Adam Turner
Adam Turner — Bournemouth, United Kingdom
In 2013 on a family ski trip to the Alps, I unfortunately dislocated my shoulder and was air lifted off the mountain. It took over 25 minutes to reach me as all other helicopters were in use and cost me over £4500 and I did not need an air ambulance, I had a moderate muscular injury that accounts for 68% of injures on the slopes of which 40% are knee injuries. The rescue sledge was poorly adapted to the uneven slope and was useless inside the emergency it was obvious to a design minded individual that the current products had a number of key problems that needed to be addressed this formed my problem
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Above shows the problems that injured and emergency rescue teams often face when dealing with an injured individual on the slopes.
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Rescue Organisations that operate inside alpine resorts are privately owned companies, the helicopter service runs independently of the toboggan patrol companies, this therefore justifies increased cost on a more effective toboggan as it will result in increased profit levels.
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