Buxton team called to evacuate a 69 year old female from Leeds who slipped on a muddy path and sustained an ankle injury. The casualty was treated on site by team members and EMAS paramedics before being evacuated ca 1 mile to the roadhead by stretcher.

Buxton team called to evacuate a 19 year old male from Brieley Hill, who bottomed out whilst leading Central Tower. When he fell his protection failed. The casualty, who was wearing a helmet, fell ca 5 metres, hit a grass bank and rolled ca 10 metres, being stopped abruptly by a boulder. The casualty, who had pain in his back and chest was treated on site by team members and EMAS community paramedic and loaded onto a stretcher. The stretcher was then lowered using a back rope approximately 50 metres to the waiting air ambulance which evacuated the casualty to …

Buxton Edale snatch squad called to evacuate a 45 year old female from Nottinghamshire who slipped and sustained a fracture dislocation to the right ankle. After treatment on site by mountain rescuers, the casualty was evacuated by stretcher to Edale and taken to the Northern General in Sheffield for further treatment.

Search dog Megan and handler called to assist Valley and Holme Valley MRT’s. Unfortunately, during the course of the search through some very rough ground, Megan was injured and has lost quite a sizeable piece of flesh from her upper right foreleg which required surgery to suture the wound together. Luckily no muscle or tendon was damaged and a vein was narrowly avoided.

Megan will be off the callout list for the region of two weeks. Vet Bill – not insignificant.

Buxton, Edale, Kinder and SARDA called when a group of 6 young men from Manchester rung for assistance after having become lost on Kinder Scout. A mobile phone conversation with the incident controllers suggested that they were likely to be on the Southern Edges of Kinder Scout, but given the very poor visibility, the more traditional method of searching was used to find the party. The party were located by Buxton Search Dog Megan, her first operational find, and after a quick check over were escorted off the hill by members of Buxton team, none the worse for their experience.