Last Friday night, about 11:20pm we were called out. A 22 year old had fallen off a cliff.  It was an ugly situation.  His body was so broken.  You start with the basics.. is he breathing.. is blood moving??  We had to "package" him and set up a rope system to haul him up. Then we had to carry him out to the ambulance which then took him to the helicopter.  Last I heard he is still alive. How alive is yet to be determined.  The back of his skull was not pretty. 

I cleaned up the stokes basket.  Using a hose.  His blood pooled at the base.  What a nice combination of water and red.  It soaked into the ground to be gone forever.  Maybe the worms like it.

I've done rescue work for about 14 years now and this ranks in the top 3 of the most intense.