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Pole Creek Fire Heat Related Illness 2017

  • Incident Information:

    Heat_Related_Illness_IWI_RLS

  • Location:

    Nevada

  • Date:

    08/01/2017

  • Incident Type:

    Heat Related Illness

  • Description:

    I (DIVS Golf) was notified by the Inmate Crew that I had a "man down." I immediately contacted the Task Force Leader and directed him to head to the incident and take IWI IC. I would meet him on scene, retaining the DIVS role. I also requested the IHC Crew medic and EMTs to go to the scene immediately. Within 5 minutes (including travel time) the Task Force Leader had notified Elko Dispatch of the emergency situation, indicated a 9 Line “Yellow” severity, and ordered a medevac ship and back-up ground ambulance.

    The patient was stabilized for a heat-related injury. The IWI IC had communicated the 9 Line to Elko Dispatch. Forty minutes later, the patient was flown off of Division G by a BLM helicopter to ICP, where the patient was transferred to the Flight for Life helicopter and air transported to the hospital in Elko.

    Heat Injury, Hand Crews, RLS, Medevac, Medical or Exertion, Heat Related Illness

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