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Rescuers evacuated injured tourists from the slope of the Achishkho Ridge by helicopter of the Ministry of Emergency Situations
In the afternoon, a tourist called the rescuers, saying that he and his mother were on the slope of the Achishkho ridge. Falling from a rocky area, a 16-year-old teenager injured his leg, and his mother received a head injury. The young man reported that she was unconscious. Tourists who came to Sochi from Yekaterinburg went on an unregistered hike along route 13, which is currently closed, leading to the Achipsinsky waterfalls.
Rescuers requested geolocation data from the victims and boarded a Ka-32 helicopter of the Russian Emergencies Ministry flew to their intended location. Having found a mother with a teenager on the snow-covered slope of Mount Achishkho at an altitude of 1850 meters above sea level, employees of the SURPS EMERCOM of Russia, using an onboard winch, went down to the tourists. A young man was immobilized with a damaged ankle joint by placing a vacuum splint on his leg, a 48-year-old woman was fixed with a Shants collar and an infusion system (dropper). The victims were lifted on board the aircraft using a rescue scarf and a stretcher. On the basis of the Southern Regional Search and Rescue Team in Sochi, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations handed over the tourists to the ambulance doctors.
Rescuers remind that when going on a hike, you need to choose comfortable and seasonally appropriate shoes and equipment, take a personal first aid kit with a minimum set of medicines and move along specially equipped and open tourist routes.
Also, do not forget to register your route with the authorities of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, on the territory of which there is a tourist exit. This can be done by calling the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, or by going to the official website of the department.