42-Year-Old Male With Cardiac Symptoms at Shadow Lake

At 1858 hours the Madera County Sheriff’s Office requested assistancefor a CPR-in-progress on a 42-year-old male located at Shadow Lake. Rescue base was established at Minaret Vista. Rescue operations requested air resources but none were available.

Operations deployed a field team of two from the Agnew Meadows Trailhead, equipped with trauma, cardiac, airway, and general medical support equipment. Two additional teams of two (Teams 2 and 3) were deployed to transport the Team’s titanium litter to Shadow Lake.

Team 1 arrived at the party of two at 2130 hours, where it was determined that one individual was deceased. Team 1 requested additional personnel for the carryout, and six more members responded from the trailhead, split into two teams.

Teams 1, 2, and 3 prepared the deceased for transport and began the four-mile hike back to the trailhead. The additional responders joined them en route, resulting in a total of 12 members in the field.

Each member played a pivotal role in the litter carryout, as the trail to and from Shadow Lake is steep, narrow, and hazardous in the dark, particularly in the first and final miles. All members and the deceased arrived back at the trailhead at 0115 hours on July 28th.

The operation was terminated at 0212 hours.

IC: Rhoads Ops Leader: Haugh Responders: Arndt, Barker, Beck, Buchanan, Bush, Carlson, Huizingh, Irving-Ruffing, Kaufman, Kelly, Mayernick, Quiring, Romanova, Thompson, Wallace, Wilson

On Scene Coordinator: Mono County Sheriff Search & Rescue