ok, 8-10 of you paddle to an off shore island/ oil rig. when you return to shore there are some mild [2-3ft?] breaking waves, and as one of your members gets near the shore, they perl off the wave, and get "window shaded" and impaled on their paddle [a leg injury ;-]. you are near a road, and i'll make up whatever other "details" you need ;-) a: what's your first plan of action b: how do you decide if the person is capable of continueing on, on their own, or if someone needs to play ambulance driver c: how do you notify the "next of kin" --- ie tell them to meet you at the hospital/ER, without adding undue stress to the callee d: what other factors should be involved/considered e: is this discussion usefull? mark -- #-canoeist[at]dotzen[dot]org------------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [__| [__\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.dotzen.org/paddler [index to club websites i administer] ---- A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. -- English Proverb *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 10 2000 - 12:35:17 PDT
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