The Scaurs, Cat & Fiddle A537
- Call out for year: 62
- Date: 24/10/13
- Time: 2:05 pm
- Grid ref: SJ 994 720
- Type of incident: Walker Injured(1)
- Team members involved: 17
- Time taken: 2 hours
- Total man hours: 34
Incident report
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called by North West Ambulance Service following the report of an elderly gentleman from Manchester having fallen some 50 feet. Paramedics and the North West Air-ambulance were already en-route to what was considered to be a possible life threatening incident.
The gentleman had been walking with friends when he took a tumble down a steep sided gorge striking his head in the fall. Although the incident site was within 1 kilometer West of the Cat and Fiddle public house, the steep sided location made access to the casualty very difficult. Initial casualty treatment was by the NWAS staff whilst team members rigged a rope system ready to haul the stretcher to a more accessible location. The man had suffered head and back injuries together with superficial abrasions. Following on site medical treatment, team members carried the stretcher up to the A 537 road from where the casualty was transferred to a waiting air-ambulance.
Photo Credits: Buxton Team Members: top, Casualty is carefully placed in a full body splint and loaded onto a rescue stretcher. lower, Now secured with a rope a the full assessment may be continued in safety.
5 comments
On behalf of my brother-in-law Ray Jones (the “elderly gentleman”) you rescued last Thursday from the Cat and Fiddle area I would like to say a big thank you to all involved. He was very impressed with the swift response and the excellent First Aid. I thought you would like to know that he was discharged from hospital the following day with his dislocated right thumb in plaster. He has 40 stitches in head wounds,a broken nose,two lovely black eyes, a bad cut on his left hand, and two broken ribs. He is in amazing condition considering his age, and the injuries he sustained. When I spoke to him the other day he was making jam! He has been walking in the hills all his life,and I think this accounts for his fitness and amazing resilience. Thanks once again, and keep up the good work.
SUe Titford
Thank you Sue, for letting us know about Ray’s progress. I hope this incident doesn’t put him off resuming his walking hobby once he’s fully recovered. Enjoy the jam!
Ray Jones was the leader of our 5 man walking group when Ray took a tumble down the deep gulley on the Scaurs near the Cat and Fiddle Inn. On behalf of our group I would like to thank all who took part in the speedy turnout and the concern they showed to the rest of the group as they attended to Ray. In particular I would like to thank the member of the mountain rescue team who gave us a lift from the ‘Cat and Fiddle’ to Pym Chair where our car was located saving us a lot of time and energy after what had been for us a distressing event.
Many thanks
Charles Leveson
I am one of the friends who was with Ray Jones, the elderly gentleman, when he fell. I can’t praise all who came to his rescue enough! They were all friendly, cheerful and gave us a great feeling of confidence that everything would be alright. I’m glad to say that Ray is now recovering at home and seems to be quite cheerful.
I heard the news of my dad’s fall from a fellow walker, via my sister, the latter of whom phoned me. After telephoning the fellow walker for clarification of one or two details, I was very relieved that it had turned out so well: clearly response and treatment was as excellent and efficient as the tumble was reletively fortuitous in its extent. He could have sustrained far more serious injuries (particularly taking his age into consideration) and, having seen the photos, I wholeheartedly add my thanks and admiration for the efforts made so effectively to rescue him and limit the damage. He has told me there is to be a small operation on his dislocated thumb, to repair torn ligaments. Apparently, though broken, his nose was not displaced or crushed, so no further action is needed.
Once again, many thanks to all the team for their individual expertise and collective efforts.
Graham Jones.