A joint Buxton Edale snatch squad responded to an incident in the Mam Tor area.

The casualty, a 58 year old female from Mapperley, nr Nottingham, had slipped and suffered an ankle injury. Team members carried her by stretcher the relatively short distance to the road.

No ambulance was available.

A joint Buxton Edale snatch squad was called  to assist the East Midlands Ambulance Service with a casualty on the hillsides near Odin Mine below Mam Tor.

Heavy rain had made the hillside extremely slippery turning recognised paths in to mud trails. The casualty, a lady from Nottingham, was on a short walk celebrating her 60th birthday when she slipped and sustained a fractured upper leg.  Mountain Rescue first aiders followed by an MR Doctor treated the lady, administering pain relief before she was carefully placed on a rescue stretcher for the carry down to a waiting land ambulance.

The onset of darkness complicated …

Search Dog, Megan, and her handler, were called to assist Kinder MRT who were looking for a group of 4 benighted walkers on the hill in poor weather conditions and fading light.

The group consisted of 2 adults, and two young people, who were extremely cold and concerned about the onset of hypothermia. A foot section had been deployed to a grid reference obtained through SARLOC, but the dog team was summoned to stand-by, if required.

The group was located and escorted safely off the hill. The dog unit was stood down.

Search Dog, Megan, and her handler Dave Mason, were requested to assist Kinder MRT who were trying to locate a lost party after dark on Kinder Scout.

On arrival at the RV, the team leader had managed to speak with the party and gained a location for them using SARLOC. Foot sections were deployed, and SARDA were kept on stand-by until these sections actually met up with the lost group.

At this point the dog units were stood down.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team were called away from a fundraising event on the Staffordshire Roaches to attend the scene of a walking accident in Monks Dale, near Tideswell.

The casualty, a 48 year old man from Sutton Coldfield, had slipped in the very wet conditions and sustained a suspected fracture of his right ankle.  The steep sides and narrow limestone tracks of Monks Dale made access to the casualty difficult but team members were able to treat the injury and offer pain relief.  The evacuation on a stretcher was hampered by narrrow tracks in muddy conditions, and very slippy limestone rocks …