Paris Hilton's boyfriend River Viiperi got into an accident while skiing in Lake Tahoe earlier in February that required him to be taken away by paramedics on a stretcher.

The heiress and model, 32, was with her boyfriend, 21, at the time and in photos, Hilton is shown posing for the camera as her boyfriend lies on a stretcher and later gets 19 stitches, according to The Huffington Post. In the background of the photo Viiperi lies on the back of a paramedics' snowmobile, which towed him away in a stretcher.

"Such a scary day on the slopes today," Hilton, 32, wrote on her Pheed account. "After seeing the gash on @RiverViiperi's leg, I almost passed out. I have never seen a cut that deep in my life. He is so brave, I can't even imagine the pain he went through today."

Viiperi seemed fine despite his injury, as he gave the thumbs-up sign in a picture, and later tweeted a photo of himself and Hilton in the hospital after he had received his stitches:

"I had to stitch my leg yesterday because of what happened to me while we was skiing," Viiperi tweeted. "But I'm better now and thanks to my lovely @ParisHilton who always taking such a good care of me."