Woman with fractured ankle rescued two miles into trail, San Bernardino County CA
Medical EmergencyA woman suffered a fractured ankle two miles into the Lost Palms Oasis Trail. She has enough water and is accompanied by two people. Because rescue units are far away, a helicopter evacuation is likely needed to carry her out.
Audio|Source: San Bernardino County Fire and EMS - South Desert Morongo Basin
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Transcript:
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We have an incident of a woman who has a fractured ankle two miles into the Lost Palms Oasis Trail.
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With John 412 I copy, I'll be responding.
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Do you have any more details on the incident?
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The individual has plenty of water according to the recording parties, as well as two people with her.
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She was helping carry her out.
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30s, about five six.
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And what's the request for?
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Are they going to carry her all the way out or would stay like an evacuation?
01:10
Need more hands to help carry this person out.
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All our units are more than an hour plus away.
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The fact this way out for that person is to get a helicopter evacuation if they are two miles into the trail.
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All Rangers are probably an hour plus or hour and a half away.
01:46
So if they need more help getting that person out, it's going to have to be a helicopter evacuation.
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San Bernardino County, CA
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