A mountain biker on a downhill section of a track in the Goyt Valley caught a pedal on the ground and was flipped off his bike, sustaining a very painful lower leg injury. Fortunately, some nearby walkers witnessed the incident and were able to make a 999 call to ask for assistance from the emergency services. A helicopter from Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance was soon on scene, and the aircrew began the initial medical treatment.
Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called out by Derbyshire Constabulary after a 999 call was received from two walkers lost on Kinder, who were unable to find their way off the plateau.
Their location was identified using phone technology which ‘pings’ their phone and collects the grid reference of their position allowing team members to search a smaller area. Team members formed two sections which were dispatched from Upper Booth to make their way up Crowden Clough searching for the two walkers. As the section following the stream was making its way uphill, …
Two local walkers out enjoying their daily exercise in the sunshine ended up requiring the services of East Midlands Ambulance Service and Buxton Mountain Rescue Team after a little mishap.
After weeks of snow and rain, the area leading up to and around Solomon’s Temple were wet and slippery. One of the walkers took a tumble on a path leading out of the woods. This fall resulted in a very painful upper arm injury and the casualty was unable to move from the site of the incident. Other locals who had witnessed the trip …
Just as team members were thinking about the evening meals and activities, we received a call from Derbyshire Constabulary to assist them with an incident on the southern edges of Kinder Scout. The exact location of the incident was not precisely known, and to get as much resource to the location as quickly as possible, our colleagues in Kinder Mountain Rescue Team was also called to assist in the search.
A family group had been walking on Kinder and had seen a person they had become concerned about and, with night approaching and …
While out walking with a friend a local slipped and fell awkwardly sustaining an injury to the upper leg. The call for assistance from Buxton Mountain Rescue Team came via our colleagues at North West Ambulance Service and Cheshire Search and Rescue and team members and vehicles soon began to arrive at Tegg’s Nose Country Park.
Members of the public gave information about the location of the casualty and a team 4×4 vehicle was able to drive close to the scene carrying both equipment and personnel. It was clear the casualty …
After weeks of freezing temperatures and biting easterly winds, milder weather returned to Buxton and stripped the slopes of snow and ice. While out enjoying these warmer conditions, a local resident slipped on a steep patch of mud at the top of Grin Low sustaining a very painful lower leg injury.
A 999 call was made to East Midlands Ambulance Service and paramedics were soon on scene to begin the initial treatment. Due to the location, Buxton Mountain Rescue Team were called to assist with the evacuation off the hill. The first team …
A Saturday “tea time” callout came in for assistance with an incident in Buxton.
The commanding view from Solomon’s Temple attracts many local residents, but several days of freeze-thaw and the trampling of many hundreds of walkers had made the paths very icy in parts.
Our colleagues from East Midlands Ambulance Service were treating the casualty, who had slipped walking down to the car park sustaining a painful shoulder injury, but due to the location of the fall our assistance was required to organise the evacuation. …
With night-time temperatures dropping close to freezing Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called out to assist Edale Mountain Rescue Team in the search for a missing person in the Hope Valley.
The young person had not returned home from school, so with many hours having passed since they were last seen, and clothing inappropriate for the conditions, there were serious concerns for her safety.
