Photos: Frederick County, MD, Technical Rescue Team Stabilized Man after Fall

July 15, 2024

The man toppled off an overlook in Gambrill State Park and fell more than 50 feet down a steep embankment.

A patient who fell down an embankment is carried up a steep embankment by Frederick County fire and rescue personnel.

The Frederick County technical rescue team put their training to use after a man toppled off an overlook on Gambrill Park Road.

He landed about 50 feet down a steep bankment with serious injuries.

The team and paramedics made their way down to the patient, who was semi-conscious, to asssess and treat him. He was immobilized and placed in a Stokes basket for the trip back up to the top.

He was transferred to a waiting Maryland State Police helicopter that flew him to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.

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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.