Padley Gorge, Gindleford

  • Call out for year: 51
  • Date: 20/08/13
  • Time: 11:15 am
  • Grid ref: SK 250 788
  • Type of incident: Non mountain (Ambulance) Injured(1)
  • Team members involved: 9
  • Time taken: 1
  • Total man hours: 9 hours

Incident report

A joint Buxton and Edale Snatch Squad call-out to support East Midlands Ambulance Service following a report of a twelve year old boy from Sheffield having fallen from a rope swing.  Ambulance and team MR paramedics treated the casualty at scene for suspected head and pelvic injuries before team members carried him to the waiting Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air-ambulance for transport to Sheffield Childrens’  Hospital.

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