On Tuesday afternoon December 2nd, at approximately 4:00 pm, Depoe Bay Firefighters were called to a location just South of Depoe Bay in an area known as Big Whale Cove.
The initial call was for a 19-year-old male suffering from an unknown medical issue. Firefighters reached the patient within 10 minutes of the call and had determined that the 19-year-old hiker had reportedly suffered seizures and had become immobilized. Emergency personnel quickly decided the best extraction would be by a helicopter. Within minutes a MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter from Coast Sector North Bend was dispatched and deployed.
Depot Bay Fire Department Firefighters and Pacific West Ambulance personnel stabilized the patient and waited for extraction. A crew from Coast Guard Station Depoe Bay was also on scene and relayed information between first responders and the Helicopter team during the extraction.
Due to tree height and a strong east winds over the steep terrain, the air crew was unable to hoist the hiker from the cliff. With cooperation from Mother Nature in the way of a low tide, the U.S. Coast Guard helicopter was able to land on a tidal pool area on a cove shelf 100 feet below the cliff and safely conducted the medevac.
Once he was loaded, the aircrew safely transferred the 19-year-old hiker to medical personnel at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport.
No patient identification or other information is available at this time.
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