RedBlanketRunner
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Years later and I still think back on this. Dang!
Way out in the boondocks, completely forested area. A friend and I saw a rider take a header off a mountain bike. FX clav. blown pupil. We were on vacation, no serious rescue gear, but immobilize with a home brew C collar, good old duct and some masking tape. Highway patrol arrived and put in the call. CDF chopper responding. But where in heck is he going to come down? The road had maybe 15 feet between tree branches on either side.
Up the road was an construction and work area for the road department. HP assisted us taking him up there. The clear area was maybe 30-40 feet by 50. In came CDF. It circled the area taking it in from all view points then down it came, trimming the branches of the trees on either side - mostly 100 footer fir trees. Loaded the patient and back up they went, no prob at all.
I'm still in awe of that pilot.
And if anyone can tell me what choppers CDF was flying in the 1980s I'd very much appreciate it. I think they were UH-1 Hueys.
Way out in the boondocks, completely forested area. A friend and I saw a rider take a header off a mountain bike. FX clav. blown pupil. We were on vacation, no serious rescue gear, but immobilize with a home brew C collar, good old duct and some masking tape. Highway patrol arrived and put in the call. CDF chopper responding. But where in heck is he going to come down? The road had maybe 15 feet between tree branches on either side.
Up the road was an construction and work area for the road department. HP assisted us taking him up there. The clear area was maybe 30-40 feet by 50. In came CDF. It circled the area taking it in from all view points then down it came, trimming the branches of the trees on either side - mostly 100 footer fir trees. Loaded the patient and back up they went, no prob at all.
I'm still in awe of that pilot.
And if anyone can tell me what choppers CDF was flying in the 1980s I'd very much appreciate it. I think they were UH-1 Hueys.
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