Incident report

An early morning call for Buxton and Edale Snatch Squad. Team members were called to Upper Booth in the Edale valley to assist the East Midlands Ambulance Service with a 20 year old male hill walker from Middlesborough.

The man was out walking in wintry conditions. He slipped and fell whilst climbing a stile at Dalehead at the western end of the Edale Valley, suffering a back injury.  The ambulance service paramedic and team members treated him on site, and then carried him a short distance by stretcher to the waiting land ambulance.

The casuality was transferred to Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport for further treatment.