Monsal Trail, nr Bakewell

  • Call out for year: 10
  • Date: 28/01/13
  • Time: 1:36 pm
  • Grid ref: SK221 690
  • Type of incident: Walker Medical(1)
  • Team members involved: 7
  • Time taken: 1 hr 15 mins
  • Total man hours: 8.5 hrs

Incident report

A joint Buxton Edale snatch squad call to the Monsal Trail, following reports of a collapsed walker in the afternoon.

Team members located a 75 year old male, from Sheffield, on the trail between Bakewell and Hassop. He was treated on site by team members and evacuated by vehicle to the Bakewell Showground and handed over to the East Midlands Ambulance Service and the Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland Air Ambulance personnel.

The gentleman was then transported to hospital in a land ambulance.

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