A joint Buxton Edale snatch squad was called to assist the East Midlands Ambulance Service following a call from a walking group in Lathkill Dale.
One person in the group had fallen and sustained a head injury. The groups exact location was unknown. An ambulance paramedic searched the path in Lathkill Dale but experienced poor mobile communication.
When contact was eventually made, it transpired that the casualty had recovered and the group continued their walk.
In the very early hours of Sunday, Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was tasked to assist emergency services in recovering five males from a car which had left the Long Hill Road near Fernilee.
All the local emergency services were in attendance, including Fire, Police and Ambulance, however there were some difficulties recovering three casualties to the roadside due to the terrain. Together the Kinder Team, we assisted paramedics with our specialist equipment in recovering two injured casualties by stretcher to the waiting ambulance on Long Hill Road. They were transferred to Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, for for further treatment.
Neil Carruthers, …
The joint Buxton and Edale snatch squad was called to the Surprise View Car Park, near Hathersage, on Thursday afternoon to assist the ambulance service.
A 52 year old female from the Whitley Bay area, on holiday in the Peak District, was walking in the Over Owler Tor area when she tripped on the rocky path sustaining an injury to her right ankle immobilising her.
She was treated on site by team members, including pain relief and splinting, placed onto a mountain rescue stretcher and carried some 400 metres to the waiting land ambulance for onward transport to the Northern General Hospital, …
A joint Buxton/Edale snatch squad was called this afternoon to assist the ambulance service with an incident alongside the River Derwent in the Hope Valley between Hathersage and Shatton.
The casualty, a 72 year old woman from the Chesterfield area, had been walking along the riverside path when she slipped and fell, tumbling c.10 feet down a steep section of riverbank onto tree roots. She sustained injuries to her shoulder and back. After treatment on site by Edale team and air ambulance paramedics, she was put on a spinal board, then a vaccum mattress to stablise her, and finally onto a …
A joint Buxton Edale snatch squad, together with Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation, was called to Castleton around lunchtime to assist the ambulance service with a injured person in one of the showcaves.
The ambulance service were already on site when we arrived and treating the casualty, a 64 year old lady from Northwich, Cheshire. She had slipped on one of the steps and fell, injuring her lower back as she hit the hard surface. She was in severe pain, and treated by paramedics on site. They requested full spinal immobilisation before any evacuation. Her location was c.400 metres below the surface …
A joint Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue Team snatch squad wascalled to Barber Booth, Edale on Tuesday afternoon.
A 15 year old girl from Chesterfield was taking part in an outdoor activity day in the Crowden Tower area on the southern edge of Kinder Scout. She slipped on the wet ground and jarred her back, aggravating a previous injury which immobilised her.
Team members climbed the steep hillside to Crowden Tower carrying all the heavy equipment required for a stretcher evacuation.
Meanwhile, the Yorkshire Air Ambulance attended, landing on the moor some distance away and well below the casualty site. The casualty was …
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called out late on Saturday night following a request from Derbyshire Police to assist a 23 year old male from Peterborough who had become disorientated after setting off from Edale on a circular route of Kinder Scout.
The controller was able to speak to the missing man and identify his approximate location. A party of mountain rescue volunteers were able to quickly locate the missing man safe and well in the Crowden Tower area. After some food and a hot drink, he was escorted off the hill back to Edale.
Neil Carruthers, Buxton Team Leader said “Whilst it …
On Sunday morning, Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called away from the High Peak Emergency Services show in Buxton to assist Edale Mountain Rescue Team at an incident on Longstone Edge, near Bakewell.
The incident involved a 47 year old male from Sheffield, an experienced mountain biker, riding on Longstone Edge with a group of friends. Apparently he braked to avoid an oncomimg vehicle and went over the handlbars, hitting the hard surface track.
Despite wearing a helmet he sustained serious head injuries. He was treated on site by doctors and paramedics from two air ambulances, which had landed nearby. Medical intervention …
On Thursday afternoon both Buxton and Edale MRT’s were called to the Speedwell Cavern, Castleton, by the East Midlands Ambulance Service.
A 74 year old gentleman, from the Bury area, hillwalking with his daughter had slipped and fallen whilst descending a gully between Long Cliff and Cow Low. He sustained a serious fracture to his hip, having slipped on the wet limestone and fallen some 6 metres, landing in a precarious location.
He was treated on site by a rescue team doctor and ambulance service paramedics. Rope belays were set up and the casualty was lowered in a stretcher some 20 metres …
A joint Buxton & Edale snatch squad call to Stanage on Monday afternoon. A paraglider pilot crashed whilst attempting to take off from Stanage Edge.
The man fell about 10 metres. He sustained injuries to his spine and pelvis together with a serious leg fracture. He was treated on site by the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance paramedics along with Edale Team paramedics.
He was then placed on a stretcher and carried by team personnel to the helicopter waiting by the roadside and flown to the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, for further treatment.