http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/rss/callouts Callouts for Derby Mountain Rescue Team http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/639 A 21yo woman, out walking with her friends late in the evening, slipped and injured her knee whilst descending from the top of Thorpe Cloud. Ambulance paramedics and a team doctor treated the woman on scene before she was lowered on a stretcher to the valley floor and taken to a waiting ambulance http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/639 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/640 <p>Some members of DMRT were in the area when they were informed that a man had collapsed some distance ahead of them. Team members went to the scene to assist before members of the local Cave Rescue Organisation arrived. Unfortunately, the man had already passed away before DMRT team members arrived.</p> http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/640 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/641 The team were called after a father reported his 2 sons missing in the vicinity of Reynard's cave in Dovedale. The sons were located before the full team were called out. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/641 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/638 The team were called to search for a missing 93yo woman in the early hours of the morning. Twenty one team members and 3 SARDA dogs searched for the missing woman in fields and rural areas in the vicinity of her home. She was located by search dog and recovered by stretcher to a waiting ambulance. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/638 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/637 Staffordshire Police contacted the team to help recover some dead peregrine chicks from a ledge in an old quarry. As this was during the working day, the team agreed to assist after office hours rather than call people out from work. However, an RSPB specialist team dealt with the incident and DMRT were not needed. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/637 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/635 The team were called to a residential care home near Etwall to search for a 86yo man, discovered to be missing at 5:15am. The man was located in a ditch nearby, suffering from hypothermia. He was evacuated by team Land Rover to a waiting EMAS ambulance for transport to hospital. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/635 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/636 A man got lost at night and called 999 when returning to the Nine Ladies stone circle on Stanton moor where he was camping. A team Land Rover and 3 team members were mobilised to search the local roads as a Police helicopter searched overhead. The man was located by the helicopter before the full team were called out http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/636 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/634 The team were called to search for a missing person in the vicinity of Shipley Country Park. The team were stood down en route as the missing person was located. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/634 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/633 The team were called to search for a despondant man, reported as being in the Linacre Woods Country Park. The team were stood down en route as the man was discovered by a SARDA search dog and the Edale team, who were already on scene. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/633 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/632 Whilst holding a PR day in Dovedale, the team attended an incident when a man out walking with his family twisted his ankle and found himself unable to continue. Having seen us in the area, his wife requested our assistance. He was evacuated by stretcher across the river in to the waiting team landrover and then to the main car park. The family intended to visit the local Accident and Emergency department on their return home. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/632 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/631 The team were called to Black Rocks where a mountain biker had fallen off his bike in the woods and sustained facial injuries. They had made their own way down to the top of the Sheep Pasture Incline and met team members on the High Peak Trail. Due to the mechanism of injury, he was also treated as potentially having a spinal injury. Team members evacuated him by stretcher to a Land Rover, which then took him to the roadhead to a waiting road ambulance. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/631 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/630 The team were called to Stanton Moor to a woman who had tripped and injured her ankle whilst out walking with her dog. Team members evacuated the woman by stretcher to the Nine Ladies stone circle where a team Land Rover was waiting to transport her to a road ambulance for onward transport to hospital. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/630 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/628 The Derby and Buxton teams were called to rescue a 16 year old girl who had fallen and suffered back spasms whilst out walking and was unable to continue. She was part of group of 24 children and 4 adults visiting the area from a Welsh young carers group. The casualty was located some distance from road access and after being treated by a Derby medic, both teams joined forces to carry her by stretcher several Km to the team Land Rover, where she was then taken by the vehicle to an EMAS ambulance. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/628 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/627 The Team were called when it was thought they might be needed to help evacuate a woman who had suffered a serious leg injury whilst descending from Thorpe Cloud. The Team were put on standby whilst the duty team leader and team vehicles went to the scene. The Air Ambulance managed to evacuate the casualty as the team vehicles arrived on scene and the Team were stood down http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/627 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/626 The team were put on standby, ready to go out to search for a missing despondent person in the vicinity of Black Rocks. The Team were stood down within a short period when the Police located the missing person. