KANANASKIS – A woman is in hospital from injuries sustained in a "high fall" while hiking near the Grizzly Creek Day Use area in Kananaskis Country on Sunday afternoon (July 21).
“It’s unknown specifically what height the fall had been [from], however, other parties in the area, I think due to cell reception, were assisting locating this patient and getting emergency services help to them,” said Stuart Brideaux, an Alberta Health Services public education officer.
The woman was in “potentially life-threatening condition" and was heli-rescued by Kananaskis Mountain Rescue and Alpine Helicopters from the remote area of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park.
Ground paramedics were concerned about head injuries during the time of transport.
“The attendant paramedics did have concerns for head injuries, although other injuries due to the high fall were probably investigated,” said Brideaux.
The patient was transported by ground ambulance which rendezvous with STARS air ambulance at the heli-pad adjacent to the Stoney Nakoda Resort and Casino at approximately 4 p.m. The patient was flown to Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary.
STAR-1 (Calgary) has been dispatched for a scene call emergency in the Kananaskis, AB area
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“This was a multi-agency response, with Alpine Helicopters initially extracting the patient from the remote area for hand off to local ground EMS, who subsequently rendezvoused with the STAR-1 helicopter,” said Blake Robert, STARS media relations, in an email.
The Outlook reached out to Forestry and Parks and will update the story if more information becomes available.
