Suspected tib-fib fracture Barney Lake area. At 1314 hours the Team was called to assist a 38-year-old female hiker reporting a leg fracture just north of Barney Lake on the Duck Pass Trail.
Rescue base was established at the Duck Pass Trailhead at 1411 hours, and Rescue Operations deployed a field team of five, Team 1, into the field with medical supplies and a titanium rescue litter.
Field Team 1 responding on the Duck Pass Trail.
Team 1 reached the subject at 1521 hours and determined that she had sustained a broken leg after tripping awkwardly on a rock on the trail. She was packaged and wheeled back to the trailhead, arriving at 1735 hours.
The litter ride down from Barney Lake.
Still on the trail.
The subject declined further medical treatment and elected to be driven by family to the hospital.
The operation was terminated at 1803 hours.
IC: Rhoads Ops Leader: Thompson Responders: Cucura, Barker, Wallace, Blackman, Childers, Thompson.
On Scene Coordinator: Mono County Sheriff Search and Rescue