Farm up to the casualty site arriving at the same time as the air-ambulance.  The gentleman, from from Sheffield, had suffered suspected fractured ribs and following immediate treatment was carried to the air-ambulance for transport to a Manchester hospital.

Photo credit:  BMRT  –  Team members preparing to move the casualty to the aircraft with a scoop stretcher.