The Roaches, Staffordshire
- Call out for year: 41
- Date: 5/07/14
- Time: 6:27 pm
- Grid ref: SK 005 623
- Type of incident: Climber Injured(1)
- Team members involved: 14
- Time taken: 1.5 hours
- Total man hours: 21
Incident report
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called by West Midlands Ambulance Service to assist with the evacuation of an injured rock climber.
The 33 year old man from Camberley, Suffolk, had fallen about eight metres from the Jeffcoat’s Chimney area of the Roaches. He sustained facial lacerations and injuries to a shoulder and elbow.
On site treatment was by East Midlands Ambulance doctors and paramedics before the casualty was loaded on to a rescue stretcher and carried by team members down to the road where a land ambulance was waiting for onward transport to a Staffordshire hospital.
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Many thanks from our whole family to all who helped to rescue our son, Matthew O’Sullivan, last Saturday evening, at Jeffcoats Chimney. He was discharged from the hospital on Stoke on Sunday morning, and travelled home by car, driven by his climbing partner.
He is home, and recuperating, though it could take some time to fully heal. He has 2 broken ribs, and 2 cracked vertebrae, as well as deep muscle and tissue damage in his left leg, and walking is extremely difficult right now, even with crutches. The facial lacerations and his left elbow have been extensively stitched. We all feel grateful for the prompt rescue, and that he has survived what could have been so much worse.
Good to have this update. Many thanks for taking the trouble of letting us know at what must have been a stressful time for you all.
All the best to all of you, and heal quickly!