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Patrol Incident - Collapsed Lung
Pontiac, MI - August 2006
"While providing race support at Pontiac Lake recreation area in southeast mi, i treated a rider that had crashed into a fallen log. His initial complaints were left shoulder and left side pain, but not severe. He had not lost consciousness and had intact motor & sensory. the rider attempted to get up and subsequently passed out. he was
revived with stimulation. on closer exam, he had asymmetrical chest rise with inhalation and crepitous on palpation. ems was contacted. person ended up being medi-vac'd out. got a first hand lesson on ropes use and descending rough terrain with a stokes basket. carrying the person out to the chopper from our location (2 miles into trail, on a
ridge 100 vertical feet ebove a gravel pit)via established or old trail would have taken too long.

what i learned: riders will understate injuries. pay attention to asymmetrical chest rise (for some reason i did not correlate this with possible collapsed lung).

the update i have received third hand is that the rider did have a punctured lung, multiple rib fractures, multiple left arm fractures. the docs were able to reinflate the lung and he is awaiting surgerys
for the arm.

by far the most serious incident i have dealt with, i was watching this guy go downhill quick. he was shivering and showing signs of low o2 sat (ashen color, blue lips). we used cell phones to communicate with dispatch and they were able to GPS my postion and direct the responders in to the trail pretty quick. the trucks were using the
air horn when they got close with myself and the other responders bushwacking to a clearing to lead them in."