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Hactar
May 13, 2013, 1:43:04 AM5/13/13
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In article <roq0p8dqa11q7a98p...@4ax.com>,
Heather <redbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) reports that a man in
> Austria accidentally sawed off his arm but managed to drive himself 15
> kilometres to a hospital clutching his severed limb. Police said that
> the only reason he didn't bleed to death was that he was in shock. He
> was flown to a Vienna hospital where doctors were working to reattach
> the arm.
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-13/man-drives-15-kilometres-to-hospital-holding-his-sawn-off-arm/4685026
>
> Auntie doesn't usually report urban legends but this tale certainly
> sounds like one.
>
> What do the denizens of AFCA think?
WIWAL, I tried driving several times with one arm, or with one leg.
5-speed manual. It quite doable. Not perfect, since you can't always
shift when you want. One arm AND one leg really sucked though.
About whether that event is legendary, my ISP's hosed right now, so I
can't check Snopes and google some keywords.
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much more talented than you. Laughter is the very best medicine,
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Heather <redbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) reports that a man in
> Austria accidentally sawed off his arm but managed to drive himself 15
> kilometres to a hospital clutching his severed limb. Police said that
> the only reason he didn't bleed to death was that he was in shock. He
> was flown to a Vienna hospital where doctors were working to reattach
> the arm.
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-13/man-drives-15-kilometres-to-hospital-holding-his-sawn-off-arm/4685026
>
> Auntie doesn't usually report urban legends but this tale certainly
> sounds like one.
>
> What do the denizens of AFCA think?
WIWAL, I tried driving several times with one arm, or with one leg.
5-speed manual. It quite doable. Not perfect, since you can't always
shift when you want. One arm AND one leg really sucked though.
About whether that event is legendary, my ISP's hosed right now, so I
can't check Snopes and google some keywords.
--
-eben QebWe...@vTerYizUonI.nOetP royalty.mine.nu:81
LIBRA: A big promotion is just around the corner for someone
much more talented than you. Laughter is the very best medicine,
remember that when your appendix bursts next week. -- Weird Al
Greg Goss
May 13, 2013, 12:47:18 PM5/13/13
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ebenZ...@verizon.net (Hactar) wrote:
>In article <roq0p8dqa11q7a98p...@4ax.com>,
>Heather <redbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) reports that a man in
>> Austria accidentally sawed off his arm but managed to drive himself 15
>> kilometres to a hospital clutching his severed limb. Police said that
>> the only reason he didn't bleed to death was that he was in shock. He
>> was flown to a Vienna hospital where doctors were working to reattach
>> the arm.
>>
>> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-13/man-drives-15-kilometres-to-hospital-holding-his-sawn-off-arm/4685026
>>
>> Auntie doesn't usually report urban legends but this tale certainly
>> sounds like one.
>>
>> What do the denizens of AFCA think?
>
>WIWAL, I tried driving several times with one arm, or with one leg.
>5-speed manual. It quite doable. Not perfect, since you can't always
>shift when you want. One arm AND one leg really sucked though.
>
>About whether that event is legendary, my ISP's hosed right now, so I
>can't check Snopes and google some keywords.
There are flaws in the story. "didn't bleed to death [because] he was
>In article <roq0p8dqa11q7a98p...@4ax.com>,
>Heather <redbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) reports that a man in
>> Austria accidentally sawed off his arm but managed to drive himself 15
>> kilometres to a hospital clutching his severed limb. Police said that
>> the only reason he didn't bleed to death was that he was in shock. He
>> was flown to a Vienna hospital where doctors were working to reattach
>> the arm.
>>
>> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-13/man-drives-15-kilometres-to-hospital-holding-his-sawn-off-arm/4685026
>>
>> Auntie doesn't usually report urban legends but this tale certainly
>> sounds like one.
>>
>> What do the denizens of AFCA think?
>
>WIWAL, I tried driving several times with one arm, or with one leg.
>5-speed manual. It quite doable. Not perfect, since you can't always
>shift when you want. One arm AND one leg really sucked though.
>
>About whether that event is legendary, my ISP's hosed right now, so I
>can't check Snopes and google some keywords.
in shock" is absurd. With an artery severed, you need a tourniquet to
restrain the blood loss. Low blood pressure ("shock") might slow down
the flow, but it would even more slow the flow to the brain and he'd
pass out rather than drive to rescue. And if he had rigged up a
tourniquet, then the "shock" wasn't related to not bleeding to death.
With a good tourniquet? I might believe the rest of the story.
