Not so long ago, calls like these would have had large teams of volunteers spending long nights in the wilderness with badly injured subjects
North Shore Rescue saved two adventurers from separate life-and-death predicaments in the backcountry Sunday night.
Lions Bay team members, including a physician, started making their way to the site on foot, however cold weather and difficult terrain meant that the safest way out would be from above. “The fact that we had a night vision capable helicopter and hoist capable machine probably saved his life, because getting him out from that area overland would have been incredibly challenging,” he said. “The fact that he is now warm and safe in the hospital is pretty telling.”
In the three months that they’ve had provincial approval to do night hoists, Danks said it’s proven to be an incredibly valuable tool, saving hundreds of volunteer hours and overnights in the backcountry while getting injured people the fastest possible medical attention, all with minimal risk to volunteers.
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