A man over 60 years old in Donghe Township, Taitung County, accidentally walked in Dulan Mountain yesterday due to leg cramps and was unable to walk. Dulan police rescued him.

(Photographed by reporter Huang Mingtang)

[Reporter Huang Mingtang/Taitung Report] A man over 60 years old in Donghe Township, Taitung County, was unable to walk due to leg cramps at 3K in Dulan Mountain yesterday. His accompanying friends hurriedly called 119 for help from the fire department.

It just so happened that Xu Jinrong, a county councilor from the fire brigade, went to the Dulan Fire Brigade to express his condolences to the firefighters and firefighters. Just as the colleagues were enjoying the reunion dinner, the alarm bell suddenly sounded "Rescue in the mountains, rescue in the mountains! Hurry up! Hurry up!" Search and rescue The team immediately dispatched and successfully rescued the man down the mountain.

After the Dulan Fire Brigade received the case of dispatch from the command center, the Dulan Fire Brigade dispatched 5 firefighters in the first echelon, and went up to the mountain with light clothes to contact the injured and sick as soon as possible. The firefighters prepared lighting and supplies, and then met with the search and rescue team. A total of 3 disaster relief and ambulance vehicles and 15 firefighters and rescue personnel were dispatched.

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After contacting the man, the senior ambulance technician (EMT-P) of Dulan assessed his vital signs to be stable and tried to relieve the pain in the injured patient's feet, but he was still unable to move on his own. The volunteers used the long backboard to lift the man to the Puyuma altar. Fortunately, the pain in both feet has gradually eased. The police and volunteers helped him to the parking lot and the entrance to the mountain (about 2.35km). He was sent by the Dulan 91 ambulance to Meikai Hospital for treatment.

On that day, Li Bingxuan, the team leader of the Dulan Fire Brigade, said: "On the second day of the new year, I went to work halfway through the reunion dinner at noon. I returned to the team at 8:00 p.m., so I could eat lunch as dinner. It was indeed an unforgettable experience. Rescue experience. We hereby call for a large number of climbers to go up the mountain even during the Spring Festival holiday, reminding the people to assess their physical condition and prepare suitable equipment in advance when engaging in mountaineering activities, and pay attention to their own safety to avoid Sad thing happened."

A man over 60 years old in Donghe Township, Taitung County, accidentally walked in Dulan Mountain yesterday due to leg cramps and was unable to walk. Dulan police rescued him.

(Photographed by reporter Huang Mingtang)