*** El Paso County SAR June'96 Incidents *** To: SAR Admin Date sent: Mon, 01 Jul 96 17:26:20 -0800 From: Ron Lee Subject: EPCSAR Missions-June 1996 To: sar_admin@mindlink.bc.ca The following is a compilation of mission activities performed by El Paso County Search and Rescue (EPCSAR), Colorado Springs, Colorado USA during June 1996. MISSION BRIEF: June 19, 1996 - Rescue on Barr Trail EPCSAR dispatched at 0942 hours to Manitou Springs trailhead of Barr Trail to assist a patient with possible broken ankle. MISSION BRIEF: June 20, 1996 - Another ankle injury on Barr Trail. EPCSAR dispatched at 1431 hours to respond to assist a 70 year-old female reported to have suffered an ankle injury.The report indicated the patient was located about 15 minutes up the Barr trail from the Manitou Springs trailhead. This mission was completed at 15:32 hours. MISSION BRIEF: June 24, 1996 - EPCSAR responds to report of car over side on Rampart Range Road. EPCSAR dispatched at 1535 hours to a point on Rampart Range road some 7 miles above Garden of the Gods for a car over the side in steep terrain. Police investigated and determined the report was unfounded. EPCSAR team stood down at 1551 hours. MISSION BRIEF: June 29, 1996 - Boy rescued on Pikes Peak. The El Paso County Search and Rescue team responded to near the summit of Pikes Peak Saturday evening after receiving a distress call by radio. The team was dispatched at 1715 hours to assist the Summit House medics with a thirteen year old boy reported down approximately 1 mile below the summit at a point on the mountain known as the bottom of "16 Golden Stairs". The boy had begun the hike from the Barr trailhead in Manitou Springs at 0530 hours that morning with a group of families hiking together. The youngster was overcome with fatigue as he completed approximately 12 miles of the thirteen mile hike along the Barr trail. The hike included a change of elevation from about 8000 ft elevation at his home in Colorado Springs to about 13,500 elevation (a total change of about 5,500 ft) when he collapsed. Upon stopping to rest, hypothermia quickly set in along with the possible effects of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). At times the boy became incoherent and lacked coordination required for walking. Medical personnel from the Summit house attended the boy until the rescue team arrived. The El Paso County rescue team arrived with fluids, hot packs, a sleeping bag and other necessary supplies to stablilize the boy's condition and help restore much of his vitality. The team then carried him to the summit in a stokes litter. He was evaluated at the summit by AMR ambulance staff that had driven there on the Pikes Peak highway. After about an hour in the warmth of the Summit House he was feeling well enough to travel down the mountain by private vehicle. -----------------------------------------------