The Generalitat’s fire brigade rescued two people this afternoon in the area of ??the Certascan pass (Pallars Sobirà), at an altitude of 2,600 metres, one of them affected by severe hypothermia, and in very adverse weather conditions. Previously, a third person, who had lost consciousness and was the one who later, upon regaining consciousness, was able to notify the guard of the Certascan shelter of the situation, was also treated by the firefighters and by an EMS doctor. The balance of the day in this area of ??the Pyrenees, according to sources from the Generalitat Bombers, is two people with severe hypothermia and a third unharmed. A storm has caught the hikers who intended to make a journey through these places in Pallars.
The Generalitat Fire Brigade were informed at 2:31 p.m. by the refuge guard that one person was alerting that he had hypothermia problems and that two others were further up the hill and that they needed urgent help. Since the helicopter was unable to operate due to poor visibility and bad weather, the GRAE specialists traveled to the place by land and went up on foot to first rescue one of the hikers on the hill, who was able to be lowered to the refuge, at 2,240 meters. The third person has arrived at the shelter around 8:45 p.m. helped by the GRAE and with level 3 hypothermia, on a scale of 4, indicates a Fire Department spokeswoman.
The Firefighters have sent a second EMS doctor to the refuge, integrated into the GRAE team, to care for the hikers, waiting to determine if they can be evacuated by helicopter, before nightfall, to the Vall d’Hospital. ‘Hebron in Barcelona or if they spend the night in the refuge.
The first person, the one who has given the alert, although at first he has lost consciousness due to hypothermia, he has later recovered it.
