Woman falls on Mt. Ruapehu

The Taupo Based Greenlea Rescue helicopter was dispatched to Mt Ruapehu where

A fifty year old American woman who was in a group hiking the hanseli face fell approximately five meters. She tumbled over several times sustaining chest and pelvic injuries.

Due to the weather conditions at the time she was initially recovered by the ruapehu alpine rescue team who had begun a stretcher carry operation.

Fortunately a brief clearing in the weather allowed the helicopter to meet the alpine rescue team part of the way down the mountain.

The injured woman's stretcher was lifted into the hovering helicopter, before she was treated lower down the mountain and flown on to rotorua hospital.

Philips Search and Rescue Trust is a charitable organisation, operating rescue helicopters throughout the Central North Island. Philips Search and Rescue Trust relies on support from principal sponsors and community donations. Special thanks to Taupo's principal sponsor, Greenlea. This crucial financial support ensures our rescue helicopters can continue to bring life-saving equipment, rescue personnel and trauma-trained medics directly to the patient. For further information about PSRT visit our website http://rescue.org.nz.

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