RESCUE/ RECOVERY SENDS CREWS TO ELK CREEK

11/27/08-LCFC was dispatched around 10:00 this morning for a man down near Elk Creek tubes. Squad 577, Utility 566 and the mule, Rescue 579, and West County Paramedics responded. Units arrived at a staging area on North Creek Road near the tracks. One crew made their way down to the patient, who was found along the bank inside the tubes. A class 5 patient was found and the incident switched to a recovery. The second crew donned water rescue PPE. The mule and rescue trailer transported the water rescue crew to the creek. The Rapid deployment craft was inflated and crew entered the water. The RDC made their way to the patient inside the tubes and loaded them onto a stokes. Once secured the patient was transported downstream in the RDC to meet up with the mule and rescue trailer. The mule transported the patient to the staging area.