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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Friday, August 1, 2014 INCIDENTS Bryce Canyon NP Visitor Seriously Injured When Thrown By Mule On Saturday, July 26th, rangers received an emergency call reporting that a trail rider had been thrown by a mule during a guided trip on the Peekaboo loop trail and been seriously injured. Rangers assembled a rescue team that included personnel from Garfield County EMS and Tropic Fire and Rescue. A medical team determined that an air evacuation would be needed, as the nearest trauma center is four hours away and the accident had occurred two-and-a-half miles from the nearest trailhead. A Classic Lifeguard helicopter from Page, Arizona, flew to the park and picked up the injured visitor at a landing zone established by rescuers. The injured visitor was taken to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, Utah, for treatment for a pelvis fracture and shattered collarbone. [David Sutherland, Park Ranger] Bryce Canyon NP Lightning Strike Injured Park Visitor The park received a report last Monday of a visitor down and unconscious and in need of medical assistance on the Rim Trail. A storm had recently passed through the area, bringing heavy rain and lightning. Rangers began a hasty search along the trail and found the visitor suffering seizures off to the side of the trail between Sunset and Inspiration Points. Initial signs and symptoms indicated that the visitor had likely been the victim of lightning side splash, as a tree several feet away had recently been struck by lightning. An ambulance from Garfield County EMS was soon on scene. The patient was transferred to the burn unit at University of Utah Medical Center for further care. [David Sutherland, Park Ranger] OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's webpage editions of InsideNPS (available to NPS employees only) and the Morning Report (available to all readers): Petersburg NB - On July 30th, Petersburg National Battlefield commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Crater with real-time tours of the battlefield, a commemorative ceremony, and first-day-of-issue ceremonies for the new “Civil War 1864: Petersburg Campaign Forever” stamp. Sand Creek Massacre NHS - The 150th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre will take place this November. To assist staff in conveying the massacre story to its younger visitors, the park has developed six new educational “trading” cards. Northeast Region - The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Lower Delaware River a grant for its Canoemobile program -- a fleet of ten-passenger canoes that are employed to get youth out paddling on local urban waterways. Fort Union NM - Fort Union National Monument celebrated its annual Fort Union Days weekend event in June. This year's event focused on the 1870's period of the fort and its role in the “Indian Wars.” Servicewide Training Calendar - The following have been added to this week's calendar - two webinars and a seminar on co-creating narratives in public spaces, a webinar providing an introduction to internship program evaluations, and a FLETC firearms instructor course in California. To see the full text of these stories, readers should go to one or the other of the following sites: NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index Non-NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/ The Morning Report is produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov). --- ### --- |