Not exactly a call-out in the true sense as this casualty came to us.

Team members were fundraising in Castleton when they were approached by a lady who had had an earlier accident whilst walking at Hollin’s Cross.  Initial first aid had been carried out by passing mountain bikers but the lady still had considerable pain in her upper and lower arm.  The injury was re-examined and further pain relief offered before appropriate splinting was applied.

Not being a life threatening injury an ambulance was not appropriate and so the casualty was taken to hospital by a family member.

Edale and Buxton Teams called following a report of an female walker with an injured knee near to Halfway Rocks in Grindsbrook.

The lady had been out walking from Edale and had aggravated an old knee injury making it difficult for her to continue.   At first she was assisted by two Edale team members who attempted to help her with the aid of a walking pole.  However, as she became further distressed and as other rescue members and equipment arrived,  she was placed on a rescue stretcher and carried back down to Edale where her friends …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team experienced that “groundhog” feeling when it was tasked to The Roaches for the second time in twelve hours.

West Midlands Ambulance Service requested assistance following a call from three young men who had been “bouldering” on The Roaches earlier in the evening.  As the sun set the three men from Leek found themselves on the crag in total darkness and with no torches.  Whilst making their way back off towards the road one of the men fell sustaining a suspected fracture ankle.

At the time of first reporting the men were unable to give the precise location of where they were on the crag so …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to the lower tier of The Roaches following a request for assistance from West Midlands Ambulance Service.

A twenty two year old female from Nantwich, Cheshire, had been second up a classic HVD route “Yong” when she fell approximately three metres striking the ground.   The ambulance crew were first on scene and treated the lady for potential pelvic, neck and ankle injuries.  On arrival of the rescue team the casualty was placed on to a stretcher and carried down to the road where the ambulance was waiting to transfer her to a Staffordshire hospital.

Buxton and Edale rescue teams called to rendezvous at Odin Mine near Castleton following the report of an injured walker somewhere under the Mam Tor ridge.

A female from Doncaster out walking with a group on a fundraising event had slipped injuring her ankle.  Edale team was still packing up from a previous call-out and so had hill members immediately available who located the casualty above Woodseats Farm.  She was treated for a fracture to her ankle and carried back to the farm on a stretcher for transport to hospital by a land ambulance.  Buxton MRT’s primary role was to provide …