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Smartwatch-type device used to alert rescuers to skier
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An injured skier was rescued after a smartwatch-type device was used to raise the alarm.
The woman, who was part of a group, fell and dislocated a shoulder in Coire Raibert in the Cairngorms.
The device was used as a personal locator beacon and alerted an emergency contact in the UK via a co-ordination centre in Houston, Texas.
A coastguard helicopter flew through hail and snow squalls to reach the woman and she was flown to hospital.
Another person in the party used the wrist-worn device to raise the alarm.
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