Lumberjack
Adventurer
Hope this is the right spot for this...
Last May while jeeping in Moab I slipped on some gravel and broke my leg about a third of the way up the Moab Rim trail. At first we had no cell service and started to prepare to get me off the trail. We placed a SAM spint and started to rearrange the jeep to get me in. 911 then returned our original call (I have heard they can clear the tower so 911 calls take precedence?) Anyhow, they sent help and also said not to use the SAM splint. Does anybody know why they wouldn't want us to use the splint? Also during my recovery I came across this http://www.1staidsupplies.com/store.php?crn=107&rn=613&action=show_detail and was thinking about adding it to my first-aid kit. Does anybody have any experience with this kit? Price almost seems a little too reasonable. Before this trip I even checked to make sure I had the SAM splint with me because the previous year I helped a motorcycle rider bandage his fingers when he took a tumble just in front of me:roost: OUCH! Never thought I would need it for me!
While sitting there waiting for help, I began to think about past trips, mainly the Hole in Rock trip a few years ago, and a story Bill Burke told about a customer backing over his leg. I thought about what I would do if this happened there... instead of spitting distance from the Moab ER. I was thinking how remote that trail is, and how far it is to pavement, and no pain management other than ibuprofin. I can't imagine riding out of there without some form of pain "killer". I was so happy when they gave some morphine before they loaded me into that gurney with a wheelbarrow wheel under it and rolled me off the trail, I didn't feel a thing... although I did ask for a second dose when I saw that wheel and thought about that first turn on the Moab Rim Trail... didn't want to feel a thing if they dropped me off that 60' dropoff:smileeek: So, what are the options for pain management in the backcountry... other than :beer: ?
Dennis
Last May while jeeping in Moab I slipped on some gravel and broke my leg about a third of the way up the Moab Rim trail. At first we had no cell service and started to prepare to get me off the trail. We placed a SAM spint and started to rearrange the jeep to get me in. 911 then returned our original call (I have heard they can clear the tower so 911 calls take precedence?) Anyhow, they sent help and also said not to use the SAM splint. Does anybody know why they wouldn't want us to use the splint? Also during my recovery I came across this http://www.1staidsupplies.com/store.php?crn=107&rn=613&action=show_detail and was thinking about adding it to my first-aid kit. Does anybody have any experience with this kit? Price almost seems a little too reasonable. Before this trip I even checked to make sure I had the SAM splint with me because the previous year I helped a motorcycle rider bandage his fingers when he took a tumble just in front of me:roost: OUCH! Never thought I would need it for me!
While sitting there waiting for help, I began to think about past trips, mainly the Hole in Rock trip a few years ago, and a story Bill Burke told about a customer backing over his leg. I thought about what I would do if this happened there... instead of spitting distance from the Moab ER. I was thinking how remote that trail is, and how far it is to pavement, and no pain management other than ibuprofin. I can't imagine riding out of there without some form of pain "killer". I was so happy when they gave some morphine before they loaded me into that gurney with a wheelbarrow wheel under it and rolled me off the trail, I didn't feel a thing... although I did ask for a second dose when I saw that wheel and thought about that first turn on the Moab Rim Trail... didn't want to feel a thing if they dropped me off that 60' dropoff:smileeek: So, what are the options for pain management in the backcountry... other than :beer: ?
Dennis