Buxton Edale snatch squad called to evacuate a 57 year old male from Thurlby who had sustained a recurrence of an existing knee condition. The casualty was, met, escorted off the hill and checked over by one of the MR doctors before being driven back to his car with rest of his party.

Buxton Edale snatch squad called to evacuate a 52 year old male from Bromsgrove, West Midlands, who had slipped on the footpath across Long Cliff and sustained an injury to his right lower leg. He was treated on site by ambulance service paramedics and a mountain rescue team doctor before being evacuated by stretcher to the waiting ambulance at Speedwell Cavern and transferred to the Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport for further treatment.

Buxton Edale snatch squad called to evacuate a 67 year old female who had been walking along the bridleway when she was blown off her feet by strong winds sustaining nasty facial injuries. After treatment on site by EMAS paramedic, she was evacuated by stretcher to the roadhead and taken to Stepping Hill Hospital for further treatment.

Buxton Edale snatch squad called to evacuate a 17 year old male from Sheffield who had fallen approx 8 metres whilst climbing on Knights Move. He was treated for spinal injuries and an injury to the left ankle by MR doctors before being evacuated by stretcher ca 800 metres to the roadhead and then taken to the Northern General Hospital for further treatment.

Buxton snatch called to assist EMAS in the evacuation of a 45 year old female who had slipped and sustained an ankle injury. Stood down en route when the amblance service and fire service were able to evacuate the lady.

Team members on exercise with an RAF Search and Rescue Sea King helicopter at their Doveholes base were called to assist a 32 year old male from Tamworth who had slipped on sheet ice sustaining a lower leg injury in an area near Kinder Downfall. A section of six personnel together with equipment were flown in the Sea King aircraft to the reported incident site. Further members backed up the section by road. The air section located the casualty, treated him and he was then flown to the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield for further treatment .
The aircraft then returned to …

Buxton Edale snatch squad called to evacuate an 11 year old boy from Mansfield, Notts who had been walking down the old Mam Tor Road with his parents when he was blown over the edge by the very strong winds. He fell about 50 feet, landing on a very steep rocky hillside. He was initially unconscious and also sustained injuries to his head, shoulder, elbow and ankle. He was treated on site by ambulance service paramedics, an air ambulance attended and made several attempts to land. However, because of the very strong winds this became impossible and was aborted. The …

Buxton Edale snatch squad called by the East Midlands Ambulance Service to assist in the evacuation of a 12 year old girl, from Warsop, Nottinghamshire, who had slipped and fallen sustaining an injury to her upper leg/thigh, aggravating a pre-existing medical condition, whilst walking to Carlswark Cavern. She was treated on site by the ambulance service paramedics and we evacuated her by stretcher, some 400 metres to a waiting ambulance. She was then transferred to the Chesterfield Royal Hospital for further treatment.

Buxton Edale snatch squad called to locate and evacuate a 48 year old female from Notts, after a call had been made via South Yorkshire Police to indicate that the casualty had collapsed with exhaustion and was unable to continue. Whilst the teams were on route, the duty incident controller made a number of attempts to contact the casualty party but was not able to. After a short search of possible evacuation routes, the party was located and it appeared that one of the group, all medical professionals, may have rung in a little prematurely, although the casualty in her …

In an unusual call, the Buxton Edale snatch squad was called to evacuate a 46 year old female from Dronsfield who had been found in her car which had left the road on a tight bend on Longstone Edge. The casualty had already been removed from the car by the fire service and the teams were used to evacuate the casualty down a steep slope to the air ambulance. The casualty, whose injuries were thought to be non-life threatening was flown to the Queens Medical Centre for further assessment. This incident attracted a great deal of media interest as it …