Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue Teams called to Edale following a report of a family from Manchester believed to be suffering from hypothermia.  The family was initially located by a National Park Ranger in Grindsbrook Gorge, one of the steepest parts of the popular routes on to Kinder Scout.  A passing doctor diagnosed an infant being carried in a papoose as being hypothermic, very cold and wet.

The weather was of heavy showers with a strong winds and occasional hail and it was paramount to get the family party off the hill and away for specialist treatment.  Yorkshire Air-ambulance was able …

Whilst out fund-raising, team members were called to assist a man who had collapsed in the street.

The casualty, a 68 year old man from Macclesfield, was suffering with a medical condition and attended to by team members until the ambulance service arrived. He was then conveyed to hospital.

Joint Buxton Edale snatch squad responded to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service with injured male in the steep woodland area of Poole’s Cavern Country Park.

The male casualty, from Bakewell, was carrying out woodland management activity in Grinlow Woods. He sustained multiple injuries to his left leg and was treated on site by ambulance paramedics before being stretchered by team members to a waiting ambulance for onward travel to hospital.

Joint Buxton Edale snatch squad responded to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service with injured male in the steep woodland area of Poole’s Cavern Country Park.
The male casualty, from Bakewell, was carrying out woodland management activity in Grinlow Woods. He sustained multiple injuries to his left leg and was treated on site by ambulance paramedics before being stretchered by team members to a waiting ambulance for onward travel to hospital.

Buxton Edale teams in a joint snatch squad to attend a collapsed male in a steep limestone dale.

The casualty, a 63 year old man from Wakefield, was ascending a slope from Lathkill Dale with a rambling group when he collapsed. His companions provided CPR until the air ambulance arrived. As the ambulance was able to land adjacent to the site of the incident, the team was stood down on arrival.

The casualty was evacuated by Yorkshire Air Ambulance to a hospital in Sheffield.  Sadly, he did not survive.

Our condolences go to the gentleman’s friends and family.

A joint Buxton and Edale snatch squad turned out to assist the East Midlands Ambulance Service with an injured walker in a steep limestone valley, leading into Lathkill Dale.

The casualty, a 51 year old female, had slipped on rocks at the entrance to Cales Dale. With suspected wrist and lower leg /ankle injuries, the lady was treated by paramedics on site, then carried by team members on a stretcher to the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance waiting nearby for evacuation to hospital.

A joint Edale & Buxton Snatch Squad call-out to a fallen climber in the Robin Hood’s Buttress area of the gritstone climbing edge.

The casualty, male from Sheffield, was treated for head injuries at the scene before being stretchered and evacuated to hospital by the Yorkshire Air-ambulance.

Buxton and Edale teams called to Bretton Clough following the report of a female walker having sustained serious lower leg injuries. 

The casualty was airlifted by an air-ambulance as the teams arrived on site.  No further details yet available.

A joint team call-out for Edale and Buxton MRTs to assist a fell runner competing in a local race along the ridge between Mam Tor and Lose Hill.  Seventeen team members responded to what was first thought to be an injury but which transpired to be a medical condition.  The casualty was assisted from the ridge by team members to a waiting ambulance but was allowed home after examination by  paramedics.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called at 19.55 to an incident at Three Shires Head, which as the name suggests, is the border of Cheshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire.

A 19 year old girl from Congleton had been one of a group of youngsters enjoying the sunshire when she fell and sustained leg and back injuries.  The remoteness of the position caused some delay in the first ambulance crew reaching the casualty.  The delay was compounded by a request for an air-ambulance which was finally deemed to be unavailable.  At that time mountain rescue was called and the team responded with twenty members approaching from the …