Search and Rescue crews in Prince George were involved in a very unique operation.
Last week, local members were deployed in response to a team of biologists working in a steep, remote area of the McGregor Mountains.
Once on scene, search and rescue found someone in severe medical distress with a decreased level of consciousness.
Class ‘D’ Fixed Line technologies long lined the subject to Bearpaw Heli-Skiing’s base, where they were transferred to another helicopter and flown to Prince George.
“It is always more of a complex operation so we always look at other options to get a subject out within our big bag of tricks. When it is in a spot where this person was, this is the bag of tricks we need to use to get out of there.”
“We use it a few times a year,” said Dave Merritt, PG Search and Rescue spokesperson.
He added with daylight hours becoming less and less in the weeks and months ahead, certain rescues will be more challenging.
“In the case of the McGregor, we are a 40-minute flight. You have to taken into account that it’s the same time there and back and we still have to do the rescue, we may not have all of those daylight hours. The helicopter pilot will go we can’t fly at night and it becomes a one to two hour rescue to a eight to ten hour rescue.”
Upon arrival, B.C. Emergency Health Services was waiting to take them to the hospital.
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