Actions for patient going into shock

usafmedic45 said:
Pretty much, but the regularity of F-16 crashes is what earned it that nickname. The other moniker it is saddled with is the "disposable jet".
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I live right by an F-16 base, and one took off and then lost power on the crosswind, I believe. He had live munitions, which he immediately ditched in order to make it back to the runway. One exploded, and the other destroyed a structure and was buried underneath the ground. They detonated it later. It was pretty neat, and a lot nicer than having the jet plow into buildings, like the F/A-18 down by SAN.

Good discussion on G performance of both humans and airplanes.
 
Wonder why "shock trousers" don't work then?

Probably because more things happen in shock than just degraded haemodynamic circulation.

PS: OK plane buffs, whose unofficial motto was "19 G's in 0.7 seconds"?
 
PS: OK plane buffs, whose unofficial motto was "19 G's in 0.7 seconds"?
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John Paul Stapp. :lol: Seriously...no clue, but I'm assuming it was the pilots of something rocket powered, perhaps the X-15.
 
Martin-Baker ejection seats

demon_test.jpg
 
Perhaps Scott Crossfield?

Ejection seat guys also might just make the grade... ;)
 
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Perhaps Scott Crossfield?
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Judging by the state his remains were in after his last flight, I think he experienced a lot more than that in his last moment on earth.
 
Scott Crossfield was sitting in X-15-3 during the engine test of the XLR-99 motor... when it blew up. The cockpit and front half of the fuselage was shoved forward about 20 feet or so...

Here's a video of the event, and the man himself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXpEPZ6ZZIs
 
Akulahawk said:
Scott Crossfield was sitting in X-15-3 during the engine test of the XLR-99 motor... when it blew up. The cockpit and front half of the fuselage was shoved forward about 20 feet or so...

Here's a video of the event, and the man himself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXpEPZ6ZZIs
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One brave SOB....and someone I had the pleasure of having coffee with and receiving a ride home from (in a car) at the ripe old age of 12.
 
Martin Baker ejecton seats....0 to 9 G's in 0.7 seconds,

Hello, former 57150 Fire Protection Specialist/Rescueman..B)

THe photo seems to be a test of a seat on a U-2?
 
Not even close. I believe that's an old USN F-3 Demon.
 
The amazing part about that explosion is that there were no major injuries that day... Scott himself wasn't injured and a rescueman got some minor burns to his hands. The back half of the X-15... well that was in bits.
 
USAF was right, photo ID'ed as F3.

AS a rescueman, your job is safely approach and gain access, safety the seats (no seats this time), and unarse the craft with the occupants. I never saw an egress plan for the X-15 (it was out of the USAF T.O. 00105E-9 before I was on board), but I don't think you'de be cutting in with an axe. ;)
 
I never saw an egress plan for the X-15
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I think "Get baggie. Gather tissue fragments from across the dry lake bed." pretty much summed it up.
 
Probably square 1/2 inch drive on port fuselage below canopy.

Pretty standard except the space shuttle, which was 3/4 and you had to break the thermal tile to get to it.

Boy is this thread jacked. Sorry!
 
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