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Lookout Fire Heat Related Injury 2023

  • Location:

    Oregon

  • Date:

    09/17/2023

  • Incident Type:

    Heat Related Illness

  • Description:

    A crewmember on an Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC) working on the Lookout Fire, Willamette National Forest, Oregon, became overheated, began to cramp, and feel generally ill then sat down around 1330. His fellow crewmembers helped him up leading to him losing consciousness and demonstrating seizure type activity. He regained consciousness but remained disoriented. A nearby paramedic responded and performed a field assessment resulting in transport to the hospital in an incident ambulance.

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

    Medical or Exertion or Heat, Heat Injury, Medical Emergency

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