Incident report

Joint call out with Edale Mountain Rescue Team (EMRT) at Barber Booth. Requested to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) with an elderly gentleman who had been out walking and fallen and injured their right ankle. First aid provided by EMRT.

Patient given strong pain relief, ankle splinted and then placed on a mountain rescue stretcher for the carry out to Small Clough Farm where an EMAS ambulance took him onto hospital.