Incident report

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist neighboring Edale M.R.T. dealing with a serious incident in Linacre Woods near Chesterfield.

The lady from Chesterfield had suffered a bad slip and fall in the woods, resulting in suspected injuries to her ankle, back, neck and elbow as well as suffering hypothermia.  An East Midlands Ambulance crew were treating the casualty but rescue equipment was required to extricate her from a difficult position.   Chesterfield is a little off Buxton MRT’s normal working area and it was Edale members who were mainly involved with most Buxton members being stood down on route.

The casualty was eventually taken by ambulance to a major trauma centre in Sheffield.