March 7, 2007 — During a joint rescue-training scenario, 20 rescue workers with the National Park Service, St. John Rescue and St. John EMS got quite a workout — and even some unwanted souvenirs.
On Sunday, two rescue dummies with simulated injuries were placed about a mile from the road along the shoreline of Great Lameshur Bay. The scenario called on one "patient" to be rescued by water, with the other to be rescued by doing a litter-raising and a one-mile trail carryout using a wheel on the litter, according to a Park Service release.
Both rescues went smoothly, although the trail carryout reportedly required eight people and about an hour of hard work – with a lot of rescuers coming back with cactus thorns as unwanted souvenirs from the effort.
According to the release, the purpose of the training scenario was to practice rescue skills, get the three agencies used to working together and to assess rescue capabilities on St. John.
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