By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
THE National Park Service has confirmed the death of a hiker who was found unresponsive at Zion National Park on Friday.
The 63-year-old man from San Diego was found on the West Rim Trail near Scout Lookout after park rangers received a report of an unresponsive hiker in the afternoon.
Stonix News gathered that rangers hiked to the man with medical equipment, including an automated external defibrillator (AED) and a heart monitor.
Visitors with emergency medical training were performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the man when the rangers arrived.
National Park Service, in a news release, said:
“After nearly an hour and a half administering CPR, treatment with the AED, and checking their condition with the heart monitor, the park consulted with a doctor (medical control) and the patient was pronounced dead.”
According to NPS, the hiker, whose identity, as of when filing this report had not been revealed, appears to have experienced a heart attack.
His cause of death is under investigation by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.
Reacting to the incident, the superintendent for Zion National Park, Jeff Bradybaugh, extended his deepest condolences to the hiker’s family:
“All of us at Zion extend our deepest condolences to this hiker’s family.
“We also want to express thanks to the bystanders who assisted by performing CPR.”
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