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"ASTREA transports injured biker [spinal injury]"
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The sheriff's ASTREA helicopter was called Saturday morning to transport a 34-year-old man who suffered a suspected spinal-cord injury in a mountain biking accident just north of Palomar College. An ambulance could not reach him, authorities said. The accident happened about 9:30 a.m. Because of the rugged terrain on the mountain, which is marked with "P" for the college, San Marcos Fire Department personnel requested that ASTREA pilots fly the victim from the mountain. The man was secured to a backboard and flown to waiting paramedics at the north end of Las Posas Road in San Marcos. A dispatcher with the San Marcos Fire Department said the injured man was with a friend who called 911 when the accident occurred. A GPS device on the cell phone aided ASTREA in finding the two, both from San Marcos. The injured man was taken to the trauma unit at Palomar Medical Center, the dispatcher said. He added he was unsure how the accident occurred. "I'm not sure if he went down in loose gravel or what," the dispatcher said. -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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"ASTREA transports injured hiker [neck injury]"
So much for the health benefits of hiking...
San Diego County Sherrif's Department Helicopter Rescues Injured Swimmer Monday, June 02, 2008 - San Diego County Sherrif's Department -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 6-1-08 at about 4:13 pm the Sheriff's patrol helicopter "Astrea 3" was dispatched to a call of an injured hiker/swimmer at "Devil's Punch Bowl." Devil's Punch Bowl is often confused with Cedar Creek Falls which is frequented by many more hikers, (Cedar Creek Falls is about a 4 mile hike from the east end of the San Diego Country Estates in Ramona). It was reported that the victim was suffering from a neck injury incurred while jumping or diving into the water. Astrea 3, piloted by Deputy S. Sterner and with Deputy Kimball as the Tactical Flight Officer, responded to Cedar Creek Falls and located the victim next to the pool at the base of the falls. Astrea 3 then flew direct to the Ramona Cal-Fire Station 81 (in the Ramona Country Estates) and picked up Cal-Fire Paramedic Robert Price. Astrea 3 returned and landed near the base of Cedar Creek Falls within a short hike from the victim. The helicopter crew and paramedic hiked to the victim's location and began rendering aid. An unidentified foreign female doctor who also happened to be hiking at the falls, and a local unidentified off duty EMT were both tending to the victim. The two had fashioned a temporary cervical collar from towels a belt and a foam board. A Sheriff's department fire/hoist helicopter "Astrea 10" also responded hoisting down one Cal-Fire rescuer/EMT and rescue quipment. The victim, Micah Retz (35) of Alpine, was hoisted aboard Astrea 10 and flown to a Mercy Air helicopter which was waiting nearby. Though the victim was conscious, his condition is unknown at this time. |
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"ASTREA transports injured hiker."
On 06-18-08 at about 1540 hours, San Diego Sheriff’s Department
helicopter, ASTREA 3 was dispatched to assist State Parks in attempting to locate a lost hiker near Villager Peak in the Anza Borrego State Park. ASTREA 3 Pilot Scott Sterner and Tactical Flight Officer Darryl Kimball arrived and began searching the trail around 1615 hours with the help of several park rangers, deputy sheriff’s and a State Parks fixed wing aircraft. The hiker, Alicia Borgongo, a 28 year old hearing impared female from San Diego was last heard from by her mother at 1511 hours by a text message. The only information rescuers had to go on was she was lost in a sandy area and she was taking shelter from the sun next to a bush, then her cell phone went dead. The search encompassed about a 12 square mile area. Initial responding park rangers picked up her tracks beginning at her vehicle near the trail head. Not far after Alicia’s tracks left the trail, her tracks went cold for nearly an hour before being picked up again by another expert tracker from the State Parks Service almost 4 miles from the trail she was originally on. At this time the search had been going on for over 3 hours in temperatures upwards of 112 degrees. ASTREA 3 began low level flying to pick up Alicia’s tracks in the sand and with in a few minutes the crew located her. Alicia was in fair condition and the crew transported her to an awaiting ambulance. Her condition at this time is unknown. |
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"ASTREA transports injured biker [spinal injury]"
So much fossil fuels burned to keep rescuing hikers...
http://www.rotor.com/Default.aspx?ta...wsid905=49231& Helicopter Crew Rescues Hiker Suffering from Heat Exhaustion On Wednesday, July 23rd, 2003 at approximately 4:00 p.m. the crew of ASTREA 1 (Pilot Sgt. Jon Shellhammer and TFO Deputy Maria Wood) were dispatched to assist CDF in Cedar Creek Falls in reference to a hiker suffering from heat exhaustion. At about 4:14 p.m. the crew arrived on scene and located a 50 year-old female. She was about half a mile down the trail leading up to Ramona. The crew landed their MD500D helicopter on the trail, where Deputy Wood made contact with the victim and determined she would need to be airlifted. Subsequently the hiker was airlifted to waiting paramedics at the top of the trail. At the time of this report the extent of the victims injuries are unknown. |
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