The team responded to a Saturday morning call from our colleagues at East Midlands Ambulance Service, to assist with an incident involving a horse rider who had taken a tumble far enough from the road to require our help.

Paramedics were already on scene providing the initial medical care. Team members quickly deployed the mountain rescue stretcher to assist with the extraction. The casualty was placed onto vacuum mattress, which acts as a whole-body splint, and carried on the stretcher, across a field to the land ambulance and onto hospital for further …

The team was called out today to assist a fallen climber in Chee Dale. Helped by good location details given in the initial call, and confirmed by other trail users, the team was able to quickly find the climber. Following what are now well-rehearsed Covid-19 protocols, team members provided initial treatment before the casualty was loaded onto a mountain rescue stretcher for evacuation back to the Monsal Trail. The carry-off had some interesting highlights including a stretch of shallow wading in the river, a narrow foot bridge, and some awkward rocky steps. Coordinated team handling and some …

Search Dog handler Dave and search dog Griff were called to assist Edale MRT with the search for a missing vulnerable person in the Woodhouse Area of Sheffield.

The search was centred around scrub and woodland areas identified by the police as a priority to search.

Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England provided 5 other dog teams.

Unfortunately a body was found by one of the search dogs after a few hours of searching. EMRT assisted the police in transporting the deceased to the road. …

The team was requested by Derbyshire Constabulary, to attend an incident near Waterswallows road. A female had slipped while walking down a steep grassy slope and injured her knee.

The casualty was assessed by team members before being placed on a mountain rescue stretcher for a short carry to a waiting East Midlands Ambulance Service, ambulance.

This was a very difficult job for the team in the current hot weather. Team members were in covid-19 personal protective equipment, and observed social distancing where possible….

A sense of déjà vu today as a callout came for another incident with an RV at Tipps Car Park. It had been less than 24 hours since the team had last been here for callout 23.

The request came from East Midlands Ambulance Service, to assist with the evacuation of a casualty in the Jacob’s Ladder area, although there was some doubt as to the exact location. The team members first on the scene, and wearing all appropriate covid 19 PPE, began the walk up the track with team kit appropriate …