Eighteen members of Buxton Mountain Rescue Team responded quickly when called to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service attending a female casualty on a footpath near to Ricklow Dale.

The lady had been crossing a wall when she fell backwards about 1 metre sustaining a possible serious back injury.

Casualty treatment was by an E.M.A.S. paramedic assisted by team members.  The 56 year old lady from Nottingham was placed in a special body splint before being carried by stretcher to the road were the ambulance was waiting.  She was then …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team placed on stand-by to assist Kinder Mountain Rescue Team with a search for a missing vulnerable person.   Team vehicle drivers attended the bases but there was no other action by Buxton team which was stood down at 11.15 hrs.   See Kinder M.R.T. web-site for incident 18/10/2014.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service following a report of a lady having slipped and injured her leg in Shooters Clough above the Goyt Valley.

Shooters Clough is a remote area but on arrival in the Goyt the team was relieved to learn that the casualty was actually near to Errwood Hall, much closer the road than first thought!  An ambulance paramedic was first on scene to commence first aid whilst team members made their way up hill with a stretcher other medical kit.

The lady …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called following a report of a lady having suffered a medical collapse whilst walking from Rushop Edge down Whitemoor Clough. The incident site was only about half a kilometre from a track but involved a relatively steep ascent.

The 64 year old lady, part of a rambling club from Newmarket, was helped in the first instance by medical people who were part of the walking group.   On arrival of the team the casualty was assessed by a team paramedic before being placed on a rescue stretcher …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called by West Midlands Ambulance Service following the report of an injured climber stranded on the rock-face.  Team members were on their way within moments of the call but it was West Midlands Air-ambulance which was on scene first.  It was then revealed that the 25 year old climber from Cheshire was actually on the ground but had sustained a significant head injury.

The man had been leading Elegy on the lower tier when he fell from near the top of the 16 metre E2 …