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Incident Information:
Attachment Size AZ IHC Rhabdo RLS 2023.pdf (192.23 KB) 192.23 KB -
Location:
Arizona -
Date:
07/26/2023 -
Incident Type:
Medical or Exertion -
Description:
After multiple shifts in high temperatures across exposed country on both the Grapevine Fire and the Racetrack Fire (Prescott National Forest, Arizona), three IHC crewmembers were taken to the hospital. Two were eventually diagnosed with Rhabdomyolysis and one with a fungal and staph infection.
Exertion, Heat Injury, Rhabdomyolysis, Rhabdo, RLS
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