On Monday 14 March 2022, due to the unavailability of Choucas helicopter in Chamonix, the civil security Dragon 74 helicopter based in Annecy carried out its first rescues on the Mont-Blanc massif.
The day started at 11 a.m. in the Vallée Blanche to take care of a 70 year-old skier, a client of a mountain guide who fell into a crevasse. Luckily he emerged unscathed. However, he could not continue his ski descent and was taken over by the Dragon 74 to be dropped off at the helicopter base.
Around 12:30 p.m., rescuers intervened at Grands Montets to rescue a 30 year-old skier who had suffered a heavy fall. Suffering from chest trauma, the skier was evacuated by air to Annecy hospital.
Then Dragon 74 helicopter took the direction of Semnoz at around 3 p.m. to rescue a skier who suffered a dislocated shoulder after a fall on the piste. His shoulder was put back in place after medical manipulation and the man was left in place.
Finally the day ended around 5 p.m. in Cusy, with the care of a 70 year-old hiker, injured in the ankle after a fall on a path. The civil security helicopter evacuated him to Annecy hospital.
Source: @Le Dauphiné Libéré
