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Grand Canyon 1997 EMS Report

With the addition of PSAR Volunteers, Signs, and handouts we did not have one heat stroke last summer. Also the temps were down we did not have two consecutive days of 105 temps in the inner canyon.

Total number of EMS incidents 1376
  • Advanced Life Support Cases
    		• 274
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support
    		• 96
  • Basic Life Support
    		• 605
  • Minor Medical Cases
    		• 396
    Environmental Emergencies:
  • Heat Exhaustion
    		• 143
  • Hyponatremia
    		• 29
  • Heat Stroke
    		• 0
    Fatalities:
    (includes Grand Canyon Village and Tusayan)     		22
  • Falls
    		• 2
  • Natural
    		• 8
  • Suicide
    		• 3
  • MVA
    		• 2
  • Plane Crash
    		• 2
  • Drowning
    		• 4
  • Other
    		• 1
    Transportation:
  • Ambulance Transport
    		• 325
  • Helicopter
    		• 224
  • Fixed Wing
    		• 4
  • Mule Evacuations
    		• 7
  • Hiker Assists/Walkouts
    		• 354

    Statistics provided courtesy of Grand Canyon National Park and the National Park Service

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