#Latest news with #TottoriNHK2 days agoNHKHelicopter rescue drill for tourists held at Tottori Sand Dunes, western JapanA rescue drill for taking tourists with heatstroke to hospital by helicopter has been held at the Tottori Sand Dunes on the Sea of Japan coast. About 20 officials from the Tottori prefectural government and personnel from a local fire department took part in Thursday's drill. It was based on the scenario that a woman and her three-year-old son had developed heatstroke near the beach. An official playing the role of a tourist found two dummies lying on the sand and used a cell phone to call for help. Emergency service workers who arrived at the site checked their conditions and determined it would be difficult to transport them by land. They made a radio call for a helicopter to be dispatched. Rescuers descended on a rope to airlift the two dummies. The Tottori prefectural government says 43 people with heatstroke symptoms were taken from the dunes to hospital in the fiscal year that ended in March. It says one of them was transported by helicopter.
NHK2 days agoNHKHelicopter rescue drill for tourists held at Tottori Sand Dunes, western JapanA rescue drill for taking tourists with heatstroke to hospital by helicopter has been held at the Tottori Sand Dunes on the Sea of Japan coast. About 20 officials from the Tottori prefectural government and personnel from a local fire department took part in Thursday's drill. It was based on the scenario that a woman and her three-year-old son had developed heatstroke near the beach. An official playing the role of a tourist found two dummies lying on the sand and used a cell phone to call for help. Emergency service workers who arrived at the site checked their conditions and determined it would be difficult to transport them by land. They made a radio call for a helicopter to be dispatched. Rescuers descended on a rope to airlift the two dummies. The Tottori prefectural government says 43 people with heatstroke symptoms were taken from the dunes to hospital in the fiscal year that ended in March. It says one of them was transported by helicopter.
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