Stanage Edge (plantation area)
- Call out for year: 71
- Date: 11/12/13
- Time: 12:27 pm
- Grid ref: SK241 841
- Type of incident: Climber Injured(1)
- Team members involved: 4
- Time taken: 1.5
- Total man hours: 6
Incident report
Buxton and Edale rescue teams’ Joint Snatch Squad called to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service at Stanage where a man had fallen three to four metres from a boulder. A possible ankle fracture was treated by ambulance paramedics before the casualty was carried by stretcher to the road for transfer to a Chesterfield hospital. Photo: Edale and Buxton team members stretchering the casualty to a waiting ambulance.
One comment
Well done to all your team for the dedication and courageous rescues that you all carry out with precision and expertise.