Bamford Edge
- Call out for year: 27
- Date: 2/05/14
- Time: 1:45 pm
- Grid ref: SK 208 847
- Type of incident: Climber Medical(1)
- Team members involved: 7
- Time taken: 1.5
- Total man hours: 10.5
Incident report
Seven members of Buxton Mountain Rescue Team went to the assistance of colleagues in Edale Mountain Rescue Team responding to a call-out at Bamford Edge. A male climber had suffered a serious medical collapse whilst on the crag and had been lowered to the ground by his friends. 
A mountain rescue Doctor and paramedics attended the casualty before he was carried on a stretcher to the road where an ambulance was waiting to transfer him to a Sheffield hospital. Air-ambulance had made several valiant attempts to land near the incident location but frustratingly had failed to find a safe landing site.
Photo: Air-ambulance attempts to land but is thwarted by the angle of slope and vegetation debris.
One comment
The climber in question is now in the Hallamshire and is being monitored, and will hopefully make a full recovery. Without your superfast reaction things could have been much worse after the onset of the stroke – brilliant work, thank you.