Woman Survives Six Nights Stranded In Australian Wilderness

Australian police rescued a South Korean woman who had been lost for six days in the wilderness near Mount Tyson in Queensland. Joohee Han hiked up to the summit of Mount Tyson when she slipped and fell, knocking herself unconscious. 

When Han regained consciousness she was "disoriented and unable to get her bearings and from then she managed to crawl and scrape her way through the bushland which was really tough terrain," Queensland Ambulance flight paramedic Hannah Gaulke told ABC News. 

Han's friends reported her missing five days later and rescue crews were dispatched to search the area. The terrain was too rough for rescuers to get to Han on foot, so they had to use a helicopter to reach her.

"From the helicopter, our rescue crew officers performed a winch down to her to secure her — it was about a 60-foot winch and they've brought her up to the helicopter where I've taken over care of her and done an assessment," said Gaulke. 

Han was treated for dehydration and exposure but is expected to be fine. 

"Despite that, she was actually in really good condition, so she had no significant injuries — a number of abrasions and a few minor injuries — but otherwise she was in good spirits," Ms. Gaulke said.