Navy search and rescue team saves hiker in Washington

A search and rescue staff from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, recovered a 55-year-old feminine hiker affected by a heat-related challenge on Saturday.

The rescue is one among greater than 30 missions Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s search and rescue staff has accomplished this 12 months — together with 9 medical evacuations and 19 rescues.

The rescue staff discovered the hiker and her group on a slope of Mount Hermann, and staff members have been deployed roughly 30 meters up the path.

“After getting ready the affected person for transport and repositioning to a spot for a clearer hoist, the SAR crew hoisted the affected person aboard the helicopter and commenced rendering affected person care,” a Navy information launch stated. “The affected person was transported to St. Joseph Medical Middle in Bellingham, Wash. a couple of minutes after 4 p.m.”

Final month, the search and rescue unit from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island recovered a stranded hunter experiencing fatigue and extreme hydration.

The Navy’s search and rescue staff discovered the hunter on a small ledge “precariously near a 70 ft. drop to a different cliff outcropping,” and an MH-60S helicopter launched a rescue airman on a hoist to convey the hunter to security, based on the service.

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s search and rescue staff is supplied with three MH-60S helicopters.