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When it's not your time to die
On 12 Mar, 12:43, YTC#1 wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0000, The Older Gentleman wrote: Just had a call from an old friend. Like us, she went skiing at half-term, with her daughter. And she took a tumble and (it turned out) did her cruciate ligaments in one knee. Anyway, she was very high up at Les Arcs, and for some reason the ski-doo blood wagon couldn't get to her, or there wasn't one available anyway, so she was loaded into the old-fashioned stretcher with one rescue bod fore and one aft. You know the things. And off they set. "All you can see is sky," she said "because you're strapped in." And then there was a loud *CRACK*. That was one of the handles breaking off, that was. And off went the stretcher, with nobody holding it, and her still strapped in. If only 1 handle broke, what was a) The guy holding with hand 2 ? (assuming 2 per end) b) The guy at the other end holding ? Absolutely no idea. As (I assume, as it rolled rather than slid) they were traversing at the time (she said the crunch happened on a steep mogul field), one guy probably just couldn't hold it. |
When it's not your time to die
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:19:24 -0800, TOG@Toil wrote:
On 12 Mar, 12:43, YTC#1 wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0000, The Older Gentleman wrote: Just had a call from an old friend. Like us, she went skiing at half-term, with her daughter. And she took a tumble and (it turned out) did her cruciate ligaments in one knee. Anyway, she was very high up at Les Arcs, and for some reason the ski-doo blood wagon couldn't get to her, or there wasn't one available anyway, so she was loaded into the old-fashioned stretcher with one rescue bod fore and one aft. You know the things. And off they set. "All you can see is sky," she said "because you're strapped in." And then there was a loud *CRACK*. That was one of the handles breaking off, that was. And off went the stretcher, with nobody holding it, and her still strapped in. If only 1 handle broke, what was a) The guy holding with hand 2 ? (assuming 2 per end) b) The guy at the other end holding ? Absolutely no idea. As (I assume, as it rolled rather than slid) they were traversing at the time (she said the crunch happened on a steep mogul field), one guy probably just couldn't hold it. So, lets get this straight, while taking an injured person off the mountain, the smarty pants rescue bods decided to have some fun in a mogul field :-) -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/ |
When it's not your time to die
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:44:43 +0000, YTC#1
wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:19:24 -0800, TOG@Toil wrote: On 12 Mar, 12:43, YTC#1 wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0000, The Older Gentleman wrote: Just had a call from an old friend. Like us, she went skiing at half-term, with her daughter. And she took a tumble and (it turned out) did her cruciate ligaments in one knee. Anyway, she was very high up at Les Arcs, and for some reason the ski-doo blood wagon couldn't get to her, or there wasn't one available anyway, so she was loaded into the old-fashioned stretcher with one rescue bod fore and one aft. You know the things. And off they set. "All you can see is sky," she said "because you're strapped in." And then there was a loud *CRACK*. That was one of the handles breaking off, that was. And off went the stretcher, with nobody holding it, and her still strapped in. If only 1 handle broke, what was a) The guy holding with hand 2 ? (assuming 2 per end) b) The guy at the other end holding ? Absolutely no idea. As (I assume, as it rolled rather than slid) they were traversing at the time (she said the crunch happened on a steep mogul field), one guy probably just couldn't hold it. So, lets get this straight, while taking an injured person off the mountain, the smarty pants rescue bods decided to have some fun in a mogul field :-) If it was somewhere they couldn't get a ski-doo to, they probably didn't have much choice in the matter. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager Hey! Who took the cork off my lunch??! To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom |
When it's not your time to die
YTC#1 wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:17:10 +0000, ts wrote: The Older Gentleman wrote: Just had a call from an old friend. (snip) It came to a halt 10 feet from the edge of a precipice. The rescue bods caught up "looking shocked". I bet they did. They must have thought: "Oh well, we're not going to get that one back." Divine intervention. There is no god, if there had been, none of the above would have happened :-) I hope she'll enjoy several decades of pleasant life, as soon the ligaments heal. Ligaments don't heal :-( Yes they do. Eventually... -- Lesley Residing in the Capital of Culture 2008 CBR600FW Peugeot 206 S SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster) BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12 BONY#54P BOB#18 |
