you would think 23 guys 1 down , they could torniquet the leg if possible , stuff the wound if not and take turns running him to the road 4 guys at a time with a make shift litter

but that kind of medical training just isn't as common as it should be

unfortunately I think too many people are taught you make the 911 call and then turn it over to the "professionals"

wilderness first aid should be a lot more common

the truth of the matter is , we are probably a lot better at getting into places we can get hurt than most "professionals" are at getting too us.
they are looking for a road , to drive and get highway equipment places

that Jet sled has more uses than just dragging deer out. bet they know exactly how they would have drug the deer out and it would have been a lot less time than getting medics in and out would have been.

Boy Scouts got EMT / First Aid training
twice a year at Slippery Rock U.
That ended in 1976 because of liability.
So who is liable now Edgar.

Lots of "Whattt?" in these reports.
Pretty much the norm aye.

Terrible for those involved.

you know I just looked a the EMT course at the local community college , cost is on par with 1 doctors visit about 900 dollars they Teach it Tues, Thurs and Sat for one semester and you look to be ready to take the certification

I bet for 500 they could teach half of it on one night a week and Saturday and no certification , then you would have good Samaritans trained to do the needed care but not "certified " emts so still covered under the good Samaritan law many states have.

my youngest took CNA training in Highschool the district paid , honestly every high school student mature enough to not be a nuisance in the classes should take it , they learn so much about how to navigate the medical system.
they ultimately decided being a CNA was not for them , but great education
there was some question if the district was going to get the cost of it when we first signed up for it , and I said well how much is it , they said 330 dollars , I said I was thinking you were going to say 3300 dollars , are you kidding me comming from home schooling a few years ago we dropped 330 dollars books for a semester and didn't think much of anything about it , not that we were well off at all but compared to private school that is nothing , education isn't cheap , but it costs less if it doesn't kill you in the learning process.

Trust me on this, he was at a very hard place to get to. No way they could bring him off the one side, about straight up and down, and actually is some places.

I'd say just hiking in on the other side would take 1-1/2--2 hours . There's a foot trail along the bottom that use to be a tram track they used to haul logs out along time ago. I'm guessing they were clearing it of dead falls and trees that grew up on it over the years while another team hikes in.


Sad deal, shot in a bad spot at a bad place to be..