Incident report

For the third time in three days Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called to rendezvous at Miller’s Dale Station.  This time the team was backed up by members of Edale M.R.T. as part of the daytime joint team snatch squad system.

East Midlands Ambulance Service called for assistance when a report was received of a female walker having sustained an ankle injury whilst walking by the river side in Chee Dale.   Nearest access to the casualty was from the Monsal trail and rescue team members were quickly deployed from one of the bridges crossing the river.  Team members carried out initial medical treatment before the lady, from Doncaster, was placed on a stretcher for the carry along the riverside and back up to the bridge.  There an East Midlands ambulance was waiting to transfer her to hospital for treatment to her suspected fracture.