NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

INCIDENTS

Crater Lake NP

Woman's Life Saved Through Rapid EMS Response

On the afternoon of July 16th, dispatch received a radio call from the park's remote north entrance station reporting a female bicyclist who was experiencing chest pain. VUA Chris Reinhardt went to the 52-year-old woman's aid and relayed patient information to responding rangers and other park emergency services personnel. While other resources were still en route to the scene, Reinhardt advised that the woman had become unresponsive and that he was beginning CPR. EMS personnel, including park medic Jason Ramsdell, arrived to find the woman in cardiac arrest. They immediately employed an AED to administer three shocks to her. The shocks, combined with ALS medications, restored her breathing. She was then flown by Mercy Air to a hospital in Medford. The combination of effective early CPR, delivery of the first shock from an AED within eight minutes of the arrest, and ALS interventions contributed to saving the woman's life. Responding to the incident were rangers, personnel from fire management, fee collection and resource management, and the Chemult Rural Fire Protection District ambulance. Supervisory park ranger Jan Lemons was the incident commander. [Curt R. Dimmick, Chief Ranger]

Everglades NP

Missing Man's Body Recovered From Oyster Bay

Rangers joined with Coast Guard personnel in the search for a missing Palm Beach Gardens man last Saturday afternoon. W.C., 66, dove into park waters to retrieve his flatboat, which had broken loose from a rented houseboat anchored in the Oyster Bay area of the park. When W.C. disappeared, his brother-in-law, who was on the houseboat, notified the Coast Guard. They in turn notified the park. A search was begun employing park vessels and a Coast Guard helicopter, but had to be terminated around 10 p.m. due to darkness. The search resumed on Sunday despite severe thunderstorms in the area. W.C.'s body was found in the area where he first disappeared. [Linda Friar, Public Affairs Officer]

Cape Hatteras NS

Ohio Visitor Drowns In Atlantic Ocean

Rangers were dispatched to the Ramp 59 area last Friday afternoon in response to a report of a man missing in the ocean. When they arrived, they learned that K.R. and her husband S.R., both from Ohio, had been caught up in a rip current; she made it back to shore, but he didn't. His body was spotted in the ocean about 30 yards from shore and a quarter mile north of his last known location not long thereafter. Rangers and emergency responders entered the ocean and brought him to shore. He was not breathing and had no pulse. CPR was begun immediately and he was taken to Ocracoke Medical Clinic, where he was later pronounced dead. [Paul Stevens, Chief Ranger]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. To see the full text, including images, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the NPS Digest page ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/):

National Park of American Samoa - The National Park of American Samoa has received several grants to support youth conservation programs aimed at removing two exotics - tamaligi and red seed tree - from the park.

Navajo NM - On July 12th, the park co-hosted its third “Just Move It” community health and fitness event with the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Indian Health Services. The “Just Move It” program is a free non-competitive health and nutrition campaign for all ages that has held events across the entire Navajo Nation.

Lincoln Boyhood NM - Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial concluded a four-day, 50th anniversary celebration on Tuesday, July 10th. The event included a classic car show, an appearance by a re-enactor portraying President Theodore Roosevelt, a 1960s rock band, speeches by members of Congress, and a naturalization ceremony.

Flagstaff Area NMs - The staff of the Flagstaff Area National Monuments - Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Walnut Canyon - helped Arizona celebrate the 100th anniversary of its statehood by encouraging park visitors to walk "a hundred miles for one hundred years" on park trails. 

Intermountain Region - Cindy Ott-Jones, a 32-year veteran of the NPS, has been named superintendent of Big Bend National Park and the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River in southwest Texas.  

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The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced with the support of the Office of the Assistant Director for Information Resources and the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).

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