Buxton Team were called along with Edale MRT to rescue a fallen climber in Cowdale Quarry, near Buxton. The Team were also dealing with an incident at the Roaches so two Buxton members went to the incident and Edale provided some extra hands on this our second incident.
As luck would have it Helimed 53 was able to land near to the patient and deal with them with the assistance of the East Midlands ambulance service responder already on scene.
The team was called to the Roaches after reports of a fallen climber taking a big fall. The climber was located near to the Don Whillans Hut on the lower Tier. He was treated by Paramedics from WMAS and placed on a Mountain Rescue stretcher carried by team members to the waiting WMAS Ambulance for the onward journey to Hospital.
A joint call with Edale MRT to a lady out for an afternoon walk near Great Longstone. Unfortunalty she tripped over her dogs and sustained a dislocated knee. East Midlands Ambulance Service responded initially and requested assistance from mountain rescue. After splinting her leg she was placed on a stretcher and carried back to an ambulance parked on a nearby road.
A walker fell sustaining a head injury near the top of Grindsbrook. Buxton team members along with Edale Mountain Rescue Team were called to assist the evacuation. Helimed 54 managed to drop a doctor and paramedic to start patient assessment. Given the location and fortunate good condition of the walker, they were walked down with the Air ambulance doctor and paramedic. Mountain rescue team members met the group half way down grindsbrook and assisted in getting the walker back to the roadhead.
As the team were packing up from the previous call out we were then called back to Rushup Edge to another injured Paraglider. The paraglider who landed awkwardly losing momentary consciousness and he injured his wrist. He was assessed and placed on a stretcher, then carried to the main road for transport to the hospital by East Midlands Ambulance Service.
As call out 30 was concluding the team were contacted to assist Edale Mountain Rescue Team with a walker who had taken a fall on Stanage Edge. A couple had walked from Hathersage to Stanage edge and a simple trip on the bouldery footpath had resulted in a painful knee dislocation. The casualty was carried to the road on the stretcher for the onward transport to hospital by East Midlands Ambulance Service for her injuries to be assess.
Whilst call out 29 was underway the team leader was approached in the control vehicle by a 24-year-old female from York who had been walking from Mamtor when she stepped awkwardly on a rock sustaining an ankle injury. She was treated by the team leader and then transported to Edale train station by two police community support officers who had attended to help with traffic control.
A busy day for the team with another full team call out, again with Edale Mountain Rescue Team to an injured female walker towards the top of Grindsbrook Clough. She was escorted down to Halfway Rocks then placed on a stretcher and carried to Edale Village.
The team were called to assist an experienced paraglider who unfortunately got blown back into the hillside on take-off. As a result, he lost consciousness for a short period of time. East Midlands Ambulance Service was first on scene and due to the possible, serious nature of his injuries, an Air Ambulance was requested. The team packaged the casualty on the helicopter’s scoop stretcher, then placed this onto our stretcher and carried uphill to the aircraft which was waiting on the ridge top.
