Incident report

The team was assembling at Upper Booth for a training exercise on Saturday evening when information was received about an incident in Crowden Brook.

A 16 year old female member of a visiting Army Cadet Unit from Melton Mowbray, undertaking a Duke of Edinburgh Award practice expedition, had sustained a suspected pelvic injury whilst descending from Crowden Tower.  The teams’ training exercise was immediately aborted, and a call-out initiated instead.  Team members were quickly on scene and were able to stabilise the casualty’s condition. However, due to the nature of the injury and the difficult ground conditions, a call for an RAF Seaking helicopter was made. Advice was also sought from a doctor member of our neighbouring Edale MRT.  During the time taken for the helicopter to travel to scene from its base in Leconfield, Yorkshire, a foot evacuation continued.  Darkness had fallen by the time the aircraft arrived, but the final stretcher winch into the helicopter was straightforward

The casualty was flown to a Sheffield hospital for further assessment.

Photo credit: Rob Stordy, BMRT