Death on the slopes: skiers suffer most likely a heart attack

40 minutes fought the rescuers to the life of a skier on the Brauneck - unfortunately, in vain. The 66-Year-old died on the slopes, probably due to the consequences of a heart attack.

Lenggries - To 14.50 o'clock sounded on Monday in the mountain hut Wake up at the Brauneck to the Alarm. The on-duty Skiwacht from advanced. Reported an unconscious Person was departure to have been in the dark coin. Two skiwacht members - an emergency paramedic, and a paramedic - make immediately with the Skidoo on the way to the use.

"As the team arrived, there were already several skiers to reanimate the man who lay on the ski slope. Under the first aiders, a doctor and a paramedic were,“ portrays Sylvia, a spokesman for the Lenggrieser mountain rescue. The two incoming mountain rescuers acquisitions, including with a Defibrillator, the resuscitation of the French and the alarm wakes up a helicopter, as well as the head of the mountain.

66-Year-old is still a place for the dead

As the rescue helicopter Christoph Murnau was already in the air, he landed with an emergency doctor on Board, a short time later near the place of use. To quickly get to the patient, acquisitions, mountain railway employees with their Quad the Transport of helicopter crew to use. A third skiwacht rescuers brought also additional Material.

But all efforts to save the life of the 66-year-old man, remained, unfortunately, unsuccessful. After about 40 minutes, the resuscitation was stopped and the Frenchman on the spot confirmed dead.

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"The arrived Lenggrieser mountain head guard took care of then the person accompanying the deceased, and brought them to the valley, where the crisis intervention service of the mountain rescue service, the care took over," says Free. The Skiwacht brought the deceased into the valley. The police was called in routinely for recording and Reviewing of the incident.

another Two rescue operations on Monday

on Monday morning, the Skiwacht had completed two more missions, with the support of the rescue helicopter Christoph Murnau. Two skiers needed time inside the assistance of mountain rescue. One of the women was off-Piste fall in the woods and suffered a complicated knee injury. Not simply the recovery of the injured turned out with the Akja in the woods. Due to the Severity of the injury and the severe pain, and requested a rescue helicopter for rapid Transport of the injured.

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at The same time, a woman with Ski injured on the slopes at the knee. The helicopter was able to bring the two injured women at once in the trauma clinic Murnau. With fantastic weather and almost 70 centimeters of snow many winter sports enthusiasts on Monday on the slopes.

source: mountain rescue Lenggries

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