Mam Tor, Castleton
Call out for year: 36
Date: 3/05/10
Time: 4:50 pm
Grid ref: SK 127 835
Type of incident: Walker, Injured, (1)
Number of team members involved: 16
Time taken: 1 hour
Total man hours: 16
Twenty eight members of the Buxton and Edale teams operating as a snatch squad were quickly able to respond from fundraising duties to a call out to assist a 40 year old female on Mam Tor.
The casualty, on holiday from Northhampton, had slipped whilst walking to the summit. She sustained a suspected fracture of the ankle. Treated on site by team first aiders she was then carried by stretcher to the Nottingham – Leicestershire air-ambulance for transport to an A & E hospital.