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/626 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/625 The team were called to evacuate a 73 year old woman who had slipped on a footpath whilst out walking through farmland in the Hartington area, injuring her hip. A Midlands Air Ambulance managed to evacuate her just as the team arrived on scene. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/625 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/624 The team were called to Thors Cave, in the Manifold valley, where a man had fallen 50ft down from the path, sustaining arm, face and head injuries. Fire and ambulance services were already on scene when the team arrived. The team placed the man on our stretcher and used a rope system to lower the stretcher, whilst it was carried by DMRT members, down the slope and across the river to a waiting air ambulance. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/624 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/623 The Team were called to search for missing male in the Manifold Valley area after he had contacted police after getting lost as darkness fell. The Team Leader was able to contact him by phone but also put the team drivers on standby for a possible full team callout. The Team Leader advised the missing man to go towards the building the man could see in the distance with lights on, which turned out to be a farm. The generous farmer then drove the man back to Waterhouses where he had left his car and the Team were stood down. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/623 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/622 The team were called to Middleton By Youlgreave, where a woman out walking with her partner had slipped, causing an ankle injury. As the first team members arrived on site, the Fire and Rescue service had also arrived and were able to evacuate the casualty themselves. Those members of the team still en route were consequently stood down. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/622 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/621 Team called to assist EMAS with a 46 year old male who had fallen from his bike and suffered possible head and neck injuries. The team were stood down as the vehicle crews were being mobilised as EMAS were able to deal with the incident. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/621 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/620 Derbyshire Police called the team to search for a 48yo woman missing from home. The woman was located by police during the callout process. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/620 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/619 <p>The Team were called on to assist an ambulance crew in evacuating a woman from her home after she had fallen down the stairs and sustained a spinal injury. The road ambulance was unable to reach her due to the snow, so the team Land Rover and a crew of 6 reached the woman's home and evacuated her to the waiting ambulance using the team stretcher.</p> http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/619 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/618 The team were called to evacuate a 45 year old woman who had slipped and injured her ankle whilst out walking with a large group. An EMAS land ambulance were unable to reach her and the team and a WNAA air ambulance were called to assist. As the team arrived, the woman was reportedly successfully evacuated by an English Nature Land Rover. The team evacuated the rest of the party. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/618 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/617 The team were called to assist the ambulance service in taking an 82 year old woman to hospital from Lea Bridge near Matlock. The ambulance crew were unable to get to the woman due to the road conditions in the vicinity and called on the team to for aid. Fourteen members of the team were able to make it through the snowy conditions to get to the cottage where the woman was stranded. They then used their stretcher to carry the woman from her bed to the team's Land Rover and she was then driven to Cromford station where she was handed over to the road ambulance for onward transport to hospital. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/617 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/616 Team leader was contacted regarding a possible callout to search for a 67 year old vulnerable male reported missing from home. Action was deferred pending police enquiries and the man was eventually found in a shop before the team were actually called out. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/616 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/615 The team were called to evacuate a casualty who had fallen around 20m and sustained a head injury. The casualty had managed to walk to a picnic area, believed to be Lovers Leap, before collapsing. The Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance arrived on scene as the team were en route and managed to evacuate the casualty themselves. The team were stood down. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/615 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/614 The team were called to search for 2 lost walkers who had become lost in woodland as darkness fell. The walkers were in contact with the team by phone and were quickly located by team members and escorted to safety. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/614 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/613 <p>A17yo woman had slipped and injured her back in the vicinity of Reynard's Cave in Dovedale. She was out on a group walk as part of an outdoor leisure management course. The air ambulance attended and called out the team to assist with the evacuation. The first team members to arrive on scene were able to assist whilst the rest of the team were stood down en route as the evacuation was completed and the casualty was transferred to hospital.</p> http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/613 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/612 The team were called to Thorpe to search for a missing vulnerable woman. The woman was quickly found on Hamston Hill, in the vicinity of an old quarry on Thorpe pasture when the light from a torch was seen in the distance as the search began. A team paramedic and doctor examined her on scene before she was evacuated by stretcher to the team Land Rover and then to the road-head where she was transferred to an EMAS road ambulance for onward transport to the Royal Derby Hospital. