00:01A daring helicopter rescue saved a critically injured climber who fell eight metres while
00:07ascending the Horn in Mount Buffalo.
00:09The climber fell after they suffered a critical equipment failure.
00:13The fall left them seriously injured, briefly unconscious, and stranded on a narrow rock
00:19ledge with suspected rib fractures.
00:21Emergency services flew over in a rescue helicopter and located the patient on a precarious ledge.
00:27Intensive care flight paramedic Sean Whitmore was winched in to stabilise the patient.
00:33The injured climber was then winched to the helicopter and landed locally within Mount
00:38Buffalo National Park for further management.
00:41With ongoing pain relief, they were then flown to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable
00:46condition.
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