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On May 31, more than 50 Southern Nevada wildland firefighters from BLM, U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service were joined by Mercy Air for medical extraction training exercises.
In the first scenario, two separate heat related injuries of a fellow firefighters were reported. And it couldn’t have happened on a more appropriate day as it was 106 degrees.
Firefighters worked together to provide shade to the patients, record vital signs, provide initial treatment, provide interventions by administering oxygen, hand carrying them and finally fully extracting them from the injury site when medical gear arrived.
In the second scenario, a fellow firefighter fell and reported no feeling below his waist. This time, air transport was requested, a helispot was created, the patient was carefully guided down a steep hill with full c-spine immobilization on a litter, a BLM helicopter landed, the patient was loaded into the BLM helicopter, and finally transferred and loaded into a MercyAir medical helicopter.
After both scenarios, an After Action Review was held to discuss the extractions and lessons learned.
Special thanks to Ian McQuery, Las Vegas Helitack’s Assistant Crew Supervisor, for spearheading the training!
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On May 31, more than 50 Southern Nevada wildland firefighters from BLM, U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service were joined by Mercy Air for medical extraction training exercises.
In the first scenario, two separate heat related injuries of a fellow firefighters were reported. And it couldn’t have happened on a more appropriate day as it was 106 degrees.
Firefighters worked together to provide shade to the patients, record vital signs, provide initial treatment, provide interventions by administering oxygen, hand carrying them and finally fully extracting them from the injury site when medical gear arrived.
In the second scenario, a fellow firefighter fell and reported no feeling below his waist. This time, air transport was requested, a helispot was created, the patient was carefully guided down a steep hill with full c-spine immobilization on a litter, a BLM helicopter landed, the patient was loaded into the BLM helicopter, and finally transferred and loaded into a MercyAir medical helicopter.
After both scenarios, an After Action Review was held to discuss the extractions and lessons learned.
Special thanks to Ian McQuery, Las Vegas Helitack’s Assistant Crew Supervisor, for spearheading the training!