--
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danny burstein
May 13, 2013, 12:59:12 PM5/13/13
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In <avcjok...@mid.individual.net> Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> writes:
>There are flaws in the story. "didn't bleed to death [because] he was
>in shock" is absurd. With an artery severed, you need a tourniquet to
>restrain the blood loss. Low blood pressure ("shock") might slow down
>the flow, but it would even more slow the flow to the brain and he'd
>pass out rather than drive to rescue. And if he had rigged up a
>tourniquet, then the "shock" wasn't related to not bleeding to death.
>With a good tourniquet? I might believe the rest of the story.
And the flight time to that specialty referral hospital
>There are flaws in the story. "didn't bleed to death [because] he was
>in shock" is absurd. With an artery severed, you need a tourniquet to
>restrain the blood loss. Low blood pressure ("shock") might slow down
>the flow, but it would even more slow the flow to the brain and he'd
>pass out rather than drive to rescue. And if he had rigged up a
>tourniquet, then the "shock" wasn't related to not bleeding to death.
>With a good tourniquet? I might believe the rest of the story.
would be ten hours or more...
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Mary
May 14, 2013, 10:24:09 AM5/14/13
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On May 13, 11:47 am, Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
> ebenZERO...@verizon.net (Hactar) wrote:
> >In article <roq0p8dqa11q7a98p5pcsajmt1nnnuh...@4ax.com>,
name is John Thompson and you can google him up - who had a farm-
implement accident which severed both of his arms. IIRC (it was at
least ten years ago) he walked back to the house and got a family
member to call 911. They picked him up and went and got his arms and
both were reattached.
He doesn't have full function, but he didn't bleed to death on the way
back to the house either.
Mary
> ebenZERO...@verizon.net (Hactar) wrote:
> >In article <roq0p8dqa11q7a98p5pcsajmt1nnnuh...@4ax.com>,
> >Heather <redboro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) reports that a man in
> >> Austria accidentally sawed off his arm but managed to drive himself 15
> >> kilometres to a hospital clutching his severed limb. Police said that
> >> the only reason he didn't bleed to death was that he was in shock. He
> >> was flown to a Vienna hospital where doctors were working to reattach
> >> the arm.
>
> >>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-13/man-drives-15-kilometres-to-hos...
>
> >> The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) reports that a man in
> >> Austria accidentally sawed off his arm but managed to drive himself 15
> >> kilometres to a hospital clutching his severed limb. Police said that
> >> the only reason he didn't bleed to death was that he was in shock. He
> >> was flown to a Vienna hospital where doctors were working to reattach
> >> the arm.
>
>
> >> Auntie doesn't usually report urban legends but this tale certainly
> >> sounds like one.
>
> >> What do the denizens of AFCA think?
>
> >WIWAL, I tried driving several times with one arm, or with one leg.
> >5-speed manual. It quite doable. Not perfect, since you can't always
> >shift when you want. One arm AND one leg really sucked though.
>
> >About whether that event is legendary, my ISP's hosed right now, so I
> >can't check Snopes and google some keywords.
>
> There are flaws in the story. "didn't bleed to death [because] he was
> in shock" is absurd. With an artery severed, you need a tourniquet to
> restrain the blood loss. Low blood pressure ("shock") might slow down
> the flow, but it would even more slow the flow to the brain and he'd
> pass out rather than drive to rescue. And if he had rigged up a
> tourniquet, then the "shock" wasn't related to not bleeding to death.
It's happened before, though. There's a guy in North Dakota - his
> >> Auntie doesn't usually report urban legends but this tale certainly
> >> sounds like one.
>
> >> What do the denizens of AFCA think?
>
> >WIWAL, I tried driving several times with one arm, or with one leg.
> >5-speed manual. It quite doable. Not perfect, since you can't always
> >shift when you want. One arm AND one leg really sucked though.
>
> >About whether that event is legendary, my ISP's hosed right now, so I
> >can't check Snopes and google some keywords.
>
> There are flaws in the story. "didn't bleed to death [because] he was
> in shock" is absurd. With an artery severed, you need a tourniquet to
> restrain the blood loss. Low blood pressure ("shock") might slow down
> the flow, but it would even more slow the flow to the brain and he'd
> pass out rather than drive to rescue. And if he had rigged up a
> tourniquet, then the "shock" wasn't related to not bleeding to death.
name is John Thompson and you can google him up - who had a farm-
implement accident which severed both of his arms. IIRC (it was at
least ten years ago) he walked back to the house and got a family
member to call 911. They picked him up and went and got his arms and
both were reattached.
He doesn't have full function, but he didn't bleed to death on the way
back to the house either.
Mary
Tim Wright
May 14, 2013, 10:31:57 AM5/14/13
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police action in Korea and walked several miles to an aid station. He
didn't bleed to death either.
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the color nine.
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