Did I imagine a thread

[davbrucas]

OH Please enlighten us Dave!!!!

We do not use MRI to diagnose traumatic injuries in the acute setting and you do not put people in a full body casts...didnt realize there was such a thing anymore actually. But you do not cast acute injuries regardless. They are splinted...and casted when the swelling goes down.
Regardless, you dont place casts or splints unless there is a bony injury verified by xray or CT...so they wouldnt place someone in a "full body cast" and then take it off shortly after. Shit's not making sense.

I guess shitstang didnt realize we have a trauma physician on this site...

[Mike]

We do not use MRI to diagnose traumatic injuries in the acute setting and you do not put people in a full body casts...didnt realize there was such a thing anymore actually. But you do not cast acute injuries regardless. They are splinted...and casted when the swelling goes down.
Regardless, you dont place casts or splints unless there is a bony injury verified by xray or CT...so they wouldnt place someone in a "full body cast" and then take it off shortly after. Shit's not making sense.

I guess shitstang didnt realize we have a trauma physician on this site...

Awesome

[Unicorn Jeff]

Hahahahaha.

So what would of been done in this situation?

[Mike]

Hahahahaha.

So what would of been done in this situation?

I'm pretty sure that answer would vary based on the injuries...



Can a do bring the original thread back long enough for me to quote some of the
Posts?

[71chevellejohn]

We do not use MRI to diagnose traumatic injuries in the acute setting and you do not put people in a full body casts...didnt realize there was such a thing anymore actually. But you do not cast acute injuries regardless. They are splinted...and casted when the swelling goes down.
Regardless, you dont place casts or splints unless there is a bony injury verified by xray or CT...so they wouldnt place someone in a "full body cast" and then take it off shortly after. Shit's not making sense.

I guess shitstang didnt realize we have a trauma physician on this site...

Dave, you obviously didn't realize they were doing 150mph! Special circumstances were taken because of the speed. lol

[The King]

Festivus Pole time yet?

[davbrucas]

If someone was brought into my ER with that mechanism of injury, I would obviously verify that they are stable and capable of maintaining their airway/BP. They would then likely have CT scans of their head, cervical spine, chest, abdomen and pelvis...and then xrays of whatever extremity injury I noted. If there was a fracture of an extremity, it would be reduced then splinted using OCL splint. If there is an injury inside the chest or abdomen, they would go straight to surgery for an exploratory laparotomy...or get a chest tube in the ER for lung injuries. If they have a cervical spine injury or bleed in the head, they would see a neurosurgeon immediately. They would never be put in a full body cast as that would limit serial abdominal exams and neuro checks...

[davbrucas]

And 150mph MVC rollover into some trees? Walking away from that is like winning the Mega Millions lottery. It could happen, just extremely unlikely.

[71chevellejohn]

I have serious doubts regarding the speed of the crash.

[Unicorn Jeff]

So Crapstang... Care to enlighten us?

[idrivea4banger]

Way to crash the party guys.

[Mike]

I have serious doubts regarding the speed of the crash.

I've had serious doubts about there ever being a crash.

[crapstang]

That's not how it works...

That's what I heard. I am nowhere near Plano and am getting my info via 3rd party now. I'm not sure how medical procedures work, so if you are more knowledgeable on this subject, I'm all ears.

I have serious doubts regarding the speed of the crash.

He didn't smack a tree at 150. He traveled a 200-300 feet before stopping...First came off road, then a couple small saplings, then some tee posts, then a decent sized cedar, then 2 more cedars finishing him off, and flipping his car from the looks of it.


I don't know every detail of the wreck, and I'm not trying to say every thing is concrete fact. The staties told his family that it was that speed, and from the amount of damage done, I'd say it's a pretty good guess. The only medical stuff I know is that he woke up yesterday evening, after a careflight ride to the hospital.
I don't want to get into whether it was an "accident" or "dumbass mistake", either...he's just a good guy that I know that I'm glad to know is alive.

[BMCSean]

Way to crash the party guys.

Nice.

[Binky]