High Peak Trail, Hurdlow
Call out for year: 37
Date: 4/05/10
Time: 7:58 pm
Grid ref: SK 1304 6479
Type of incident: Walker, Injured, (1)
Number of team members involved: 12 on route but stood down before arrival.
Time taken: 30 minutes
Total man hours: 6 hours
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service with a 64 year old female on the High Peak Trail, near Hurdlow.
The High Peak Trail follows a dis-used railway line. When a key-holder for the gate which keeps out trafffic was located it gave the ambulance direct access to the casualty site. This saved a kilometre carry-out and the rescue team was stood down before most had arrived.
The casualty, from Buxton, had stumbled and sustained a hip injury in the fall. She was taken by ambulance to a Macclesfield hospital.
