At 12:01, August 7, 2011, CCSAR-N was paged out to rescue a 50 year old male who had crashed his mountain bike in the Lost Canyon area during a race. The subject was reported to have a probable broken hip. The first rescue team was with the patient in less than 45 minutes, and within an hour and a half the patient had been treated and packaged and was en route to the Flight For Life Helicopter which was waiting about 1/4 of a mile away. By 1:57 the patient was in the air bound for St. Anthony’s trauma center in Denver. On August 8 he underwent surgery for a broken femur. He is expected to make a full recovery.

Terry J Peavler
President, Chaffee County
Search and Rescue-North
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