Buxton and Edale Rescue Teams called to near Hollins Cross, Castleton to assist a female with a suspected lower leg fracture. Team members carried the casualty to the Derbyshire Leicesterhire and Rultland Air Ambulance for onward transfer to hospital
An Edale and Buxton Mountain Rescue snatch squad was called to Higger Tor, near Hathersage, in the afternoon to assist the ambulance service.
A 50 year old female from Ironville, near Ripley, had slipped whilst walking and sustained a lower leg injury, which immobilised her.
She was treated on site by Edale team medics, which included pain relief and splintering the injured leg. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance also attended but was later tasked elsewhere. So, the lady was evacuated by stretcher across moorland. At the roadside, she was transferred into a land ambulance and taken to the Northern General Hospital, …
Buxton team called to assist an East Midlands Ambulance Service crew in the Goyt Valley, following reports of a walker in difficulty on moorland south of Errwood Hall.
A male walker of 63 years of age was suffering chest pains. He was treated on site by ambulance service paramedics together with the crew of the Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland Air Ambulance which had landed nearby. Following treatment, the casualty was placed on a stretcher so that he could be carried by the team some 500 metres across difficult ground to the waiting helicopter.
The gentleman was then airlifted to Wythenshaw Hospital, South …
A Buxton and Edale snatch squad was called by the East Midlands Ambulance Service to a paraglider who had crash landed in fields below Bradwell Edge.
He was treated and evacuated by the air ambulance as we were en-route.
A Buxton and Edale snatch squad was called to Higger Tor, near Hathersage, late on Wednesday morning.
A passing walker had stumbled across an unconscious male lying beside the footpath on moorland beyond Higger Tor.
The unconscious casualty was checked on site by an Edale team paramedic. He was then evacuated to the waiting air ambulance and flown to the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, for further treatment.
A joint Buxton and Edale snatch squad was called to Castleton at lunchtime to assist the East Midlands Ambulance Service.
A child had fallen in Cavedale and sustained head injuries. The exact location of the casualty was unknown, and it seemed like a search would be required.
However, the school party involved had assisted the casualty to Castleton village, and as the ambulance crew arrived on scene, the teams were stood down.
A Buxton and Edale snatch squad were called to the north side of Mam Tor at lunch-time to attend to a crashed paraglider.
The paraglider, a 55 year old man, from Matlock, was coming into land when he hit a wall, sustaining possible spinal injuries. Both a land ambulance and an air ambulance also attended the incident.
The casualty was taken by land ambulance to a hospital in Sheffield for further care.
Buxton and Edale teams were called on Sunday afternoon, following a report of a walker suffering from a cardiac condition and requiring assistance.
The casualty, a 15 year old female from Hale, Warrington, was with a group doing a practice expedition for a Duke of Edinburgh Award. The location given was at the junction of the Chapel Gate track and Whitemoor Clough footpath. The group had managed the situation well in that they had erected a tent to provide shelter, and wer able to give accurate location information.
The casualty was treated on site by both EMAS and Air Ambulance paramedics and …
An early morning call for both Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue Teams. Search dogs teams from Buxton, and from Glossop, also attended.
A vulnerable male, 20-30 years from the Northampton area had been reported missing from home. Derbyshire Police had located his vehicle in the entrance to Horseshoe Quarry at Stoney Middleton.
Rescue team personnel and search dogs were deployed into the quarry and the steep wooded surrounds. Due to the number of caves and mines in the area, Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation were called upon to conduct searches underground.
The missing man was located on steep ground by a search dog …
A major rescue operation was launched on Sunday evening, following reports of an injured walker in Crowden Brook, on the southern edges of Kinder Scout. Both Buxton and Edale teams responded.
The casualty, a lady, was located near the top of Crowden Brook. She had slipped whilst descending the steep sided valley and fallen some 20 feet into the waterfall area. Despite having serious head and back injuries she remained conscious throughout the incident whilst she was treated on site by mountain rescue personnel, and then placed into a supportive vacuum mattress.
