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Corta Fire El Cariso IHC Member Medevac 2019

  • Incident Information:

    Corta_Fire_El_Cariso_IHC_Member_Medevac_(2019)

  • Location:

    Nevada

  • Date:

    08/10/2019

  • Incident Type:

    Medical or Exertion

  • Description:

    An El Cariso Interagency Hotshot Crew member began suffering chest pains. U.S. Forest Service EMTs responded with oxygen and called for a medevac. The Firefighter was medevac'd via agency helicopter (one skid helo extraction on 100% slope) and flown to the incident helibase where the Firefighter was then transferred to an air ambulance and flown to a hospital in Elko. After an evaluation, the Firefighter was released with instructions to follow-up with a cardiologist at the home unit.

    [This data was provided by the USFS Weekly Summary Report.]

    Hand Crews, Helicopters, Medical Emergency, Medevac, Health and Fitness, Medical or Exertion

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