A joint Edale and Buxton MRT’s Snatch Squad call-out to a male complaining of chest pains whilst walking with friends on Grindslow Knoll, on Kinder Scout. Team members responded quickly and a Helimed 54 was soon on scene.  Aircrew Paramedics suspected the casualty to be suffering from a heart attack and gave immediate treatment assisted by a cardiologist who happened to be running past the scene. The man was rapidly conveyed to the air-ambulance for immediate transfer to a specialist cardiac centre at a Manchester hospital.

Buxton and Edale Teams’ Joint Snatch Squad called to rendezvous in the Devils Arse car park in Castleton when a report of an injured female walker was received.

The 54 year old lady, from London, had simply slipped on the public footpath leading from the village up towards Winnats Pass and sustained a suspected fracture of the lower leg.  The lady was treated on site by team members and then carried on a rescue stretcher back to the cavern car-park where an ambulance was waiting to take her for …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service and North West Ambulance Service dealing with a high speed cycling accident on the narrow Hooleyhey Lane to the east of Lamaload reservoir.  

A 43 year old man from Pentre Broughton, Wrexham, was participating in an organised event when his cycle left the road on a bend at the bottom of a steep hill.  Ambulance service paramedics, assisted by the fire crew, treated the casualty for serious multiple injuries.  Buxton team members then carried the casualty to …

A full Buxton team call-out was initiated following the report of a female having sustained a lower leg injury in a remote location above Cave Dale near Castleton.

The fifteen year old girl from Stourbridge was part of a Duke of Edinburgh’s Silver Award group when the accident occurred.  A simple slip resulted in a suspected fracture of the lower leg.  The group reacted as per the book and did everything right providing an accurate location of their position.

The rescue was complicated by the very slippery conditions in the …

Buxton and Edale rescue teams called following the report of a man having collapsed on Jacobs Ladder.  Teams rendezvoused at Tipps Car park and started deploying equipment via Lee House Farm.

When effective phone contact was made with the casualty site it was discovered that they were further on to the moor than initially thought, somewhere in the Red Brook region.   Kinder MRT was alerted and an air-ambulance was requested to search the western edge path.   The casualty party was soon located and the air-ambulance landed nearby. …