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112 Directs Three Remote Rescues in Spain Using Airlifts and Manual Carries

Centralized 112 coordination enabled terrain‑driven tactics for safe transfer to care.

Overview

  • On Feb. 23 in Navalperal de Tormes (Ávila), a 22-year-old who slid about 200 meters was treated for hypothermia and abrasions, hoisted by the Junta’s rescue helicopter, and transferred at the Hoyos del Espino helisurface to a Sacyl basic life support ambulance for transport to the Navarredonda de Gredos health center.
  • On Feb. 22 at Pico Curavacas (Palencia), a mountaineer with an ankle injury was reached after a partial‑skid helicopter insertion, immobilized on site, and taken by a Sacyl ambulance to the Hospital de Burgos.
  • In Rubiaco (Las Hurdes, Cáceres) on Feb. 22, firefighters from the Sepei parks of Coria and Plasencia carried a quad‑crash victim roughly 500 meters by stretcher to an ambulance after helicopter use was ruled out due to dense vegetation and overhead power lines.
  • Each incident followed the 112 multiconference protocol with Sacyl and the regional emergency coordinator to confirm locations, set tactics, and alert Guardia Civil and local fire services as required.
  • All three operations concluded with on‑scene stabilization and handoff to medical teams, and no further official information on patient conditions was reported.