Edale & Buxton Joint Team Snatch Squad called to Stanage Edge following a climbing accident.  The casualty had fallen five metres sustaining a head injury.  Treatment was given by rescue team doctors and first aiders before the casualty was carried to the road where an ambulance was waiting.

A joint Edale & Buxton Snatch Squad call-out for a 16 year old male who had slipped whilst walking.  The slip resulted in a nasty open fracture of the ankle. The casualty was treated on site and then stretchered to a waiting ambulance.

Buxton MRT called to Dove Dale outside its normal area of operations due to Derby MRT already being committed to another task.

A 14 year old female from Burton on Trent  had been reported as having collapsed with breathing difficulties whilst walking on Bunster Hill.   Two team vehicles were quickly on the way as members were attending a training event at base.  However, on arrival it was found that the girl had been located by paramedics and she was able to walk to the ambulance.  Team stood down

A joint snatch squad of Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue Teams was called to Monyash Village, near Bakewell on Saturday afternoon.

We located a 75 year old lady from Newton Abbott, Devon, who had slipped on wet limestone near Ricklow Quarry in Lathkill Dale whilst walking part of the Limestone Way. She sustained head and wrist injuries and was treated on site by the air ambulance doctor and paramedic.

The aircraft had landed some distance away, and the casualty was carried by stretcher to the waiting Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland Air Ambulance. She was flown to the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, for further …

As a previous incident was concluding, the snatch squad of Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue Teams were tasked with a further incident near Edale Cross.

A 66 year old male walker from Bournemouth, Dorset, had collapsed with exhaustion. Team sections were re-deployed via Jacobs Ladder to Edale Cross. We were joined by Kinder Mountain Rescue Team colleagues, who had driven up from Hayfield.

Together, the casualty was treated on site by team medics. The man was very wet, cold, tired, and mildy hypothermic. Team members carried him by stretcher to the Kinder Team vehicle, and he was …

A joint Buxton/Edale Mountain Rescue Team snatch squad was called to Edale on Saturday night, following reports of an injured walker.

We located a 46 year old male from Repton, Derbyshire, near Halfway Rocks in Grindsbrook Gorge. He had slipped whilst walking and sustained a dislocated shoulder.

The man was treated on site by team medics, including pain relief and splinting. He was then placed on our stretcher and carried for more than a kilometre to Grindslow House, Edale. From here he was transferred into the waiting land ambulance, and taken to Chesterfield Royal Hospital for further treatment.

On Sunday the East Midlands Ambulance Service requested the assistance of Buxton Mountain Rescue Team to help with the recovery of an injured cyclist on the Tissington Trail near Biggin.

Although it was reported that the male cyclist had sustained a knee injury, his exact location was unknown. However, the land ambulance crew were able to access the trail, and find the casualty directly. Both the MR team and the air ambulance circling overhead were therfore stood down.

On Wednesday afternoon, Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called to Pooles Cavern to assist the East Midlands Ambulance Service.

A 46 year old male from Newmarket, Suffolk, was walking with his family in Grinlow Woods when he collapsed, hitting his head on a rock as he fell to the ground, sustaining head injuries.

He was treated on site by ambulance service paramedics, placed onto a stretcher and carried by team members to the waiting ambulance in the car park. From there he was transferred to Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, for further treatment.

An evening incident for Edale and Buxton Mountain Rescue Teams, together with Search and Rescue Dogs on the hills above Edale.

Two men, aged 23 and 24, from Letchworth and London, had spent the day walking part of the Edale skyline, including the Great Ridge, and the northern edges of Kinder Scout.

They intended to return to Edale via the Southern Edges of Kinder Scout but became dehydrated and disorientated whilst crossing the plateau and called for assistance. Contact was made by mobile phone and they described the countryside around them. This suggested they were in the Grindsbrook Gorge area and …

Buxton Team was called to the Monsal Trail following reports of a cragfast female and her dog.

We were informed the woman was walking her Labrador dog when the dog went onto a ledge on the steep rock wall. The owner followed, and both were then crag fast on the stone embankment between the Litton and Cressbrook Tunnels above Water-Cum-Jolly Dale. Luckily, a passing walker was able to scramble down and coaxed them both back up onto the trail.

The team was stood down on arrival.