rescue gone wrong

[NGD]

I am curious, out of everyone who has posted here how many have a level of emergency medical training above First Aid?

 

[treehumper]

Not me. Fortunately, I work for a company that is owned by a volunteer firefighter. It is something to be looking into though.

 

[Bucknut]

Me neither. I do think in a situation like this I would at least have the presence of mind to use my belt or a rope to try to slow the victim's blood loss. Beyond that, I'd have to wait for the pros.

 

[wyoclimber]

We have a fully stocked first aid kit in the truck, including a SOF tourniquet, climbers carry blood stopper bandages and quik-clot, everybody gets first aid and CPR shortly after being hired and I have my Wilderness First Responder. Our industry is too dangerous not to take any precautions you can.

 

[TreeCo]

My bet is a first rate climber/rigger/EMT/pro chainsaw operator could have got him down without severing his leg.

Unfortunately there probably isn't anyone with those qualifications in a three state area.

 

[classictruckman]

I didn't get the impression that the climber was even using a rope and saddle. In the longer video the neighbor says he got a ladder to keep the man from falling, and the victim was hanging upside down by his mangled leg. The reporter asks "what was holding him up there?" He replies, "The grace of God". No mention of a rope or harness. Also the last cut looks like it went right through a knot/branch collar with no notch. I'm envisioning the guy standing in the lower fork, reaching up as high as he can over his head, and lettin er rip, hoping his buddy could pull it the right way. What a horrible scenario.

That's what I saw too, I also noticed the cut was on an up hill angle which probably caused the top to slide back and into the crotch he was standing in.

 

[deevo]

I am curious, out of everyone who has posted here how many have a level of emergency medical training above First Aid?

I was a volunteer Firefighter/captain for 15 years and have some advanced first aid and CPR plus loads of other courses. Plus advanced auto ex and firefighter rescue courses, building collapse courses, trench rescue and experience to go with all that. That's why I stated and know first hand there are absolutely no fire depts in Ontario that train in tree rescue, unless they can get there 75,000 lb platform or ladder truck near, ( and a lot of depts don't even have an aerial truck) and you don't know aerial rescue you've let down yourself and your crew. So know it and practise it!

 

[TreeLogic]

I am curious, out of everyone who has posted here how many have a level of emergency medical training above First Aid?

Not me. But that's worth training for sure.
And yes, I know there are a lot of variables to consider other than just getting to an injured person at height, but we are all already well trained in 80+% of that.

So why not have some type of CoOp or Alliance where we can assist the first responders in this sort of thing?

 

[Steve Connally]

Been a paramedic for 21 years.

 

[Raven]

FA/CPR/AED for peds and adults. Just the basic stuff, I cannot perform an amputation, but I CAN bring a paramedic up to a victim or vice-versa. If it were me stuck up there I'd want to know that they used every available resource to facilitate the rescue.

 

[limbwalker247]

what about an app that can contact the local arborists who sign up to respond. I have an emergency list of the local arborists and their crews phone numbers for the crew to call , old school but efficient.