Chrome Hill, Dowel Dale
- Call out for year: 30
- Date: 10/05/14
- Time: 4:10 pm
- Grid ref: SK 072 672
- Type of incident: Walker Injured(1)
- Team members involved: 14
- Time taken: 1.5 hours
- Total man hours: 21
Incident report
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist the Midlands Air-ambulance following the report of a woman having slipped and injured her lower leg on Chrome Hill.
The lady, from Thornton, Cleveleys, was taking part in a training course when she slipped on the wet ground whilst descending the steep south-east side of Chrome Hill. Treatment on site was by an East Midlands Paramedic assisted by team members who then carried her to the waiting air-craft. However, the bad weather deteriorated even further during the stretcher evacuation preventing the helicopter from taking off. An East Midlands road ambulance was called and the casualty was transferred to a Stockport hospital for further examination.
Photo credit: BMRT. Team members wait with the air-ambulance under Chrome Hill for a break in the weather to allow the aircraft to leave the valley.
One comment
I was part of the group that was involved with this incident. We were out on a bootcamp residential for the weekend. The friday night we were taught how to map read and read coordinates, strange how things happen and you need that knowledge. I would like to say a massive thank you to all rescue team and air ambulance for there fantastic work helping to get tracy to safety. We are so lucky to have highly trained pros like you all. Again thank you so much.:))