Incident report

Nineteen members of Buxton Mountain Rescue Team responded when West Midlands Ambulance Service called for assistance at an incident in Forest Wood near Gradbach, Staffordshire.              A mature lady from Duffield, Derbyshire, had been walking with her husband when a slip resulted in a suspected fractured ankle.  The lady was treated by a paramedic from W.M.A.S and team members before being loaded onto a rescue stretcher. The steep hillside created some initial problems but a back-rope provided security and the lady was soon on level ground for the short carry-out to a waiting ambulance.

Photo Credit:  BMRT ; The casualty, on a stretcher, is gently lowered down the steep hillside.