Despite being on a top rope and wearing a helmet, a 46 year old man from Manchester suffered significant head injuries in a fall at Birchens Edge.
The Edale and Buxton Snatch Squad responded with 14 members to assist an East Midlands Ambulance crew with first aid before the casualty was carried to an Air-ambulance. The injuries were such that he was flown directly to a neurological centre in Nottingham for further assessment and treatment.
Edale and Buxton MRTs’ Snatch Squad called to the Manchester Buttress area of the popular gritstone climbing crag to assist a 48 year old man. The casualty had been leading a climb when he fell approximately 8 metres causing suspected injuries to his back and pelvis.
Fifteen rescue team members and local climbers carried the casualty by stretcher to the Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air-ambulance for transfer to a Sheffield hospital.
Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue teams acted as a snatch squad to assist a 70 year old female on the route off Mam Tor towards Mam Nick.
The lady, from Marple, was with a family group and was descending from the summit of Mam Tor when she slipped and twisted a knee. Team first aiders treated the lady who was then carried by stretcher to the car park to wait for an ambulance which would transport her to a Stockport hospital for further assessment.
Just minutes after the radio-pagers sounded to call the team to the previous incident a second accident was reported and this time it was totally appropriate to mountain rescue.
A 26 year old female from Oxford had been walking with her husband on the southern edge of Kinder Scout when a simple slip aggravated an old knee injury preventing her from continuing. With Buxton team already committed with an incident it was left to Edale MRT to start the rescue and members made their ascent from Edale village. The Yorkshire Air-ambulance was …
East Midlands Ambulance Service called for the assistance of Buxton Mountain Rescue Team to carry a 64 year old man from the middle of Chapel en le Frith golf course to a waiting roadside ambulance.
The man was enjoying a round when he splipped and sustained a suspected fractured ankle. With conditions so wet underfoot the ambulance staff called for the help of the rescue team rather than risk another injury carrying the man off the course. The man, from Hazel Grove, was treated by E.M.A.S. paramedics before being taken to a Stockport hospital.
