Incident report

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called by East Midlands Ambulance Service following the report of an elderly gentleman having collapsed at the scenic view-point of Soloman’s Temple above Buxton.
The ambulance crew were already on site as was the Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air-ambulance.   Team members climbed quickly from the rendezvous point at Grinlow car-park to where the man was already in the care of the aircraft doctor.  They then assisted in the short stretcher carry to the nearest flat piece of ground where the aircraft had landed.  The casualty, a seventy-four year man from Dronfield, was then flown to a Sheffield hospital for assessment.
The casualty’s relative was in a distressed state and was escorted from the hillside with the help of a County Park Ranger and his Landrover.
Photo credit: BMRT –  D.L.&R. Air-ambulance preparing for take-off.