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Medic Report
The emergency medical services team at Shenandoah National Park, which includes 11 Park Medics, 25 EMT’s, 3 rescue vans, and a crash truck, has been exceptionally busy and successful. Doctors at the University of Virginia Medical Center say that quick action in providing I.V. fluids, drugs, and prompt and proper medical care has saved the lives of at least five visitors this summer.
Typical of their abilities was victims of separate falls. The first, a 14-year old youth who fell 150 feet while rockclimbing, was kept alive by Medics until he could be evacuated by a U.S. Army helicopter from Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. The second was several days later when another visitor fell 50 feet from an overlook. Park Medics, upon arrival, found the visitor in critical condition, and after stabilizing the patient, rushed him to the University of Virginia Medical Center where a trauma team was waiting.
Park Medics and EMT’s receive most of their training on their own time and spend many contributed hours in the UVA Emergency Room “polishing” their skills.
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