Incident report

A full Buxton team call-out was initiated following the report of a female having sustained a lower leg injury in a remote location above Cave Dale near Castleton.

The fifteen year old girl from Stourbridge was part of a Duke of Edinburgh’s Silver Award group when the accident occurred.  A simple slip resulted in a suspected fracture of the lower leg.  The group reacted as per the book and did everything right providing an accurate location of their position.

The rescue was complicated by the very slippery conditions in the limestone dale and the onset of darkness.  When team first-aiders had treated the girl for her injury she was carried by stretcher to Rowter Farm where the party was met by an East Midlands Ambulance for onward transport to a Stockport hosptal.

Photo credit:  BMRT stock – Cave Dale on a nice day – a different experience on a wet dark night!