Buxton team called to evacuate a 19 year old male from Brieley Hill, who bottomed out whilst leading Central Tower. When he fell his protection failed. The casualty, who was wearing a helmet, fell ca 5 metres, hit a grass bank and rolled ca 10 metres, being stopped abruptly by a boulder. The casualty, who had pain in his back and chest was treated on site by team members and EMAS community paramedic and loaded onto a stretcher. The stretcher was then lowered using a back rope approximately 50 metres to the waiting air ambulance which evacuated the casualty to …

Buxton Edale snatch squad called to evacuate a 45 year old female from Nottinghamshire who slipped and sustained a fracture dislocation to the right ankle. After treatment on site by mountain rescuers, the casualty was evacuated by stretcher to Edale and taken to the Northern General in Sheffield for further treatment.

Buxton, Edale, Kinder and SARDA called when a group of 6 young men from Manchester rung for assistance after having become lost on Kinder Scout. A mobile phone conversation with the incident controllers suggested that they were likely to be on the Southern Edges of Kinder Scout, but given the very poor visibility, the more traditional method of searching was used to find the party. The party were located by Buxton Search Dog Megan, her first operational find, and after a quick check over were escorted off the hill by members of Buxton team, none the worse for their experience.

Buxton Edale snatch squad called to evacuate a 60 year old female from Sheffield who slipped whilst on the muddy path into Tansley Dale sustaining a lower leg injury. The casualty was treated on site by EMAS technicians and MR members before being evacuated by stretcher to Litton.

As the previous incident was concluded, the team were made aware via radio that a further couple, this time two females, who had set off to walk from the Snake Pass to Edale had failed to arrive. The incident was concluded within minutes when the couple arrived back at the Snake Inn, safe and well.

Following a call for assistance received by the police, two Controllers attached to Buxton were called to assist a couple from the West Midlands who had become lost during a circular walk on Kinder Scout. We were able to talk to them via their mobile phone. They had set off from Hayfield and walked onto the western edge of Kinder Scout. At Kinder Downfall they followed a river into the middle of the moor, which is featureless and were now by a group of rocks looking down into a steep sided valley, everything was covered in snow. They were not …

A report was received via Derbyshire Police from a member of the public who was concerned that a family had taken a baby in a papoose onto the Mam Tor ridge in the direction of Hollins Cross. The caller was concerned that the infant was not properly dressed for the conditions. Whilst local police units checked around the surrounding roads, members of the snatch squad checked the local car parks and the ridge to see if the family could be found. The search was negative.

Whilst walking into the previous incident, members of the snatch squad came across a second casualty on the same path, this time a 44 year old female from Marple who had suffered an identical accident. The casualty was escorted back to the roadhead and after assessment by an EMAS Community Paramedic, was taken to hospital by her husband for further treatment.

Buxton Edale snatch squad called to evacuate a 48 year old female from Sheffield who slipped on the muddy path and sustained a fracture to the ankle. The casualty was treated on site by team members before being evacuated by stretcher to the roadhead. Due to very heavy workloads, EMAS did not have any road ambulances available and the casualty was transported to hospital using Buxton Mobile 2, its first stretcher case.

Buxton team were called to locate and evacuate a 70 year old male from Hale, Cheshire who whilst walking with his wife and friend had slipped on a greasy muddy path and fallen heavily. He sustained leg and shoulder injuries and was cold when we arrived. He was treated on site by team personnel and evacuated by stretcher for more than one kilometre across Goyts Moss to the waiting ambulance at Goyts Clough Quarry. He was then transferred to the Macclesfield & District General Hospital for further treatment.