Whistler Ski Patrol in action

The Whistler Patrol works hard on their 3rd Medivac of the day!!!Rescue, skiing, Heli Rescue, ski patrol, medivac,Whistler Ski Patrol

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[superskier]

I beleive this person had hit a tree and had broken a few bones. He had managed to get to this location by himself, which was a considerable distance from where he had hit the tree.

[gazelleprotect]

I am a Volunteer Ski Patrol :)

[rinatst2]

ya ya, but when it goes to court all that matters is weather or not you followed the OEC instructions which say use traction or SAGAR splint on a midshaft femur fracture.

[breakdrum]

All involved deserve a huge thank you. The pilot was amazing to be able to touch that thing down with little to no reference of the ground. Well done!

[DieEisGeist]

@forestranger2  Wow, um yes you do. Its called a sager and you splint it so the bone doesn't slice up the femoral arterty.

[DieEisGeist]

@gazelleprotect *high fives* yay, I'm training down here in the states

[gazelleprotect]

I bet on the spinal too... Anyway, in our station(somewhere in Québec) if ever the case it was a femur , we use vacuum splints, which is faster than traction. If ever the case the patient was not stable we only use de backboard... The femur is already immobilized with that if you put a sufficiant blanket between your patient's legs.

[barunrm]

i agree. if a patient is in such condition that a medivac is necessitated, applying a traction splint to a patient is only going to increase time spent on the hill...this is something that should be avoided. if this was a multi-trauma pt. with femur i'd pull traction using the good leg and a cravat...takes 30 sec and is effective.

seems to me that this guy has a lot going on, most likely not just spinal or just femur.

anyone know what it takes to work on WSP?

[forestranger2]

Agreed. Use of SAGARs depends on the hill, the proximity of the device, and how the elapsed time between the injury and warmth. You have to decide (depending on the terrain, because you could be off piste) on the safest and fastest way to extricate and transport to medical aid.

[bassfreak185]

it says it in the name. Whistler B.C.

[superskier]

I shot the loading part from the deck of a lodge, when you see the ledge of the deck momentarily, I was ducking behind the ledge, & all shots were zoomed up quite a bit.