That was actually Gill Ediger's truck from Austin, and I drove down from Harlingen, TX, to help on the rescue. We spent 3 days getting Chris out. He was shot up with Demarol by a young med student/doctor/caver, who did a good job taking care of him. Splinted his leg, but at one point Chris had to get off the backboard and crawl on one side through a tight crawl with his broken leg on the up side. That was tough to even listen to. I spent a day and a half chiseling out a low bedrock crawl that I finally could only get through without my helmet and by exhaling hard and pushing with my toes. We got Chris back through that one too. Then we rigged him up at the pit entrance with a rope-hauling fiberglass duffel bag protector over his head, sort of like a nosecone. Another bad part was rigging his backboard up in the back of a pickup with cut-up inner tubes like big bungees, but it bounced so hard that Pete Strickland and I of us couldn't keep it under control and he moaned and yelled a lot. Then we took him out of that and put him in the back of a Blazer with a nice foam mattress. That went better. They got him to Texas where his broken femur was pinned. I think he was back to caving after a few months. I remember Gill, Pete, several others, but cannot recall all who were there, sorry. What a deal that was. He was lucky to survive. The Mexican Army was there and helped by mostly staying out of it.
*William R. (Bill) Elliott* 914 Bannister Drive Jefferson City, MO 65109 *[email protected] <[email protected]>* 573-291-5093 cell On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 5:10 PM, Bill Steele <[email protected]> wrote: > Tennessee caver Chris Kerr fell in Sistema Purificacion in 1978 and > fractured his femur. Cavers from Austin drove Terry Sayther’s caving truck > up into a military C130 cargo plane and were flown to Victoria, Tamps., > Mexico to rescue him. The spot where he fell is named Kerr Plunk. > > Bill Steele > > > On May 25, 2018, at 3:57 PM, Geary Schindel < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Join Us for: Femur Fractures: Practical Effective Traction Splinting for > Technical Rescues without the traditional traction splint. > > > > > > > > [cid:logo-3e1963ed-8174-410d-8ea1-a5439be158af.jpeg] > > > > > > Femur Fractures: Practical Effective Traction Splinting for Technical > Rescues without the traditional traction splint. Presenter: Lance Tysom RN, > BSN, CEN, CPEN, CFRN, EMP, WEMT > > Join us for a webinar on Jun 05, 2018 at 8:00 PM CDT/ 9PM EDT/ 7PM MDT/ > 6PM PDT Please check your time zone for correct starting time. > > Register now!<https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ > 4930648135499876867> > > > > > > Lance gave this presentation at ITRS, International Technical Rescue > Symposium and is now sharing it with NSS members. > > > > This webinar is a presentation exploring current trending, indications, > and application of femur traction splinting based on evidence based, best > practices. We will discuss the limitations of available commercial traction > splints. Participants will learn a fast and effective creative use of the > KTD (Kendrick Traction Device) which translates to any rescue environment. > > > > Applying a traction splint to a patient with a suspected femur fracture > is not a trivial decision. Effective application and monitoring of a > traction splint is technically challenging. Its one of many high-acuity, > low-frequency, events which makes it a perishable skill. Managing a patient > with a traction splint in place is also challenging – particularly so in > the setting of a technical rescue, cave rescue. The evolution of > commercially available traction splints is not practical when considering > its use in a cave rescue or back-country environment. Rescue and SAR > personal need knowledge, skills, and equipment to effectively manage femur > fractures. > > > > Presenter: Lance Taysom, RN, BSN, CEN, CPEN, CFRN, EMP, WEMT > > Lance got his start in EMS working Ski Patrol. In college, when not > climbing mountains, or working as a carpenter, Lance worked as an EMT > running 911 (fire and ambulance) calls in Wasilla, Alaska. After graduating > from Idaho State University with a dual major of Batchelor of Science in > Nursing and Health Education, Lance started as an emergency nurse and > shortly began taking hospital patient transports by ground and fixed wing. > In 1997 Lance began a full time career as a flight nurse/paramedic. In > addition to his current flight job, Lance works as an educator and > consultant for wilderness medicine and backcountry survival, training > individuals and teams from Nepal, American Samoa, Indonesia, and across the > US. > > Lance enjoys mixing his pre-hospital and emergency medical care > experience and training with his passion for adventure in the outdoors. > Lance works as a rotor and fixed wing flight nurse/paramedic, emergency > department nurse, and wilderness medicine instructor for NOLS. He also > volunteers for the Bannock County SAR team and seasonally for the National > Park Service Denali Climbing Rangers, providing medical support for high > altitude SAR operations. Lance and his wife Cami make their home outside > Pocatello, Idaho where they enjoy spending time working with area EMS and > SAR teams, raising dogs and grand girls, trying to grow food in their > garden, and burning ATP on mountain bike trails, backcountry ski slopes, > climbing rocks, and most anything else that happens with family and friends > under the sun or under ground. > > After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing > information about joining the webinar. > > The views expressed in this webinar are not necessarily those of the NSS > > > > View System Requirements<https://link.gotowebinar.com/help-system- > requirements-attendees> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <winmail.dat> > > _______________________________________________ > > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > > [email protected] | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > [email protected]/ > > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > [email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >
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