Man chopps off left arm with chainsaw.

[Glen Poole]

Just been reading todays newspaper & in there is a story about a man who chopped his left arm right off with a chainsaw while prunning his tree. His neighbour put the arm in a bag of frozen pasties & after 14 hours surgery they managed to reattach it & say that the operation went well. Now this got me thinking, Do any of us take cool boxs with ice packs in to work just in case a similer situation were to happen? Now & again my team & i work out in the sticks & to be honest i have never given it a thought.

[vduben]

only is summer so i can put the ice cubes down my pants!!!!!

basically you are knackered if your out in the sticks and you cut your arm off in my opinion!!!!!!!

scarey really when you think about it!!!!

[Arborlord]

You are screwed if you hurt yourself that bad far from hospital.

 

Just dont take risks if you feel your at risk get down i have and also been called a tart.

 

My reply is simple i dont need the money.

 

But i do need all my limbs they are without doubt priceless.

 

Guys treat your body like its made from diamonds without it you got nothing.

[Simonsnr]

I sometimes take a pack of pasties to work, is that the key? Do pies work also?

 

Joking aside as Arborlord says, If you ain't sure DON'T do it! I remember being egged on on a job that was running a little behind Schedule in the days when I did a bit of subbing. They were all saying on the ground, "Yeah that will be fine, it will swing around you" They we so trying to convince me it would be ok but I was less than convinced.....(great big ash limb stretching out over a shed.) I'm so glad I didn't listen, I would have a face like a potato if I HAD listened to them! The limb did exactly what I thought it would do, and swung into the trunk, EXACTLY where I had been before my little "garden" Angel told me to move out the way.

[Ian C]

juat a thought, does it matter what flavour pastie it is? minced beef might be better at holding temp for longer ......

 

Another person maimed for the sake of a couple hundred quid!

[Simonsnr]

Def' not 'spicy beef' or 'chicken tika', imagine if the wrapper split!

[Mesterh]

Just been reading todays newspaper & in there is a story about a man who chopped his left arm right off with a chainsaw while prunning his tree. His neighbour put the arm in a bag of frozen pasties & after 14 hours they had managed to finally eat all the pasties!

 

 

Read about that as well, nasty accident but god knows how he managed to completly sever it:confused1:

[garth mc garth]

he was an old fella that lived around 15 miles from me, there was a long story about it on local news. looked proper nasty!!

[treequip]

Tree work is a high risk occupation and everyone should have a working knowledge of first aid. Severed appendages are not uncommon.

 

The preferred course of action for dealing with severed body parts with is to pack the item in plastic with something cool. Care should be taken with small parts like fingers as frost damage sets in quickly. The only exception to the above rule is the head.

 

Severed heads should not be put in plastic bags in case the casualty suffocates.

[Big 'Ammer]

... god knows how he managed to completly sever it:confused1:

 

Some one had probably taught how to sharpen properly when he was a lad!

 

Or maybe he was trying to emulate Jay Browning off axe men!