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[-] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 82 points 5 days ago

Pretty wild stuff.

The 32-year-old nurse, who works in wound care at a hospital in Billings, Montana, did a self-assessment. He was alert. There was little pain or blood. And the pole wasn’t moving. The group used a satellite-based communication device, a Garmin inReach, to contact local authorities and inform them of their plan to self-rescue.

https://apnews.com/article/montana-hiker-impaled-pole-self-rescue-d35444319d0fe4249ab878237625e862

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 44 points 5 days ago

There was little pain or blood.

The blood is all on the inside. That's where it's supposed to be right?

[-] Jumi@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

When impaled by something, be it pole or knife, it is usually best to not pull it out because it kind of keeps it plugged to some extent. Also, if the right picture shows him impaled it doesn't look like it hit any bigger blood vessel or pierce the lung.

Source: I am a First Responder at my work and was MFAP B in the German army

[-] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago
[-] 24_at_the_withers@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Master Functional Auxiliary Practitioner, Bronze. It's a big deal.

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago

Hope the AP at least got some kinda payment from Garmin for that pointless product plug

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 4 days ago

Is detail pointless? Guess that must be a twitter generation thing.

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

More of a "selling out is hella lame" Gen X thing, but I'll take that compliment anyway

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