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Upper Booth, Edale

The team was called out to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service with a casualty initially reported to be around the Jacob’s Ladder area of the upper Edale Valley. As team members began to arrive on scene, a team vehicle drove up to the head of the road to assess the incident. Fortuitously the casualty was soon found near Upper Booth where an initial assessment was made as to the extent of the injuries and treatment given. The casualty was then driven in the vehicle back to the car park, where they were then transferred …

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Errwood Hall, Goyt Valley, west of Buxton

The team was called out to an incident near Errwood Hall, to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service with recovery an injured person.The casualty had been enjoying a late afternoon walk with their family when they slipped awkwardly whilst descending a path, fell and injured their ankle. After being given pain relief, and treatment by EMAS paramedics, the casualty was placed on a mountain rescue stretcher and carried to a waiting ambulance in the car park, before being transferred to hospital.

The team kit which had been used was then given a thorough …

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Hen Cloud, north west of Upper Hulme

The team was called to an incident at Hen Cloud, to assist Officialwmas, Midlands Air Ambulance Charity and Staffordshire Police with an injured person.

After treatment by Midlands and Air Ambulance paramedics, the casualty was placed on a mountain rescue stretcher and carried to a waiting ambulance before being transferred to hospital via the air ambulance

This was a difficult extraction, in very hot conditions with all team members operating to our covid 19 procedures, that needed to be done quickly, and was a good example of …

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Treak Cliff, Castleton

The team was called to assist a paraglider, who had taken a heavy landing close to Treak Cliff Cavern. Sixteen Team members responded within a few minutes and were en-route when the call out was stood down.

It appears that people were able to assist and comfort the injured person until an ambulance arrived.

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Search Dog -call out, east of Chesterfield

A late night call out for Search dog Griff and handler Dave to assist Derby and Edale MRTs along with 3 other search dogs with a search for a missing vulnerable person in the Chesterfield area.

The search was stood down after over 5 hours when the identified search areas had been cleared.

Griff enjoying keeping his handlers attention.

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