A MAN WHO WAS RENTING AN ATTIC ROOM in an old home in St. Peter dAmilly, France, needed medical assistance for an acute lower back pain earlier this week. The loft he was living in has a very low ceiling (perhaps the cause of his back pains?) with only one small window and its only access is from this ladder used to climb up into the attic:
All photos by SDIS 17
When the ambulance arrived they decided that the man needed transportation to the the hospital, but there was no way to get him down the ladder with his severe back pain. So the GRIMP team (the French equivalent of USAR) from the local fire department, SDIS 17, was dispatched to get the man out of his loft room.
This series of photos from the SDIS 17 website documents their innovative extrication:
The man was successfully transported, in a fairly comfortable position, to the hospital at Niort.
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