Fitness Standards For Industries

[jomoco]

How's adding pneumatic arm n leg splints, so effective as sterile pressure bandages, overkill in a treeman foreman's medkit?

 

You guys have me truly astounded n astonished.

 

Tell me more about your minimalist first aid insights on this biz by all means mates?

 

Jomoco

[jomoco]

Well it's like this yank, there are no steep treacherous hillsides in the UK that our med techs can't conquer lickety split, see?

 

They wear forestry calks see, in case it ever rains, see?

 

Yeah, yeah, just like Edward G, see.

 

Jomoco

[Joe Newton]

Taking the piss ain't contributing one bit to a debate fella.

 

What training do you have to use those splints?

 

Since you asked I carry on my harness: an Israeli bandage, celox, and a CAT.

 

In the vans, the same, plus emergency blanket, and quite a few other bits for patching up minor wounds.

 

When dealing with a casualty, my priorities are simple. Neutralise the hazard (if present). Then keep blood, warmth, and air in the body. Anything else is to the professionals.

 

If the danger is THAT imminent that the casualty absolutely must be moved, then that's what would have to happen, but it's a last resort.

[jomoco]

Taking the piss ain't contributing one bit to a debate fella.

 

What training do you have to use those splints?

 

Since you asked I carry on my harness: an Israeli bandage, celox, and a CAT.

 

In the vans, the same, plus emergency blanket, and quite a few other bits for patching up minor wounds.

 

When dealing with a casualty, my priorities are simple. Neutralise the hazard (if present). Then keep blood, warmth, and air in the body. Anything else is to the professionals.

 

If the danger is THAT imminent that the casualty absolutely must be moved, then that's what would have to happen, but it's a last resort.

 

Ok, it's an imminent bloody situation, how are you going to get your 240 lb in danger of dying coworker, off that steep embankment safely without a bloody stretcher of some sort?

 

Jomoco

[eggsarascal]

Ok, it's an imminent bloody situation, how are you going to get your 240 lb in danger of dying coworker, off that steep embankment safely without a bloody stretcher of some sort?

 

Jomoco

 

Most tree gangs I see around here are two maybe three man gangs. Whose going to carry the other end of the stretcher if there is two blokes on site and one of them is seriously injured?

 

Even with three blokes the two not injured blokes wouldn't carry 240lb very far at all.

[Joe Newton]

Ok, it's an imminent bloody situation, how are you going to get your 240 lb in danger of dying coworker, off that steep embankment safely without a bloody stretcher of some sort?

 

Jomoco

 

 

I wouldn't bother. I'd work on a battle I can win, like stopping the bleeding and stabilising the casualty.

 

If I liked him.

[WesD]

What percentage of the general population do you think have what it takes physically and mentally to climb in our industry safely?

 

 

 

More, or less, than say law enforcement, military special ops?

 

 

 

Ever see cops in uniform that you just know are horribly out of shape and vulnerable.

 

 

 

How many newly hired guys have you gone through before finding a keeper generally speaking, a dozen, more?

 

 

 

I think only about ten percent of the gen pop's fit enough physically, and less than five percent fit enough mentally and physically.

 

 

 

What say ye colleagues of treemen?

 

 

 

Jomoco

 

 

Just thought I'd remind everyone of the original question as I am getting pretty bored of reading about who's the best surgeon now.

 

 

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[jomoco]

And had I followed your sage advice in real life on the job with Shiny Bob mate?

 

He'd be dead n buried instead of happily flippin pizza's and intimidatin folks with iz light blue malamute eyes.

 

Jomoco

[felixthelogchopper]

For whoever it was that thinks you can get sued for providing emergency First Aid, this is the current state of play in the UK.

 

https://www.sja.org.uk/sja/about-us/latest-news/good-samaritan.aspx

 

The general jist is that if you don't act like a dick and step outside your remit then you aren't going to get sued successfully.

[WesD]

Just out of interest how many of you guys train/work out as well as climb/work? If you do work out what do you do and how often?

 

 

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