An emergency doctor took a nasty tumble down a mountainside while rescuing a stranded climber.
Shocking footage shows the woman stumbling and falling backwards before tumbling down the steep slope alongside the stretcher.
She can be seen rolling over the rocky terrain as stones and debris cascade down around her, before a treeline finally halts her descent.
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The drama began when a 25-year-old woman from Venice, Italy, slipped while climbing the Falzarego Towers above Cortina d’Ampezzo last Saturday morning (22 August).
She was left stranded at altitude, prompting a rescue operation by the SUEM air ambulance service from Belluno.
However, after the doctor disembarked from the helicopter to place the woman on a stretcher, she suddenly fell.
Despite the painful-looking images, neither woman suffered life-threatening injuries, as reported by Need To Know.
Both received immediate medical assistance and were taken to hospital in separate air ambulances.
The doctor was reportedly discharged from A&E in Belluno that evening after a CT scan came back clear.
The climber was taken to a hospital in Treviso, where she was last listed as being in a moderately serious condition due to injuries sustained in the initial fall.
Michele Titton of the Alpine Rescue Service told local media: “Technical investigations are under way to reconstruct exactly what happened.
“We operate every day in complex environments where there is a high level of risk.
“For this reason, every unusual incident is analysed with the utmost rigour, with a view to continuously improving safety.”
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