Woman with leg injury needed to be carried out

July 19, 1999
Ernie Maxwell Trail
1999-013

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A woman, who was hiking with her husband, twisted her ankle on the Ernie Maxwell Trail. Her husband left to call for help. RMRU responded with a wheeled litter and a Sam Splint. The carry out was simple and quick. At the hospital, x-rays showed that she had a fracture in her lower leg.