Not our typical topic, but an inspirational kid

[MikeBjerum]

This news story was for Thanksgiving - Two months post accident.  They talk about flying him to the cities, but they left out a major point. They flew 40 miles, stopped in New Ulm, MN, and they gave him seven units of blood before finishing the flight to Minneapolis.

I'll add a couple more of his videos, but this tells of the actual start of his new journey.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zJtHiLREnA

[MikeBjerum]

Accident September 24th, and this video was made December 12th. Three and a half months ... LifeFlight needed to stop mid transport to get seven units of blood pumped in, direct to surgery upon arrival, several surgeries during his month in the hospital, still working on getting flexibility in the knee they saved and healing on that stump so he can get his "legs" and last his family helped him climb into the seat of the tractor... Between the loader on the front and blower on the back he cleared the snow from his farm yard.

This kid is gentle soul living in a body built out of pure gristle.

http://www.youtube.com/shorts/OwbVJSOwDlU

[Big Frank]

This news story was for Thanksgiving - Two months post accident.  They talk about flying him to the cities, but they left out a major point. They flew 40 miles, stopped in New Ulm, MN, and they gave him seven units of blood before finishing the flight to Minneapolis.

I'll add a couple more of his videos, but this tells of the actual start of his new journey.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zJtHiLREnA

Isn't seven or eight units of blood about a whole adult body's worth?

[Big Frank]

Farming is one of the most dangerous occupations there is. I think it's right up there with EOD Tech. One time I read about a guy who stopped his tractor for a pee break, and as he was standing there he slipped and fell. He caught his sack on the PTO and got it ripped right off of his body. That's not as bad as losing your legs, but had to hurt like he**.

[MikeBjerum]

Isn't seven or eight units of blood about a whole adult body's worth?

For a 165# person it is roughly nine pints (units).  According to Hacker, the EMT featured with Travis, they told him they "over filled him" due to the amount of trauma and inability to stop all the leaks.  The estimate of loss on scene and first leg of the flight was five to five and a half units. Even with his father and uncle reacting as quickly as they did to stop the bleeding, and the actions of the responders who were close, it is believed he was within minutes of death when the Life Flight crew started multiple IVs.

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[Big Frank]

I'm a big guy, so maybe I have 12 pints of blood. But my weight isn't all muscle so I don't know how much blood it takes to feed me the oxygen I need. I thought it was around 8 pints, or 1 gallon in an average sized person, but I can't remember what the Red Cross said 51 years ago when I took basic first aid. I'm 62 now and suffering from a TBI, PTSD, and CRS (Can't Remember S**t). If you cut an artery you can bleed out in one minute flat. Luckily for people who are unfortunate enough to suffer traumatic amputations, the smooth muscles in arteries spasm and constrict. That doesn't stop the bleeding, but slows it down and usually gives the person time for first aid to be applied if anyone is there to do it, and for help to be called.

[MikeBjerum]

Rule of thumb for volume is one ounce per pound. This is very general, and transfusions or other fluids aren't put in based on this.