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MTFU!been in an ambulance since I was 8 and had polio...
[i]never heard that term before, you're getting too technical [/i]
Ah! Sorry.
Extreme sports eh? Phew.
Extreme sports eh? Phew.
extremely silly 🙂
cant believe this is still going on, jeez!
awesome pic by the way!
[i]Mountain rescue and the air ambulance are not there to allow us to take risks in the countryside. They are there to pick up the pieces when people [s]who have been acting responsibly[/s] have got themselves into trouble [s]even though they have taken sensible precautions.[/s] [/i]
There you go. Fixed it etc etc. I've never yet met anyone from any MRT who would dream of pre-qualifying a rescue attempt. Remember to put money in the cans/tins when you see them chaps...
I am Sure we have all been there; in that second frame, you already know what is going to happen next...and sure enough, it does.
It hurts enough without the slashed face and the stretched neck so good luck to you, fella. I went OTB last week. feel silly for making such a fuss, now!
I come from a kayaking and mountaineering background where waiting for the emergency services instead of self-evacutaing would inevitably lead to death.
but we don't choose those activities or places. Were there to be no prospect of a timely rescue we would have to improvise for ourselves as best we could, at greater risk to the victim.
If you do not have the skills to assess, stabilise and evacuate walking wounded then perhaps it might be an idea to go and get those skills.
I think you're theoretically right, but I don't think I ever will, so we'll just have to muddle through.
I was knocked out in a fall from my bike 2 weeks ago, and had to be forcibly restrained from riding on while not fully conscious (I still have no memory of this), and even when I appeared to be OK, I subsequently lost another 5 minutes while riding and have no idea how I got across the narrow flag bridge over Austwick Beck, so presumably I could have easily fallen onto the rocks there too, and self extraction has its hazards.
Worth pointing out as well that I was staying over at a mate's in Lancaster (convenient given that's where I was flown to and treated!) and they said I was "out of it" on Saturday and "a fair bit better but still not fully with it" on Sunday so I definitely had minor concussion.
I went back to A&E on Sunday for a further check on my back and neck cos it was so painful (therefore no doubt wasting more of their valuable resources - how selfish I am...) Another thorough check and they decided it was no more than severe whiplash although the doctors said I was very lucky not to have broken my neck. SFB showed the paramedics the pictures on the back of his camera at the time and they were in no doubt at all that the helicopter was essential.
so I definitely had minor concussion.
yes, that evening you told me you hadn't been knocked out, but I heard you making that inchoate roaring groan characteristic of unconsciousness (very scary)