Two days ago, I had soft powder in the morning that froze mid afternoon. Couldn’t tell you how, but wiped out at high speeds and smashed my head, tunnel vision, ears ringing etc, don’t even want to imagine what would’ve happened if I wasn’t wearing my helmet
@@tybauer1108 glad you're OK. if you crashed that hard in a helmet may need to get a new helmet. Most helmets are good for one hard impact the the protective material is compromised.
@@johnd.3936 They wont stop the brain from moving but they will stop your brain getting out of your head. They absolutely do offer protection from big hits. It isn't a get out of jail for free card but at least provides some protection.
Saved my skull from being completely cracked open from wearing a helmet this year. Fell back on 100% solid ice and helmet cracked from the impact. Might've been dead without it who knows
That sounds awful! This year after a large snowfall I went skiing and I leaned too far forward and my skis hooked. I flew 20ft, landed on my face, scorpioned and then flipped. It could’ve been a lot worse than some pulled muscles if I hadn’t been wearing a helmet
@@SoOverBored crazy how dangerous it can get in an instant. You also never know how hard solid ice is until you hit 100% ice. You can literally feel how thick the ice is on impact, pretty crazy
I did they same thing. My helmet didn't crack but I bet it kept my skull from cracking or a dozen staples across the back of my head. Guaranteed it saved me big time.
@@Kevinmac1120 ive been lucky with falling on soft slopes. i rarely push my limits anymore though. i want my knees to last lol. always a helmet on icy days though
That ski patrol needs to update their training or equipment or both. Not putting a neck brace on someone found knocked out between some trees is so irresponsible.
Thank you. People need to also learn basic first aid if they have these kinds of hobbies. "Does anyone know How to call rescue"? Never good to hear that if you're the victim. I'm amazed at how medical care and awareness has gone way down in America.
I broke my neck really badly in 2017 doing gymnastics and was told that if I had tried to sit up after the crash and if my trainers hadn't known how to handle the situation (support my spine, hold my neck straight and not let me move) I would be paralyzed from the neck down right now. I have pretty much made a full recovery thanks to my trainers and the first responders taking all the precautions and putting me on a spinal board and doing x rays even though nobody at first thought I had seriously hurt myself more than strained a muscle. ALWAYS always take spinal precautions if you find someone in a situation like this.
Had a student at high school, I was librarian, head was in a brace connected to his shoulders. Could not move his head to see something had to move his whole body. Yeah, he'd broken his neck somehow, and yes, he made a complete recovery. But man, he was a tall kid and looked like Frankenstein's monster coming down the halls! (Good guy, had a sense of humor about it.)
Just be weary when not letting people move, don't try to hold them down. You may well know, but someone might get the wrong idea from the way its worded and to to hold someone down.
Impressed by the speed of intervention, but not by the way they handled him and rolled him down the slope. No neck brace, nothing. Good thing he didn't have a back injury...
Hi, wilderness first responder here: normally someone is unlikely to have a spinal injury worsened by a roll. It's crucial to get them to advanced care asap and they need to be moved in order for that to happen. They did it correctly
if this happens to you, got to the nearest lift and tell the operator, all of we have a phone or a radio, we have direct comunication with patrollers, just let us know
Yes this,or have the number to Ski Patrol on your phone (Some mountains it on the website). As a Ski Instructor at a small hill i have never had to call ski patrol before thankfully
patrollers had special training for those situations, we must get them asap, u will waste lot of time calling 911 or waiting for a patroller to luckily pass around
This is actually very intense. Glad he was okay, discovering bodies is a lot harder to deal with, so so glad he was able to be helped and was not out on his own doing any freestyle.
Sure is. I found an older woman dead on a sand dune in the middle of a snow storm about 1pm. Just sitting up frozen on the trail mouth wide open eyes shut. And I was just thinking it was a good spot to eat my lunch on my way back to work. Thought I'd check out the waves/Beach. Wrong.
The whole event was a shit show! I am so appalled at how this was handled from start to finish!!! Then put in the internet for “a poor college student” to get money! FFS disguising!! This needs to be removed off the internet. I would be suing if I was this guy.
@@portlandexotics4633 we were smoking on a blunt in the woods so the ski patrol wouldn’t see us. When the bud hit I was ready to shred so I went down and he said he would come right after when he finished the blunt. But then he ended up passing out and fell asleep. So that’s what you’re seeing, my homie asleep in the trees
Ski patrol are morons. Usually only 1/5 has any real medical experience because it’s very easy to get pointless certifications. Dude was breathing and conscious. There’s no reason to rush moving him so quickly. The first responder starts moving him before anyone else is there. His job is to keep the person still and calm while determining the severity of their injuries. Instead he start wiggling the victim around.
@@FumblsTheSniper Yeah EMT here, after assessing ABCs the patient seemed stable from this video. No need to hurry with the extrication and transport. I cringed a little when they rolled him onto the litter with no c spine control.
