RE: [Paddlewise] what was missed during Mark's mis-adventure

On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Seng, Dave wrote:

> Dave wrote:
> 
> > >   - it seemed as though no-one addressed the possible shock 
> > issue during the
> > > initial treatment (always treat for shock in trauma cases - 
> > and in my mind
> > > having a paddle shaft shoved into your leg counts as trauma!)
> 
> Mark replied:
> 
> > please expand on this....
> 
>   Not sure why you've asked me to expand on this, because in the end you

because your answer is now in writing for the lesser knowledged to read
and think about ;-) [i'm a parent of teenagers, have to keep them
thinking]

> proved that you weren't suffering from traumatic shock.  In any serious
> traumatic injury I always treat for shock (I once had to explain to two
> passersby how to treat _me_ for shock after I recovered consciousness after
> a bad motorcycle accident). 

correct, and the answer to what i'm looking for is in another thread, but
not this one ;-) so other folks can ponder for a few, i'll save my answer
for later this evening ... the questions and answers given now are
priceless, as they are real events, through which the participants learned
something. and lived to tell about it, but, under edxtremely similar
circumstances, could lead to a permanent disablity, or in extreme, death.
i was NOT anywhere near that extreme...

BUT ... one week after the first hospital visit, i ended up back in the
ER, with something related to the accident, but not neccessarily due to
the first injury, HINT ;-)

mark

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