Incident report

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist East Midlands paramedics and an air-ambulance crew dealing with an incident near to Lee House Farm, Upper Booth in the Edale Valley.

An 18 year old male was part of a school group from Croydon participating in a Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award expedition when he slipped crossing a stile and sustained back injuries.   Initial treatment was by ambulance staff who then placed the casualty on a spinal board.  Team members then assisted in the stretcher carry out of a boggy situation and across a river to where the air-ambulance was waiting.