A U.S. member needed field rescue and medical evacuation following a snowboarding accident in Montafon, Austria. The teenage Global Rescue member – who is also part of the US SBX team, a type of snowboarding where competitors race side-by-side on a specially designed course – crashed and sustained a fractured jaw with a lacerated tongue. He was taken to a local medical facility where he was treated. The treating physician, however, recommended that the jaw fracture be surgically repaired at the member’s home hospital as soon as possible. Global Rescue medical personnel reviewed the medical incident records and concurred with the doctor’s assessment. Global Rescue operations team provided immediate flights and ground transportation for the member who safely arrived without incident at his home in Boston where he was met by family and quickly scheduled an appointment for surgery to repair his fractured jaw.