I have seen a few snippets on the board today regarding what was up with Life Flight and the guy who crushed his hand. So here is what happened.

Sat morning about 9am, I was heading out from Loon to conquer the box in the SAR_Sammy mobile. The Gatekeeper was a mess so decided to go the lower road. While in the muddy wooded section a Jeep came over the ridge yelling for Medical help. The driver explained to us that he was simply giving a ride to the injured guy. His friends were broken down in the bowl.

After the initial exam I learned that he and his buds started out the trail Friday night. All of them had been consuming excessively:beer: .:smokin: During the Walker Hill climb something happened that caused the injured party (Passenger) to put his right arm out (as if to stop a roll) and got his right hand caught in-between the Roll bar and a Rock (Ouch) this happened at about 7:30am Sat morning the injured party believes.

Initial injuries determined to him was a Crushed hand (bones from the thumb side were folded over to the pinky side) and a laceration in the palm exposing the bones that move the fingers. He was in extreme pain. He was diaphoretic (sweating head to toe) he was additionally pale (white as a ghost). He was immediately treated with high flow O2. And covered with a blanket. Then we proceeded to examine the hand injury.

At first a ground ambulance was ordered up from Camino. Then when the injured party started passing out and could no longer answer simple questions, there was no doubt he was going into shock and time was getting short The decision was made to order up the Life Flight Helicopter. ETA to Loon Lake Helipad was 6 minutes. We packaged him up and transported him to the Loon Dam Helipad. When we arrived the chopper was already on the ground and waiting for us. The Flight Nurse additionally examined the subject then we loaded him into the chopper and off he went to Roseville’s Trauma Center.

El Dorado Counties OHV Search & Rescue team regularly trains for situations like this. With out thinking about it, several SAR Members jumped into action. Phil took over GPS Co-ordinates and handled communication to Loon Lake Base (Crickett). Ray took over setting up the LZ (Landing Zone) and handled communication from ground to the Chopper while in flight. And I handled the injured subject. Crickett handled communication between us in the field, and the Sheriffs Department. Hats off and I thank all that helped out in the unfortunate situation.


SAR_Sammy
BTW I did make it to the box later in the day and conquered the left side high on the wall.

cool to have the hands on story.

good to know there are guys like you watching our backs out there.:usa:

I heard about that....good save man! good to have you around for sure! your presence is appreciated!

That guy was deffinetly out of it....We were on our way back to loon to get a new R&P for a guy in our group when they flagged us down, my buddy brought him out to you guys. He was lucky you SAR guys were there, you handled to situation perfect!

You guys are slipping :flipoff2:

Pics!!


Sammy, a thank you to all SAR men and women out there helping us out when we do something stupid. I know it takes a lot to help someone that you know caused his or her own harm.

Joe

1st GREAT JOB! now a question, a messed up hand and he was ready to go into shock and was passing out?? so what hapopens to thesse guys in war...if say I guy got hit in the hand, would he up and pass out and go into shock and die??? does this depend on your pain threshold or what's the 411 on this?

Originally posted by SeaBass44
1st GREAT JOB! now a question, a messed up hand and he was ready to go into shock and was passing out?? so what hapopens to thesse guys in war...if say I guy got hit in the hand, would he up and pass out and go into shock and die??? does this depend on your pain threshold or what's the 411 on this?

Each person responds to trauma differantly.:)

Some guy just outside of my camp just before the sluice ran over his own knee and I guess broke it or just dislocated it bad. He was driving a olive drab or faded green early bronco and it ran out of gas. so after filling it he was standing on the drivers side behind the front tire and reached in to cranck the engine. Well, it was in gear (reverse i guess and it turned over and backed up his leg and over a 2 foot tall rock:eek:So his girl or passenger or whatever she was jumped in the truck and put it in park after this because it was rolling back toward a creek and my friends and I saw her doing this. We ran over to him sitting down with a huge dent in the side of his knee. they wrapped it in ice and she drove out. I hope they made it out O.K. but it was a pretty dumb move. Other than that all I saw was drunk guys pushin each other down the slabs into the little sluice.:D

if you were standing next to me i would give you a slap on the back and bogger welds would give you a big wet kiss(90% chance at least) but anyways thanks for taking care of business


Cliff

good job Mike............... It's good to know you're out there
wheeling and are willing to use your skills to help out when needed!

--Sherpa

Thanks for all the responses. To answer a question. The factors that determined the chopper flight was the time from the injury (about an hour and a half) and the amount of substance combined with the cold and lack of food intake (almost 24 hours) the body did not have the resources to fight back the shock.

I appreciate the thanks but this was definitely a team effort. It makes a job like this a whole lot easier when your partners are trained and ready to act with you.

You can expect to see El Dorado SAR staff on the trail during three major holiday weekends. (Except for the July 4th Crickett & I be at Carnage for the Con)

One last item. If anyone knows the outcome of this guys hand please let us know. So often when we do this kind of thing we never hear how it ends, only the start.


SAR_Sammy

SAR_Sammy,

Who pays for your medical supplies? If you are footing the bill, I would be willing to put up a few bucks to help cover your costs. I'd like to know that in the event of an emergency the SAR team is fully stocked.

Joe

Sammy- It was great to meet youup at Walker on Saturday. I heard about the accident but had no details. If your ever hear how the victim is recovering, please let us know.

Thanks for being there to help! You da man!

Originally posted by noodles
Some guy just outside of my camp just before the sluice ran over his own knee and I guess broke it or just dislocated it bad. He was driving a olive drab or faded green early bronco and it ran out of gas. so after filling it he was standing on the drivers side behind the front tire and reached in to cranck the engine. Well, it was in gear (reverse i guess and it turned over and backed up his leg and over a 2 foot tall rock:eek:So his girl or passenger or whatever she was jumped in the truck and put it in park after this because it was rolling back toward a creek and my friends and I saw her doing this. We ran over to him sitting down with a huge dent in the side of his knee. they wrapped it in ice and she drove out. I hope they made it out O.K. but it was a pretty dumb move. Other than that all I saw was drunk guys pushin each other down the slabs into the little sluice.:D

Noodle, that was our group. The guy with the Bronco was Gordon on the board. I spoke with him yesterday and his leg is getting better. It was not broken but sure looked fuct up to me. Anyhow...

Originally posted by jdjanda
SAR_Sammy,

Who pays for your medical supplies? If you are footing the bill, I would be willing to put up a few bucks to help cover your costs. I'd like to know that in the event of an emergency the SAR team is fully stocked.

Joe


Thanks for the thought. Consider it a public service. Like the guy who spends all day welding up others broken stuff instead of out wheeling. The few comments said here is all the payment we need.

Thanks in return

SAR_Sammy
Mike

Originally posted by SAR_Sammy



Thanks for the thought. Consider it a public service. Like the guy who spends all day welding up others broken stuff instead of out wheeling. The few comments said here is all the payment we need.

Thanks in return

SAR_Sammy
Mike

Nice finally meeting you Mike!!
We will have to go out wheeling again sometime!
Fathers Day?? Also might like to help you out sometime with the SAR thing! Being a Medic in the Navy might finally pay off!

Speaking of welding up some stuff on the trail.....Spent 2 hours getting this guy back to gether......3 yellow tops, Jumper cable and some 6013 rod!

sammy, even though I dont wheel on the left coast I want to say thanks for being there to help others in need. Its people like you that make wheeling the faternity that it is Thanks again.:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

Sammy-----THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:bounce2: :bounce2: :bounce2:

O ya one more thing thx! people are so lucky when U R up there!!