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medical emergency - suspected stroke Highlands Serious incident
Bone Caves, Inchnadamph, Sutherland
A hiker suffered a suspected stroke at the remote Bone Caves near Ullapool in Sutherland. A fellow hiker used the satellite SOS function on their iPhone to alert emergency services, and the casualty was airlifted by coastguard helicopter from Stornoway to hospital.
Outcome: casualty airlifted by coastguard helicopter to hospital
Responding team
Sources
- Stroke victim rescued from north-west Highland beauty spot after hiker’s ‘quick-thinking’ satellite call - Ross-shire Journal
- Walker airlifted to hospital after suffering 'stroke' while on Highland hike near caves
- Hillwalker suffers stroke in mysterious Scots bone caves sparking major rescue
- Hiker rescued from Britain's most mysterious and longest cave network thanks to iPhone
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