Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service dealing with a 64 year old lady who had sustained a suspected fractured ankle.
The team was still dealing with the previous incident in Buxton when a call was received asking for the help of a 4 x 4 vehicle to extract the casualty from a rough farm track near to Priestcliffe. The lady, on holiday with her family from London, had been walking along the lane when a simple slip on loose ground caused the accident. East Midlands Ambulance Paramedics were already on scene and treating the lady …
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to rendezvous at Pooles Cavern following the report of a gentleman having slipped and suffered an injury whilst walking near Soloman’s Temple (Grinlow Tower) in Buxton.
As the exact location of the incident became clearer the rendezvous was changed to Grinlow Car-park near to the caravan site. Members swiftly climbed towards the popular landmark where they found the casualty from Litchfield patiently waiting and in good spirits.
Following an examination of the injured leg it was splinted before the casualty was carried by stretcher back down …
A call-out for Buxton Mountain Rescue Team following a request from East Midlands Ambulance Service for assistance with a walking accident near Castle Naze above Combs Valley.
The ambulance service had taken a call relating to a 49 year old lady having stumbled and sustained an ankle injury whilst descending from Combs Moss towards the road. The solo walker had been assisted two other passing walkers who slowly helped her hobble several hundred yards towards the road.
As the first team members arrived they met the lady at the roadside stile and shortly afterwards an E.M.A.S ambulance and the team vehicle …
On the evening of Sunday 2nd of April Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called alongside two appliances from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service and the East Midlands Ambulance Service to an incident adjacent to Buxton Road in Whaley Bridge.
A local 48 year-old man had entered woodlands in the dark and had stumbled and fallen some ten metres down a steep embankment suffering what was feared to be significant injuries. The casualty was treated on …
Whilst attending incident 15, a walker reported to the BMRT Control Vehicle in Edale that her friend had suffered a fall whilst descending The Sledge Track into Edale village. The casualty was reported to have possibly dislocated her shoulder and, despite great pain, was slowly continuing her descent towards Edale with friends.
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team attempted free up a few members from the Chapel Gate call to go to the assistance of the lady on the Sledge Track. In the fifteen minutes it took to get a team vehicle back on its way towards Edale the lady presented herself to …
Whilst providing safety cover alongside Derby MRT for the classic Four Inns Walk Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was alerted to an incident on the Chapel Gate Track in the Edale Valley.
A nineteen year old female competitor was reported to have suffered a seizure whilst climbing the track towards Rushop Edge. Unsure of the exact location of the incident, ten members of Buxton MRT were initially dispatched to the scene, some climbing from the Edale Valley whilst others made their way down from the top. A group from Derby MRT including a team doctor was also sent from the Walk …
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to support Derbyshire police searching for a vulnerable female around the Goyt Valley near Buxton.
The middle aged lady from the Staffordshire area was believed to have been somewhere on the moorland around Errwood Hall since before darkness. Police had become concerned for her welfare after relatives reported her missing and following a deterioration of the weather with heavy rain and a cold wind.
Local police had already started to search well known landmarks and it was just as the team was arriving at the search rendezvous point that an officer located the lady in a remote …
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called by West Midlands Ambulance Service following the report of an injured walker.
The first team members arrived as the West Midlands Air-ambulance was circling above the casualty site. A sixty-six year old man from Leamington Spa had simply slipped on the muddy path and sustained a suspected leg fracture. Initial treatment was by team members before the helimed medics took over. The casualty was then carried to the waiting aircraft for transfer to a North Staffordshire hospital.
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to the southern lower slopes of Mam Tor where a male walker had taken a simple slip whilst descending an innocuous grassy slope.
Initial treatment by team members diagnosed a suspected fracture of the lower leg and suitable treatment and pain relief was administered. The casualty site was only a couple of hundred metres from the road but the wet, muddy conditions demanded a careful stretcher carry to the waiting East Midlands Ambulance.
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team sent four members as part of a P.D.M.R.O. response to assist in the search for an elderly gentleman. The search, controlled by Edale MRT, included several areas of river and open water where specially trained and suitably equipped members of Edale, Buxton and Woodhead teams were deployed.
Despite a day-long search no trace was found of the missing person and teams were stood down at darkness. South Yorkshire Police continue their inquiries.
Photo credit: BMRT. Water Search members being briefed prior to deployment.