What Is Field Rescue? Contributed by www.globalrescue.com/hscf
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lobal Rescue pioneered the concept of worldwide Field Rescue in 2004 and launched the ground-breaking Local Field Rescue in 2020. Now, with no mileage restrictions, members can call Global Rescue for help if ill or injured in a remote area and unable to get to safety on their own.
What Is Field Rescue? You’re on a lunch break and decide to take a solo hike on a one-mile trail loop near your home office. It’s only known to locals and inaccessible by motorized vehicles. A relatively steep incline is covered with wet leaves, and you accidentally slip and fall hard on a rock hidden underneath. When you try to stand, it’s obvious something is broken, and you won’t be able to walk out on your own. You need a Field Rescue even though you’re so close to home. You’ve trained for a Mount Everest climb. You’ve gathered your supplies in Kathmandu, taken the flight to Lukla airport, then made the slow climb to Base Camp, elevation 17,600 feet. You developed a noticeable cough on day three, which turned into a wet, hacking cough on day six. During your first night at base camp, you are out of breath while sitting still, your oxygen saturation reads 72%, and the cough is noticeably worse—all signs of high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). You also need a Field Rescue. These are two examples of Field Rescue, “the rescue of a person who is injured or ill and in need of hospitalization—and can’t get there on their own. This would be someone who is remote or not immediately accessible via a consumer vehicle and can’t otherwise get to care,” said Jeffrey Weinstein, operations supervisor at Global Rescue. “It is a rescue of someone who is in a remote area to the nearest most appropriate medical facility.” 30 HUNTER'S HORN™ SPRING 2021
