The team were called at 14:25 by Derbyshire Police to a assist a teenager who had suffered an ankle injury after falling approximately 2m on the Southern Edge path of Kinder Scout, the casualty was out for a walk with family and friends were the incident occurred.
As we were deploying hill parties it was confirmed that Helimed had also been assign to the callout due to the location and report injuries. Helimed were soon above the plateau and landed a short walk away from the casualty location they were on scene ahead of the two Kinder hill parties. The casualty was assessed and treated by the crew before being loaded onto our stretcher and transported the short distance to the helicopter for onwards travel to hospital and further treatment.
The two hill parties made sure the casualties family and friends were ok before heading to our vehicles and returning to base to repack for the next callout.
Everyone at KMRT wishes the casualty a swift recovery and hope they manage to get back out on the hill before to long.
Callout summary
- Time14:25
- TypeHill Rescue
- LocationNoe Stool Kinder Scout
- Team16
- Duration3h
- Volunteer hours48
- Callout hours 20263,118