On 10 Feb 97 at 8:15, Ed Sanders wrote:
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> >Not sure I'd want to use something that I have so little control
> >over. What if it shatters the bone proximal (going toward the
> >torso) and causes damage about the tourniquet?
>
> Makes sense, but if for some reason you were REALLY in a HURRY brute
> force and ignorance could save the day.
>
>
> Ed Sanders
Yes, good thought. Most entrapments occur in urban or disaster
situations, and in such a situation time might be of the essence
(further collapse, etc.). But for mountain and cave rescue, there's
sort of a natural triage -- people who need to get moved right away
are dead before any rescue team can get to them. So usually we have
a bit of time to play with, enough to do a little sawing.
--Keith Conover, M.D., FACEP
http://www.pitt.edu/~kconover
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