At approximately 1336 hours the Team was called to assist Bridgeport Fire and Medic 7 with extraction of a 78-year-old female subject with reported leg and arm fractures near Red Lake in the Virginia Lakes basin. Rescue base was established at the parking area for Big Virginia Lake (aka Big Valley Lake) and the first 2 MOSAR members to arrive packed medical and rigging gear and departed base. MOSAR response from the south was delayed due to ongong road construction on the 395.

Along the way, Team 1 discovered that the wheeled litter had not reached the subject, so they wheeled the litter to the subject location on a steep, loose, off-trail slope where her fall had terminated. Medic 7 and Bridgeport Fire personnel were on scene evaluating the subject and providing initial treatment. Team 1 assisted with packaging the subject in the full-body vacuum splint and loading her in the wheeled litter.

Team 1 also built an anchor system to provide a lowering system/belay for the litter team for the steep descent down the fall line of the slope. As the litter team neared the end of their 200' line, other MOSAR field teams arrived on scene with additional manpower and equipment, and a second lowering system/belay anchor was constructed with a 300' rope which was enough to get the litter team down to safe ground.

Second lowering station/belay with Red Lake in the background.

Arriving at safe ground, the end of the lowering process.

The litter was wheeled back to the parking area and the subject was transferred into the Medic 7 unit, and she was delivered to Conway Summit to meet with a Careflight helicopter. Careflight transported the subject to Renown Medical Center in Reno, NV. The operation was terminated at 1648 hours.

IC: Rhoads Ops Leader: Beck Responders: Creager, Kelly, Baron, Buchanan, Quiring, Kaufman, Carlson, Senior, Huizingh, Wallace, Mayernick, Case, Torrence, Hunsinger, Salay

On-Scene Coordinator: Mono County Sheriff Search and Rescue