Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service following a report of a cycling accident on The Monsal Trail between Millers Dale and Monsal Head.

A 63 year old gentleman from New Mills had fallen from his cycle and sustained a suspected arm fracture whilst riding in the company of his son.  The Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Rutland Air-ambulance was also scrambled and the crew, including a doctor, were first on scene.

There was no real work for the rescue team as a land ambulance was …

Nineteen members of Buxton Mountain Rescue Team responded at 22.40 on Friday evening to a call-out to assist two mature ladies who had become trapped on very steep and slippery ground in Chee Dale.  

The ladies’s who were experienced walkers, one from Buxton and the other a friend from Eastbourne, had set off for an afternoon’s ramble from Millers Dale.   The traumatic events started when they took a route which they believed to be a path back towards the Monsal Trail.  Footprints reassured the ladies that they were …

A joint call-out for the Edale and Buxton Mountain Rescue Snatch Squad following the report of a medical collapse on the footpath towards the summit of  Win Hill.

Despite the best efforts of the casualty’s friends, the air-ambulance professionals and rescue team members, resuscitation was sadly ineffective.

Team members offer their sincere condolences to the casualty’s friends and family.

A joint Edale and Buxton MRT’s Snatch Squad call-out to a male complaining of chest pains whilst walking with friends on Grindslow Knoll, on Kinder Scout. Team members responded quickly and a Helimed 54 was soon on scene.  Aircrew Paramedics suspected the casualty to be suffering from a heart attack and gave immediate treatment assisted by a cardiologist who happened to be running past the scene. The man was rapidly conveyed to the air-ambulance for immediate transfer to a specialist cardiac centre at a Manchester hospital.

Buxton and Edale Teams’ Joint Snatch Squad called to rendezvous in the Devils Arse car park in Castleton when a report of an injured female walker was received.

The 54 year old lady, from London, had simply slipped on the public footpath leading from the village up towards Winnats Pass and sustained a suspected fracture of the lower leg.  The lady was treated on site by team members and then carried on a rescue stretcher back to the cavern car-park where an ambulance was waiting to take her for …