When it's not your time to die
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:20:56 GMT, "SP" wrote:
YTC#1 wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:17:10 +0000, ts wrote: I hope she'll enjoy several decades of pleasant life, as soon the ligaments heal. Ligaments don't heal :-( Yes they do. Eventually... No. They don't. If a ligament is stretched or partially torn, the only healing will be to the other damaged tissues around it. The ligament itself will remain in its stretched state[1]. If it's snapped it's snapped forever. ACL replacement surgery is very common these days, which usually takes the hamstring tendon, split in half down the middle, together with the bone it's attached to, and screws it in place of where the ligament used to be. Tendon and ligament are effectively the same material, but the former is in a more 'live' state which can regrow and heal, whereas once it's stopped being pulled by muscles all the time it stabilises into another more static state. [1] Which is why I'm destined to be taking painkillers for the rest of my life, after all the ligaments attaching my ribs to my spine were ripped and torn by my big smash a few years ago. -- Ace Ski Club of Great Britain http://www.skiclub.co.uk/ All opinions expressed are those of the poster and in no way reflect those of the Ski Club or its members |
When it's not your time to die
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:15:25 +0000, Alex Heney
wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:44:43 +0000, YTC#1 wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:19:24 -0800, TOG@Toil wrote: On 12 Mar, 12:43, YTC#1 wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0000, The Older Gentleman wrote: And then there was a loud *CRACK*. That was one of the handles breaking off, that was. And off went the stretcher, with nobody holding it, and her still strapped in. If only 1 handle broke, what was a) The guy holding with hand 2 ? (assuming 2 per end) b) The guy at the other end holding ? There are different types of sledge used, some with handles at both ends for two people and some just at one. Absolutely no idea. As (I assume, as it rolled rather than slid) they were traversing at the time (she said the crunch happened on a steep mogul field), one guy probably just couldn't hold it. So, lets get this straight, while taking an injured person off the mountain, the smarty pants rescue bods decided to have some fun in a mogul field :-) I've assisted at incidents where they've had to get the victom dowm moguls. Generally they just go straight down. Not fun for the poor sap strapped in, and a hell of a lot of work for the piste guys too. If it was somewhere they couldn't get a ski-doo to, they probably didn't have much choice in the matter. Indeed. -- Ace Ski Club of Great Britain http://www.skiclub.co.uk/ All opinions expressed are those of the poster and in no way reflect those of the Ski Club or its members |
When it's not your time to die
On 03/12/2010 01:40 PM, YTC#1 wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:17:10 +0000, ts wrote: The Older Gentleman wrote: Just had a call from an old friend. (snip) It came to a halt 10 feet from the edge of a precipice. The rescue bods caught up "looking shocked". I bet they did. They must have thought: "Oh well, we're not going to get that one back." Divine intervention. There is no god, if there had been, none of the above would have happened :-) I've reached the conclusion god hates me because I'm an atheist and that's one thing that really winds him up. ****. |
When it's not your time to die
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:20:56 GMT, "SP" wrote:
I hope she'll enjoy several decades of pleasant life, as soon the ligaments heal. Ligaments don't heal :-( Yes they do. Eventually... Wrong. -- Champ neal at champ dot org dot uk |
When it's not your time to die
Ace wrote:
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:20:56 GMT, "SP" wrote: YTC#1 wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:17:10 +0000, ts wrote: I hope she'll enjoy several decades of pleasant life, as soon the ligaments heal. Ligaments don't heal :-( Yes they do. Eventually... . . . . ACL replacement surgery is very common these days, That's rather what I was thinking of - a knee that eventually works. -- ts in Surrey // to send e-mail, remove vehicle K-RS 8v, 80/7, 750SS |
When it's not your time to die
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... If it was somewhere they couldn't get a ski-doo to, they probably didn't have much choice in the matter. Helicopter, but he didn't survive :-/ Plase wear helmet, that's all. |
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