
On 01/14/03 at 08:24 AM,said: >Sorry, stressed out for the last couple of days. Me too! >> Arvitis drops the lever and the beam he was shifting >> falls back into the water, then he helps Jezebel pull the >> man up on the boards above the waterline. >Jezebel does the quickest prelimianry exam of a patient >she's ever done to assess the extent of his injuries and >his suitability for transport. >> >Jezebel does her best to lift the man to some place >> >above water so she can see what's happening, she also >> >does a quick feel around the mans belt to see if he has >> >a knife. Most farmers do and it could be really handy >> >about now. >> Yes, there is a knife sneathed on the man's belt. There >> is a tear in the man's pants leg and he is obviously >> bleeding, but the blood isn't spurting out. >She pulls the knife out of the sheath, flips it open (if >it's a lock blade) and slices the man's pants open from >above the wound site to the cuff. She's careful about this >so as not to stab the man in the leg. Jez pulls the pant leg back and sees the white of bone protruding from an oozing wound on the back of his thigh. The wound is oozing dark blood, not pumping bright red. A quick once over confirms that the major injury is the broken leg...or legs. In Jez's opinion, mmobilizing the leg, or legs, better to put him on a backboard and completely immobilize him, and then get him to the doctor asap. Eris AKU GM -- ----------------------------------------------------------- "Eris Reddoch" using MR/2 ICE #245 http://www.crosswinds.net/~erisr -----------------------------------------------------------