Woman Rescued From Rocky Mountain National Park Fall
On Tuesday (Feb. 9), park rangers were notified that a 21-year-old female from Texas had suffered serious injuries near Emerald Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park.
According to an official press release from the National Park Service, the woman slid down a snow-covered slope about 70 to 100 feet into a talus slope on the south side of Emerald Lake.
Courtesy Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue Team members performed advanced medical care upon finding the victim.
They used a Rescue Toboggan to take the patient from Emerald Lake to the Bear Lake Trailhead where she was transported by ambulance to Estes Park Health and then taken to a nearby trauma center.
Phone calls that end with busy signals or are never answered, websites that require computers, smartphones, email addresses and internet connectivity to access: That’s how Colorado asked residents age 70 and older to register and schedule appointments for COVID-19 vaccines when they were made a priority in January.
While many of those eligible for a vaccine managed to navigate the system and get their first doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, others are still trying to figure out when and where they’ll be able to get a potentially life-saving vaccine.
Joyce Metier, 92, said she doesn t have a computer anymore and isn t always sure what the instructions are asking her to do when she calls into phone numbers that are answered by automated attendants. And she generally doesn t answer phone calls from numbers she doesn t recognize.
Residents age 60 and older
Frontline essential workers in grocery stores and agriculture
People age 16 to 64 with two or more high-risk health conditions.
The good news is that the group will expand as supply increases in the coming weeks.
On March 19, the state will move into phase
1.B.4 of its vaccine prioritization plan. That means the following people will become eligible:
People 50 and older
Student-facing higher education faculty and staff
Frontline essential workers in food services, manufacturing, U.S. Postal Service, public transit and specialized transportation, public health and human services
Faith leaders
Frontline essential journalists
State government staff
People age 16-49 with one high-risk health condition
UCHealth’s Blood Supplies Critically Low
If your new year’s resolution was to volunteer more, then now is your time to shine. The blood stores at UCHealth are critically low and they are requesting people consider donating in the next three weeks to bolster supplies and save lives.
According to a press release, UCHealth Garth Englund Blood Donation Centers have been experiencing particularly difficult donation lulls, hitting patients where it hurts when they need it most.
The holidays and new year schedule changes usually cause donor numbers to drop for most blood centers, but with the additional obstacle of pandemic precautions, clinics have found themselves facing stringent shortages and increased numbers of patients.