{"id":22759,"date":"2020-05-05T16:19:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T22:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=64514"},"modified":"2020-05-05T16:19:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T22:19:29","slug":"search-and-rescue-responds-to-first-call-during-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/search-and-rescue-responds-to-first-call-during-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Search and Rescue responds to first call during COVID-19 pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"39\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/95793801_2973915622654180_1342955476534427648_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/95793801_2973915622654180_1342955476534427648_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/95793801_2973915622654180_1342955476534427648_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Search and Rescue responded to a call of an ATV rollover on County Road 22 that left a Winter Park man with serious injuries on Sunday morning.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy GCSAR<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Grand County Search and Rescue responded to its first call during the COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday morning after an ATV accident outside Kremmling.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Foley, field director for GCSAR, said the crew responded to a call of an ATV rollover on County Road 22 that left a Winter Park man with serious injuries on Sunday morning. It was the first call for GCSAR since the state\u2019s stay at home order.<\/p>\n<p>The man, 47, ultimately was MedEvaced to a Denver hospital to treat leg injuries and possible internal injuries, Foley said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a good response,\u201d he said, referring to the call as pretty \u201crun of the mill.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row shn-donation shn-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Foley said the man had been recreating in a relatively low-risk way and was only with family, which follows the safer at home guidelines set by the state and county.<\/p>\n<p>He encouraged other recreators to also follow the safer at home guidelines and be conscious of high-risk activity that may put first responders at risk should they need to be called to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have to understand that when we go out and have to do certain types of rescues, it\u2019s extremely difficult for us to practice social distancing,\u201d Foley said. \u201cThe kind of thing we want to avoid is something way in the backcountry with serious injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grand County EMS also responded to the call.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.297535211268\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 pr-4 pl-4\" readability=\"19.154867256637\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers around Grand County make the Sky-Hi News&#8217; work possible. 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Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"btn\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickBelow()\">Donate<\/button> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/search-and-rescue-responds-to-first-call-during-covid-19-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Search and Rescue responded to a call of an ATV rollover on County Road 22 that left a Winter Park man with serious injuries on Sunday morning.Courtesy GCSAR Grand County Search and Rescue responded to its first call during the COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday morning after an ATV accident outside Kremmling. 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