Elderly woman receives treatment at hospital
At around 11:40 a.m. on the 6th, 75-year-old Mrs. Sheng and her relatives were descending from Mount Fu when she accidentally slipped and twisted her ankle, breaking it. However, due to the rugged mountain path and insufficient manpower, after providing initial treatment, medical staff were still unable to safely bring Mrs. Sheng down the mountain. At this point, two fellow hikers...
At around 12 p.m. on the 6th, reporters rushed to the foot of Mount Fu behind the Qingdao University No. 1 Road Social Welfare Institute upon hearing the news, where they恰好 met Jiang Ming, captain of the emergency search and rescue team of the Blue Sky Rescue Team, who had come in response to a distress call. "The elderly lady encountered two kind-hearted hikers on the mountain. They, together with the 120 ambulance crew, managed to carry the elderly lady down the mountain and to the hospital!" Captain Jiang told the reporters. The reporters then went to the East Branch of the Municipal Hospital, where they found Mrs. Sheng, the injured hiker, lying in the orthopedic ward. The 75-year-old woman was lying in bed with her left foot wrapped in thick bandages. "My left ankle is broken, and I’m having surgery tonight," Mrs. Sheng told the reporters.
Mrs. Sheng said that at around 9 a.m. on the 6th, she and a relative had climbed Mount Fu from near Qingda University No. 1 Road. "I often hike Mount Fu. The climb up was smooth, but around 11 a.m., when I was close to the foot of the mountain, there was a section of the path that was particularly steep and slippery. I tried to step over something but accidentally slipped backward and fell. After the fall, my left foot also hit a tree." Mrs. Sheng said that her injured left foot could no longer support her body.
"After making the distress call, the two of us waited at the spot for help. Later, two young men from 120 arrived, but the path was too steep, and the two of them couldn’t carry me down," Mrs. Sheng told the reporters. Just as they were getting anxious, two hikers stepped forward to help. "One was a young man around 20 years old, and the other man was in his 40s. The two helped the doctor secure me onto the stretcher and carried me down the mountain. Both were drenched in sweat from the effort. Later, the older man even took out 1,000 yuan for me to use for medical treatment, but I said I had money and didn’t take it," Mrs. Sheng said gratefully. When she was being put into the ambulance, she repeatedly asked the two kind-hearted people for their names and phone numbers, but they refused to provide them. "I really met some good people today, and I’m very grateful to them!" Mrs. Sheng’s husband added.
Medical staff reminded that although hiking is good for fitness, it is not suitable for everyone. Elderly individuals should engage in some light exercise before hiking to allow their bodies to adapt. During the hike, they should know their limits. Elderly people with cardiovascular or cerebrovascular conditions should bring their medications and try to avoid hiking in the early morning.
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Peninsula Metropolis Daily, October 6 (Reporter Gao Li) On the 6th, Beijing tourist Xiao Yang visited Beijiushui. Despite his mother’s dissuasion, he took a wilderness trail. Xiao Yang didn’t bring a cellphone, which worried his mother greatly. Upon receiving the distress call, Laoshan police and the Blue Sky Rescue Team urgently entered the mountains to search for him. After more than two hours of searching, Xiao Yang walked out of the wilderness trail on his own to Weizhu Temple, where he reunited with the police and his mother.
At around 1 p.m. on the 6th, the Beijiushui Police Station received an alarm from a female tourist from Beijing, who reported that a family of three had come to Beijiushui for painting. Their 16-year-old son, Xiao Yang, ignored advice and took a small path, and they lost contact with him, hoping the police could help find him. Xiao Yang, currently a first-year high school student, was walking ahead with his mother on the 6th. When they reached the back of Shuangshi House, they discovered a small path. Xiao Yang ignored dissuasion and insisted on taking the path. After walking for a while, his mother tried to pull him back, but he refused to listen and insisted on going alone.
Police analysis indicated that there indeed was a small path behind Shuangshi House, a path rarely used by anyone, which could lead to Weizhu Temple, but it had many forks. Police were concerned that Xiao Yang might be bitten by a snake or get injured from falling. More importantly, Xiao Yang hadn’t brought a cellphone, so the police couldn’t contact him to determine his location. Police had to split into two groups to search the mountain—one group accompanied Xiao Yang’s mother along the official main path, while another group consisting of police and Xiao Yang’s father searched along the wilderness trail Xiao Yang had taken. Members of the Blue Sky Rescue Team also joined the search.
After searching for over two hours without finding Xiao Yang, at around 3:40 p.m., Xiao Yang crossed through the small path and arrived at Weizhu Temple, where he reunited with the police group and his mother. Seeing her son, Xiao Yang’s mother finally felt relieved. Xiao Yang expressed that in the future, he would try to follow his parents’ advice and not act so willfully.