Our deputies responded to an injured hiker in the mountains.  They performed an assessment and stabilized an ankle injury with a splint.  Rescue helicopter arrived and flight medic determined that treatment was appropriate and sufficient to allow the stabilized patient to be loaded and transported to hospital without him (because of weather and altitude there was a weight constraint).  The receiving physician also commended the treatment performed.  Thanks to ETS for providing training to our deputies, allowing them to assess and stabilize patients in the backcountry and reducing the risk to search and rescue operations.

— Chris S.