Zoleo dispatched an ambulance

Nambaster

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My son and I were out on a deer/bear hunt. As we were crossing a bridge we noticed a significant amount of debris and gear floating in the river below. As I looked up river in my binos I saw a raft upside down on the opposite side of the river. After further observation I could see someone swimming towards the raft. In fall weather swimming is not a leisure activity in the Salmon River, Idaho. Alarms started going off in my head. Something was wrong!

We hopped in our truck and scrambled up the road to observe some distraught rafters on the river bank. As I panned with my optics I immediately identified a body belly up on the shoreline with vacant eyes wide open. With 100% surety that what I was seeing was a dead body through my optics I escorted my 10 yr old son to the truck and told him to stay put.

As I descended down to the rafters they were still in shock at the loss of their friend. They had already done chest compressions but only water and gurgling was coming from the body. There was no pulse and the body was cold. With my Zoleo I texted my wife and had her dial 911 and we had an ambulance dispatched on location.

It was a sad day.


After being on the river for 7 days and fight crazy winds from the fires he must have gotten exhausted paddling and a rock stopped his raft and ejected him. In this scenario Zoleo provided seem less 2 way communication in order to get an ambulance on site.
 

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Prayers to you and your boy, As well as the rafters for what you all had to experience. It sounds like you were able to act swiftly and calmly to get help as fast as you could.
 
In a raft and no life jacket on that stretch of the Salmon River. Wow. Sorry your boy had to experience that but it will be a good life lesson.
 
It's horrible being first on scene for a death. I'm sorry you and your son had to deal with that. Nice to know the technology works.
 
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