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Monsal Dale

Just after 4pm, the team was contacted by Derbyshire Constabulary to an injured walker next to the Monsal Trail just below Monsal Head.

A walker was enjoying an afternoon walk when he slipped and injured his lower leg. When team members arrived on the scene, they administered Entonox as the casualty was encountering a high pain-score. After the pain subsided, the casualty was placed onto a mountain rescue stretcher. The stretcher-carry was made all the more difficult by having to lift the stretcher over a gate and then across the very narrow bridge to …

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Grindsbrook 

As temperatures were rising heading to mid-afternoon, the team was called to a walker who had been reported as collapsing towards the top of Grindsbrook Clough. As with all midweek call-outs, Edale Mountain Rescue Team was also tasked.

Vehicles were quickly despatched from both Dove Base and Buxton Fire Station.

On arriving in Edale, team members were shuttled to the Nag’s Head pub, and then continued on foot. Temperatures were now reaching the low 30s and, with no wind, this made for an extremely unpleasant walk up the valley….

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Monyash/Lathkill Dale

Team members were heading to bed after a fun-packed day at the Buxton Carnival when they were called out.

A group of walkers had been enjoying Lathkill Dale when one of the group aggravated an old ankle injury.

The group attempted to walk the casualty back to the road and their car but was making extremely slow progress. A local dog walker met the group and raised the alarm!

As team members were arriving at the RV point, the casualty had managed to reach the road….

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Grindsbrook 

Team called out to a walker who had got lost on Wild Moor, Goyt Valley.They were staying in Buxton for a couple of days and had decided to have a walk around the Goyt Valley. They started off on a footpath which then faded out. They walked to a high point to see if they could find a direction to follow but became more disoriented. They rang Derbyshire Police and asked for our assistance. They were soon located, given warm clothing and walked off to a waiting vehicle.

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Three Shires Head 

A walker out enjoying the Three Shires Head tripped whilst crossing the bridge. As a result, the casualty suffered a head injury, which resulted in reduced consciousness.

A silver The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award group, witnessed the accident and raised the alarm by climbing out of the valley to obtain a phone signal.

The group’s supervisor is a member of Buxton Mountain Rescue and, after making sure the team was called out, made his way to the casualty site to commence medical care.

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Grindsbrook 

The team was called out by East Midlands Ambulance Service along with Edale Mountain Rescue Team to a walker who had painfully dislocated their knee on the path leading to Grindsbrook in Edale.

Members of the team met at Edale station car park and were transported by team vehicles to the Nag’s Head Inn where equipment was deployed on foot to the casualty.

On arrival at the scene, the casualty had been given pain relief and treated by paramedics. Team members loaded the casualty into the vacuum mattress and onto …

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Millers Dale, east of Buxton

The team was called out by Derbyshire Constabulary, to a rock climber who had taken a fall from a height of 7 metres hurting his lower back as he landed.

Team members met at Miller’s Dale station car park and made their way to the casualty along the Monsal Trail, before descending to the river and reaching the casualty’s location.

The team provided first aid treatment then carefully loaded the casualty onto a vacuum mattress placed on top of the mountain rescue stretcher.

The casualty was …

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Chee Tor

The team was called out by Derbyshire Constabulary, to a rock climber who had taken a fall from a height of 7 metres hurting his lower back as he landed.

Team members rendezvoused at Miller’s Dale station car park and made their way to the casualty along the Monsal Trail, before descending to the river and reaching the casualty’s location on the far bank.

The team provided first aid treatment then carefully loaded the casualty onto a vacuum mattress placed on top of the mountain rescue stretcher to protect the injury….

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Shutlingsloe, South East of Macclesfield

The team was called out along with Cheshire Search and Rescue to an injured walker on the side of Shutlingsloe.

The casualty had slipped on the descent of their walk injuring their leg.

Team members were originally called to Trentabank car park, but when a more exact location of the casualty was obtained were re-routed to the rendezvous point of Shutlingsloe Farm.

First Aid treatment was undertaken by team members then the casualty was stretchered down to Shutlingsloe Farm for the onward journey to A and E….

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Tytherington

We will go to any lengths for our pets, but it doesn’t often lead to a call to Mountain Rescue.

The team were called out by North West Ambulance Service to assist them with an incident at Riverside Park, Tytherington.

A woman out looking for her missing cat, slipped down a steep bank and sustained a suspected ankle fracture.

The request was to help getting the lovely cat owner up a steep slope with an ankle injury. Cheshire Fire and Rescue were also in attendance. Stood down …

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