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Firefighters, paramedics rescue construction crane operator after medical emergency

Ottawa Fire Services rope rescue experts lift a litter with a crane operator who suffered a medical emergency Friday morning.at a site on Central Park Drive off of Merivale Road.
Ottawa Fire Services rope rescue experts lift a litter with a crane operator who suffered a medical emergency Friday morning.at a site on Central Park Drive off of Merivale Road. Photo by Ottawa Fire Services /Supplied

Firefighters rescued a crane operator who had a medical emergency at a construction site on Central Park Drive off Merivale Road Friday morning.

Rope rescue technicians went up the crane to assess the patient and raised a litter basket, Ottawa Fire Services said at about 11:30 a.m.

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The Ottawa Paramedic Service said that it responded to the construction site at 11:07 a.m. after the operator went into medical distress.

Tactical paramedics gained access to the patient before the woman was lowered by firefighters to awaiting paramedics.

The patient was “packaged” for a safe descent and brought to the ground, the fire department said.

She was taken to hospital in stable condition, paramedics said.

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