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/612 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/611 The team were called to search for a man who had last been seen at 1:30 am in a pub but had failed to make it home. The missing person was a type 1 diabetic who had taken insulin. The team leader and control staff/vehicles were en route when the man was located by police at around 15:30, close to the RV. The team were stood down but the team leader was near to the RV and so continued to assist with the recovery. The man was unhurt but was taken to hospital for a check up. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/611 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/610 The team were called to assist a 74yo man who had got stuck near the top of Thorpe Cloud on a steep slope. His inappropriate footwear had insufficient grip for the terrain and he had resorted to removing his shoes in an attempt to get better grip. However, when he also attempted to remove his socks, he dropped his shoes which then rolled away down the hill leaving the man unable to continue. A walker on the opposite hill spotted the man and noticed he had not moved over a period of time and dialled 999.The DLRAA Air Ambulance and 13 team members attended the incident and were able to walk the man off the hill and take him back to his hotel. The man was uninjured. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/610 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/609 Team called to evacuate an injured mountain biker. The Air ambulance had attended but needed the team to carry the casualty to the landing zone. Team stood down en route, as air ambulance crew managed to evacuate the casualty themselves. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/609 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/608 Team placed on stand by for 2 people who had failed to return from a walk around the Black Rocks area. The duty team leader and team vehicles mobilised but the missing people turned up as the team leader arrived on site, before the full team had been called out. Team stood down. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/608 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/607 <p>Team called at midnight to search for a missing 86yo man, last seen at 6:00pm. He was located safe and well by team members in a woodland area close to his home having got into difficulty whilst out for a walk.</p> http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/607 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/606 The team were called to evacuate an injured man, who had fallen 80ft down a path from Thorpe Cloud. The casualty was evacuated by air ambulance whilst the team were en route and the team were stood down. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/606 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/605 Whilst on a PR day in the area, the team were called to rescue a 44yo woman who had slipped on wet rocks whilst walking down Thorpe Cloud with her family, injuring her ankle. The woman's children had run back to where the team were stationed to raise the alert. Team members treated the woman and evacuated her across the river to a waiting EMAS ambulance. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/605 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/604 The team were called by police to search for a missing 39yo despondant male, believed to be in the vicinity. As night fell, the search was called off as the man appeared to be still mobile and possibly moving away from the search area according to his phone signal. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/604 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/603 A 64yo man reported that he was suffering from chest pains whilst on Thorpe Cloud. An EMAS ambulance attended the scene and the team were called to evacuate the casualty. As team members started arriving on site, the ambulance crew had managed to walk the casualty off the hill and the team were stood down. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/603 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/602 Leicestershire Police contacted the team to search for a vulnerable missing person. The team were put on standby whilst police continued their enquiries. The team were stood down when the missing person turned up safe and well. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/602 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/601 EMAS ambulance called the team to evacuate a 13yo girl who had fallen on Thorpe Cloud and sustained deep lacerations to her knees. The ambulance crew managed to walk her off the hill and into the ambulance just as the team started to arrive on scene. The team were stood down. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/601 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/600 <p>Team called to search for a missing 40yo male, who had been staying at Ilam Youth Hostel. The team searched throughout the night, but the man was not located within the search area. He eventually walked into the youth hostel the following morning, just as team leaders were arranging to deploy the team for a second search.</p> http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/600 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/599 The team were called out to search for a missing person.  The person was located by police whilst the team were still en route and the team were stood down. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/599 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/598 A 40 yo climbing instructor suffered a fatal collapse whilst rigging up for a lesson on a pinnacle by Black Rocks. The team were called to evacuate the deceased man from the peak. The cause of death is not known at this stage. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/598 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team) http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/597 In almost the same location as the last incident, a 12yo girl slipped and sustained a lower leg injury whilst walking with her younger siblings and guardian. 19 members of the team and 2 WMAS First Responders attended the scene, splinting the leg and transporting her by stretcher across the ridge to a team Land Rover. She was then transferred to a WMAS road ambulance and taken to hospital. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/callouts/show/597 webmaster@derbymrt.org.uk (Derby Mountain Rescue Team)