Search Dog, Megan, with S.A.R.D.A. handler Dave Mason called to support Buxton MRT in a search for an 18 year old student on Kinder Scout.  See team call-out 60.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called following a report of a lady who had sustained an arm injury whilst walking in the Woolpacks on the Kinder’s Southern Edge path.

The lady, on a few days holiday from Watford, had been walking with her husband when a simple slip resulted in her injury.  Help was offered by several passing walkers including a family group of two adults and five young children who stayed with the casualty throughout the incident.  The lady’s pain was bearable and the group agreed to start …

A joint team call-out for Buxton and Edale teams following the report of a female casualty on the slopes of Mam Tor.

A 57 year old lady, visiting the area on holiday from Australia, slipped on steep wet ground and suffered a dislocated fracture of her ankle. Initial assessment and treatment was by the crew of the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air-ambulance.  The lady was then carefully lifted on to a rescue team stretcher for a short but steep carry to the summit of Mam Tor …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to support Edale MRT in a search for a 17 year old male from Halifax who had become benighted on Bleaklow after setting off from Holme, West Yorkshire.

Woodhead MRT and Glossop Mountain Rescue Teams were also called together with a number of S.A.R.D.A. dogs for what started as something of a needle in a haystack search of the moors on a wet and misty night.  However, an experienced M.R. Search Controller, using an understanding of missing person behaviour and a sound knowledge of …

The Buxton team members were placed on “stand-by” ready to assist Edale MRT following the report of a female having collapsed whilst walking on Stanage Edge.  However, her walking group managed to assist her down to the road and consequently mountain rescue was not required and stood down.  The lady was assessed by an Edale team doctor before being transported to hospital by East Midlands Ambulance Service.

No involvement for Buxton MRT.