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Location:
Oregon -
Date:
09/18/2023 -
Incident Type:
Medical or Exertion -
Description:
A crewmember on an Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC) assigned to the Lookout Fire, Willamette National Forest, Oregon, experienced altered level of consciousness due to dehydration. Enroute to the hospital, the crewmember responded well to dehydration interventions and was given further interventions at the hospital, where the crewmember was treated and released.
[This data was provided by the USFS Weekly Summary Report.]
Medical or Exertion or Heat, Medical Emergency, Heat Injury
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