Car accident, rapid extrication of victim

[johno]

I've got to brag: my crew got the driver extricated from this wreck in record time.
They cut debris & rolled the dash, freeing the patient for rapid extrication and treatment.

[nafod]

Yikes!

In big or small chunks?

[johno]

When I pulled him out, I thought his head & torso were probably OK, and just his legs were FUBAR. But, no, he was pretty broken from head to foot.
So far, he's still alive. But I don't know if that just means he's on a ventilator, waiting to donate his organs. (Once we send patients to the hospital ER, it's very difficult to learn the outcome. (HIPPA rules & privacy concerns.)

[KingSchmaltzBagelHour]

Way to go, Johno...nothing much feels better than when everyone works together on the same page and shit goes as smooth as possible.
Kudos. Looks like a good job.

[Bob Wildes]

I've got to brag: my crew got the driver extricated from this wreck in record time.
They cut debris & rolled the dash, freeing the patient for rapid extrication and treatment.

Did your crew use the Jaws of Life to free the driver?

[TerryB]

[I've got to brag: my crew got the driver extricated from this wreck in record time.

Yeah but did you have to smash the front end, tear off a wheel, and bust the windshield to do it??

[johno]

Buttercup - Thanks. Sometimes the evolution works great, and other times, all the metal wants to do is tear, and it takes forever.

Bob - Yes, we used the cutters, then the spreaders. Without those, the guy would have been pinned in the car for close to an hour. We got him out in 5-10 minutes.

Proto - Breaking stuff is the best part of the job.

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The steering wheel was pressed into his chest and the dash was trapping his body. Additionally, the roof was buckled, pressing against the back of his head. When my fire fighter used the spreaders, everything lifted off of him so we could pull him up & out, onto a backboard.

[Shapecharge]

Johno that is fucking awesome. I offer up Frodobuilder to physically pleasure you and your team with his mouth and anus for a job well done.

[tough old man]

Good stuff Johno! Saving lives has to make you feel good.

[johno]

If he can recover to some kind of normal life, then I hope we saved him. We gave him the best chance possible.

PS - The kicker: there was a childseat in the backseat of the car. So he was some kid's father.
Thank God he wasn't taking the kid to daycare, because the childseat was messed up.

[judobrian]

Nice work to you and your team. Good medics make my work easier.

Of course, bad medics make my work easier too - the patient is simply DOA by the time of arrival.

[Crust Bucket]

ATTA BOY johno!!!!!!

[TerryB]

Thank God he wasn't taking the kid to daycare, because the childseat was messed up.

First, I was like...BAWWWW!

Of course, bad medics make my work easier too - the patient is simply DOA by the time of arrival.

But then I was like....LOL!

[Sassenach]

Good work. But, did you have to keep blocking traffic for so long? GOD. These people won't stop calling to ask why traffic is backed up!

I kid, I kid. Way to stay within the golden hour.

[Dunn]

Good shit johno!

The fact that he made it out alive is amazing.

[Dux]

Outstanding brother!

[Thatcher II]

I smash up a car with no one in it. And I'm "sick"? You do it with the owner injured, inside the vehicle. You're "a hero"? What kind of a fucking society is this.

[Dunn]

I smash up a car with no one in it. And I'm "sick"? You do it with the owner injured, inside the vehicle. You're "a hero"? What kind of a fucking society is this.

The kind where you should commit suicide.

[KingSchmaltzBagelHour]

If he can recover to some kind of normal life, then I hope we saved him. We gave him the best chance possible.

PS - The kicker: there was a childseat in the backseat of the car. So he was some kid's father.
Thank God he wasn't taking the kid to daycare, because the childseat was messed up.

Yeah, we ran on a motorcycle wreck on Easter Sunday. Dude had his 8 year old girl on the back. He had a depressed skull fracture above his left eye which was swollen to the point of being damn near ready to pop out. His little girl was OK, but her helmet was all scuffed up, so it's not hard to imagine what might have been. My guess is he held out his left hand behind him to try to shield her and whammered his face on the street. No bueno. Not sure if he lived or not.
I love Rescue shit. Where I'm at we fight some fires, but cut way more people out of cars. I'd say it's 3:1.
Again, nice work.

[Holland Oates]

Damn hose monkeys. They flood your basement, watch your shit burn to the ground, and tear your car to pieces.

I keed I keed

Great job johno.

[Shafpocalypse Now]

That's a difficult job. Solid.

[stosh]

Rock on, johno.

[DrDonkeyLove]

Whatever chance he's got, he's got because of you and your crew. Well done sir.

[Thatcher II]

I smash up a car with no one in it. And I'm "sick"? You do it with the owner injured, inside the vehicle. You're "a hero"? What kind of a fucking society is this.

The kind where you should commit suicide.

Why don't you email the victim, Dunn? You retardus.

[The Crawdaddy]

Good job! Thanks for what you do johno.