Hot dang! I just was on one of the most exciting calls I have ever run!
Pt had a compound, open fx of his left tibia. Only problem was he was 6 miles in on a forest service foot trail. So we hiked in and long story short, we didn't even know if the helicopter could land there and lift him out. So we called for an Air Force MEDEVAC out of Fairchild AFB cause they are equipped with a hoist. In the end, the civilian bird was able to land an lift the patient out, and the rest of us got ferried out on the Huey. I don't think I have ever gotten such a rush as I did sitting in the doorway of that Huey with my legs hanging out the side as the pilot twisted and turned down the canyon to get the speed up to get out of the canyon. Thank God that AF bird was available! We would have been hiking out in total darkness.
Pics later...^_^