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Boundary County emergency crews respond to
gunshot injury in Highland Flats area |
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November 6, 2014 |
Boundary County emergency services responded
yesterday, November 5, to a call to assist a man
with a gunshot wound in the area of the Highland
Flats Snowmobile Park. It was thought this may
have been related to a hunting accident.
The Boundary County Sheriff's department and
Boundary Volunteer Ambulance dispatched
personnel to the scene. South Boundary Fire was
also present to assist.
While en route, not knowing ahead of time how
serious or life-threatening the wound might be,
and receiving third party information that there
appeared to be significant blood loss in the
injured person, the ambulance service requested
deployment of a Life Flight medical transport
helicopter to the scene.
Officers from the Sheriff's department and an
ambulance crew were directed onto a road above
the Snowmobile Park, and traveled a couple of
miles up that road where they located the victim
of the accident. With help and radio direction
from emergency personnel on the ground, the
medical helicopter landed near the parking area
at the park.
Fortunately, the accident victim was found to
have a wound which, although serious, was not
immediately life-threatening. This serious wound
appeared to require specialty surgical care. The
injured person was transported via helicopter to
Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene.
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