Medical rescue on single-track trail near Paonia, Paonia CO


Rescue teams use vehicle and helicopter to reach patient on narrow trail near Paonia. They may need specialized ropes team due to difficult terrain.
Audio|Source: Delta and Northern Gunnison Counties Public Safety
03:30
Transcript:
00:00
We have two coming up on the side-by-side with the littered. 10-4[1]. Sar 1, Mrs. Sar 15. Go Sar 15. We advise that the trail is a single track and the side-by-side won't be able to move it up here.
00:28
They're going to bring it up as far as they can and then hike it the rest of the way.
00:32
Go Sar 37. I just wanted to let you know the helicopter is landed above the point where you can probably get the litter or the side-by-sides too.
00:49
point where you can get the litter to.
00:52
is Care Flight. They landed at a beaver pond where the trail has already turned to single track. If we can't get hats coming, it might be an idea to request mutual aid from the ropes team at West Elf or possibly Black Canyon in case we need to use ropes to get the patient up to the trail. Okay, Randy.
01:21
went out to call hats.
01:23
lot more bodies, just people with ropes.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement/Message received
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Location mentioned:
Paonia, CO 81428
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