4 May 2010 : Busy Bank Holiday

A busy bank holiday weekend saw the team attend three incidents over the period.

On Monday, May 3rd, the team were stationed at Dovedale for a PR and fund-raising event as part of the national Mountain and Cave rescue Awareness day that most mountain rescue teams were taking part in. During the afternoon, a man out walking in the area with his family tripped and injured his ankle. His wife, being aware of the team’s presence in the area, asked for assistance. Team members carried the man by stretcher across the River Dove to a waiting team Land Rover. He was then driven to his car where the family were advised to travel to their nearest A&E department to have the ankle examined.

On the Sunday of the weekend, the team were called to Black Rocks late on Sunday evening, where a mountain biker had had an accident whilst descending from the hill as night fell. He had sustained facial injuries and due to the nature of his accident, was treated as possibly having a spinal injury. He was treated on scene by a team doctor and again evacuated by stretcher to the Land Rover, where he was then driven over 1km on the High Peak Trail to an EMAS ambulance for transport to hospital.

The weekend had started off on Saturday afternoon, with a call to Stanton Moor to assist a woman out walking her dog, who had also tripped and injured her ankle. She had slipped close to the historic bronze age stone circle, the Nine Ladies and had walked a short distance on the injured foot before finding herself unable to continue. Team members examined her on scene and evacuated her by stretcher to where the team Land Rover had managed to gain access. She was then transported to an EMAS road ambulance to be taken to Chesterfield hospital for further treatment.