Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to support Edale MRT in a search for a 17 year old male from Halifax who had become benighted on Bleaklow after setting off from Holme, West Yorkshire.
Woodhead MRT and Glossop Mountain Rescue Teams were also called together with a number of S.A.R.D.A. dogs for what started as something of a needle in a haystack search of the moors on a wet and misty night. However, an experienced M.R. Search Controller, using an understanding of missing person behaviour and a sound knowledge of …
The Buxton team members were placed on “stand-by” ready to assist Edale MRT following the report of a female having collapsed whilst walking on Stanage Edge. However, her walking group managed to assist her down to the road and consequently mountain rescue was not required and stood down. The lady was assessed by an Edale team doctor before being transported to hospital by East Midlands Ambulance Service.
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist West Midlands Ambulance Service following the report of a fallen climber at The Roaches.
A 24 year old man on a visit to the Peak District from Southampton had fallen from a boulder sustaining a suspected fracture to the leg. Initial treatment was by ambulance staff before the casualty was placed onto a rescue stretcher for a gentle carry to where the West Midlands Air-ambulance had been able to land. He was then flown to a North Staffordshire hospital for treatment.
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called together with Edale MRT following a report of a female fell runner from Cumbria who had collapsed near to Back Tor Farm in the Edale Valley.
The runner had been competing on a long distance fell race on a warm and sunny day, and was suffering from the effects of heat and dehydration. Local team members were rapidly on scene to assess the casualty, with treatment continued by an Edale team doctor until the ambulance arrived to take her to a Sheffield hospital for assessment. A short duration incident due to her close proximity to the farm and most …
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called following a report to police of an elderly man having fallen on the steep side of Park House Hill.
A seventy-four year old man from Bolsover had been walking with a family member when he slipped and tumbled several feet down the steep limestone hillside. The gentleman sustained a significant head injury and was treated on scene by team members who responded quickly to the call. Team members continued to care for the man for some time whilst waiting for an East …
Team on stand-by relating to a ongoing search of Kinder Scout by other teams for two missing walkers. Team not deployed but team search-dog handler called together with one other member to navigate for the dog unit. See Dog Call number 2.
Not exactly a call-out in the true sense as this casualty came to us.
Team members were fundraising in Castleton when they were approached by a lady who had had an earlier accident whilst walking at Hollin’s Cross. Initial first aid had been carried out by passing mountain bikers but the lady still had considerable pain in her upper and lower arm. The injury was re-examined and further pain relief offered before appropriate splinting was applied.
Not being a life threatening injury an ambulance was not appropriate and so the casualty was taken to hospital by a family member.
Edale and Buxton Teams called following a report of an female walker with an injured knee near to Halfway Rocks in Grindsbrook.
The lady had been out walking from Edale and had aggravated an old knee injury making it difficult for her to continue. At first she was assisted by two Edale team members who attempted to help her with the aid of a walking pole. However, as she became further distressed and as other rescue members and equipment arrived, she was placed on a rescue stretcher and carried back down to Edale where her friends …
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team experienced that “groundhog” feeling when it was tasked to The Roaches for the second time in twelve hours.
West Midlands Ambulance Service requested assistance following a call from three young men who had been “bouldering” on The Roaches earlier in the evening. As the sun set the three men from Leek found themselves on the crag in total darkness and with no torches. Whilst making their way back off towards the road one of the men fell sustaining a suspected fracture ankle.
At the time of first reporting the men were unable to give the precise location of where they were on the crag so …
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to the lower tier of The Roaches following a request for assistance from West Midlands Ambulance Service.
A twenty two year old female from Nantwich, Cheshire, had been second up a classic HVD route “Yong” when she fell approximately three metres striking the ground. The ambulance crew were first on scene and treated the lady for potential pelvic, neck and ankle injuries. On arrival of the rescue team the casualty was placed on to a stretcher and carried down to the road where the ambulance was waiting to transfer her to a Staffordshire hospital.
