Peter Dale, Wardlow Mires

  • Call out for year: 16
  • Date: 2/04/16
  • Time: 1:20 pm
  • Grid ref: SK 172 752
  • Type of incident: Walker Injured(1)
  • Team members involved: 15
  • Time taken: 1.5 hours
  • Total man hours: 22.5

Incident report

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to attend a 70 year old female who had slipped on wet limestone sustaining  a fracture dislocation of the ankle.  After treatment and pain relief on site by EMAS paramedics, the lady was carried by rescue team members on a stretcher to the waiting ambulance at Wardlow Mires.

The lady, part of a rambling group from Doncaster, was taken to Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, for further treatment.

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