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Grindsbrook 

The team was called out by East Midlands Ambulance Service along with Edale Mountain Rescue Team to a walker who had painfully dislocated their knee on the path leading to Grindsbrook in Edale.

Members of the team met at Edale station car park and were transported by team vehicles to the Nag’s Head Inn where equipment was deployed on foot to the casualty.

On arrival at the scene, the casualty had been given pain relief and treated by paramedics. Team members loaded the casualty into the vacuum mattress and onto …

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Chee Tor

The team was called out by Derbyshire Constabulary, to a rock climber who had taken a fall from a height of 7 metres hurting his lower back as he landed.

Team members rendezvoused at Miller’s Dale station car park and made their way to the casualty along the Monsal Trail, before descending to the river and reaching the casualty’s location on the far bank.

The team provided first aid treatment then carefully loaded the casualty onto a vacuum mattress placed on top of the mountain rescue stretcher to protect the injury….

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Tytherington

We will go to any lengths for our pets, but it doesn’t often lead to a call to Mountain Rescue.

The team were called out by North West Ambulance Service to assist them with an incident at Riverside Park, Tytherington.

A woman out looking for her missing cat, slipped down a steep bank and sustained a suspected ankle fracture.

The request was to help getting the lovely cat owner up a steep slope with an ankle injury. Cheshire Fire and Rescue were also in attendance. Stood down …

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Roaches Gate

Called out by Staffordshire Police to assist a climber who had fallen approximately 10m and injured their right leg and wrist.

Air ambulance put him on a scoop stretcher to assist and the team placed the casualty in a casualty bag and was carried off the hill to the awaiting helicopter.

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Lathkill Dale

A selected group searched the Dale for a sheep which was reportedly stuck in a tree on the edge of a steep drop. No sheep was found unfortunately but we thought you’d like this archive photo of sheet rescue from the 1960’s.

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The Roaches

A climber had taken a 10-metre fall whilst ascending a route near to ‘Chicken Run’.

Unfortunately, the casualty landed quite heavily at the base of the crag. A walker who was passing by raised the alarm and the team responded, as did Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, and West Midlands Ambulance Service.

The air ambulance medics were first on scene and provided initial care, quickly administering pain relief as the casualty had suspected fractured ribs, wrist and complained of back pain….

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The Broken Road

The team was called to assist Edale Mountain Rescue Team with an injured walker who had sustained knee and wrist injuries. The casualty was treated on scene and placed on a stretcher, ready for transfer to an East Midlands Ambulance Service ambulance.

Before the ambulance arrived, a taxi was organised by a member of the walking party, which proved a good decision as the ambulance was diverted to a priority 1 call. As the injury to get casualty was not life-threatening, they were taken to hospital via the taxi….

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Cavendish Golf Club

An ambulance is not suitable to get to travel off a road. Somewhere you wouldn’t initially think an ambulance would struggle to get to is the middle of a golf course. The team were called out to assist East Midland Ambulance Service with a collapsed casualty on the 13th Green of Cavendish Golf Club.

As team members and vehicles were arriving at the RV in the Golf Club Car Park, the team was stood down as thankfully a golf buggy was able to transport the casualty to the waiting ambulance. Well done all involved! …

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Long Hill

The team was called to assist East Midland Ambulance Service with a fallen walker, on the old road off Long Hill. The casualty had been walking along the road edge when they fell injuring their knee and ankle.

They were placed on a mountain rescue stretcher for a short carry to the waiting ambulance.

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Monks Dale

After a miserable, rainy morning the skies brightened up and it turned into a lovely afternoon in the Peak District.

Two walkers and their dogs were enjoying an afternoon stroll in Monk’s Dale when one of them slipped as they were descending a tricky, rock step resulting in a very painful leg injury.

After rendezvousing at Miller’s Dale car park, team members headed back up the road to the team vehicles and walked down into the steep-sided limestone dale carrying the rescue equipment to the casualty’s location.

Following an …

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