Incident report

A joint call for Buxton and Edale mountain rescue teams following a report from East Midlands Ambulance Service of an accident on the slopes of Mam Tor near Castleton.

A 52 year old lady from Long Eaton, Nottingham, had slipped whilst walking and sustained a suspected leg fracture.  Medical treatment and pain relief was administered by a paramedic member of Edale team whilst other team members prepared a rescue stretcher for the evacuation.

Following a short carry down hill onto the old Mam Tor the casualty was handed over to the care of an East Midlands ambulance crew for transfer to hospital.