At 1156 hours the team was called for a mutual aid assist in Inyo County for a 46-year-old male subject experiencing chest pain near Heart Lake in the Little Lakes Valley. Rescue base was established at the Mosquito Flats Trailhead, and a field team of 8 with medical equipment was sent to assist.

CHP Helicopter H82 flying overhead to extract the subject. Image by J. Lipman

Inyo SAR and MOSAR at the subject location awaiting the departure of H82. Image by J. Lipman

Prior to their arrival at the subject, CHP helicopter H82 flew overhead and landed near the subject. The field team arrived shortly thereafter. A patient assessment was performed, and the subject was packaged and loaded into H82 and flown to the Bishop airport and tranferred to the care of an ALS unit for transport to Northern Inyo Hospital. The operation terminated at 1456 hours.

IC: Gillespie Ops Leader: Bush Responders: Patterson, Buchanan, Lipman, Blackman, Haugh, Mayernick