@@Jh0ac I just did lifeguard certification a couple weekends back, and we were trained to move potential spinal injury victims wayyy slower than that, even in deep water!
Ski patroller here. I was impressed with how quickly so many patrollers arrived on the scene. Including toboggan. Many comments about no neck brace or spinal immobilization. They would have done some checks before moving him. It is now known that further spinal injury from gently moving a patient is rare/ unlikely - nothing compared to the violence of the initial impact. The patient kept trying to sit up - pehaps a serious concussion and the guy didn't know where he was or what was happening!? Asking where am I? What happened? about 20 times...
Look...the fact that the patient complained of back pain enough that they were using a backboard says something. The fact that they dumped the patient off of the backboard because they forgot to strap him down says something else. Watch the video again and tell me that these guys know what they are doing. They had a hard time figuring out how to strap him down AFTER they dumped him on the ground.
I just got my EMT license in December. I was told multiple times in training that a lot of protocols are changing to no longer requiring c-collars or backboards.
Thank you for your vigilance and for taking the time to actually check on this guy, it's amazing how often I see someone injured on the hill and most of the time people just ski past.. if you see someone hurt, or off in the trees, please take the time to check on them and make sure they're OK..
Crazy. I just found a guy in the trees with a fully dislocated shoulder three days ago. Stayed with him for half an hour or so until ski patrol showed up. The guy had epilepsy and had a few episodes during the wait. Felt bad for him but what else you gonna do.
Finally someone who knows to put the skis up as a cross above the accident site! Warns other skiers and is a non missable sign for ski patrol. Way too often people don’t know about this. Good reaction! (Ignore all those who are so clever; calling help and securing the accident scene are the most important bits; and everything additional in a situation like this with all the adrenaline is in reality hard to do right)
Good job putting skis up when I busted my knee on a jump several people almost hit me being I couldn't move. Appreciate people who pay attention and help those in need. Again Good Job and great footage.
@Montana Weatherby saw a work place injury accident. The man fell off a ladder about 3 stories up. Landed head first and lived. His coworkers ran over and in their panic picked him up and he died instantly. His neck was broken but aligned and when they picked him up the fracture moved severing his spinal cord.
@@lindanwfirefighter4973 Lucky to be alive. A friend of mine works as a first responder and he told me this story. Car crash scene: a dad with his daughter The impact was pretty violent, the dad was fine and he managed to make the daughter walk out of the car. As first responders arrived (my friend including) they told him that they needed to take her daughter to the hospital to make sure she was fine. Her dad repeatedly refused since "she was walking, therefore she was totally fine". Long story short, as her dad kept denying the first responders to take his daughter for further medical inspection, there was nothing that they could legally do to take her into custody, so they let both her and her dad go. In the very same moment the girl tried to fasten her seatbelt, her neck cracked and she dropped dead. That is all because her dad was being an ignorant and ignoring medics' advice She could have been alive now but stupidity won
@@s1mo True. My uncle helped a guy out of a crashed car and called an ambulance. The guy was arguing with the ambulance crew but he did finally get in the ambulance. Later my uncle rang the hospital on call to ask how the man was doing. The man had passed. His spleen was ruptured in the crash. He had no way of knowing the risks and felt he was going to be all right. Always respect the crew - they don't want to scare you but so much can go wrong.
Well, may have been the best option if he had a fractured spinal cord or back injuries/head injuries. People should not be lifted out of cars for this reason
@@donnahindall118 no most people do, every day on the mountain I probably see 2-3 people without helmets compared to hundreds with helmets. Never seen someone at the park without a helmet
@@Avicados no it doesn’t depend on the mountain. I ride Breckenridge every weekend and always 1-2 dumbasses without helmets. Everyone I see usually wears a helmet for warmth and protection.
WEAR HELMETS EVERYONE PLEASE!! I'M A VETERAN BOARDER BUT I'VE HAD MY SHARE OF ACCIDENTS, CONCUSSIONS, TEMPORARY AMNESIA, ETC FROM HITS TO MY HEAD OVER THE YEARS WHEN I WAS YOUNG. NOW I'M 41 AND HAVE SUSPECTED CTE AMONGST OTHER SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS RELATED TO MULTIPLE HEAD INJURIES FROM 20 YEAR'S AGO NOW.
CDP-choline or GPC-choline help restore brain from injuries/concussions. Not immediately, but over several months-years. I've known people using it to recover from concussions. Or hyperbaric oxygen chambers. All professional footballers/sportsmen use them.
LOL, this made me laugh. Seriously though, I've never seen an accident scene where nobody approaches the person down to even see if they're breathing. So bizarre.
Thank you guys for helping that poor kid..Not something everyone would do nowadays and things could have gone bad quickly for him in the position he was in.
Good job my friend. I had this happen to me in 1996...I was on ski's and my binding was new...really tight and when I hit the last mogul and I just had no flex...it was back when "shape" ski's were kind of new on the East Coast and I had just bought the pair at the end of the previous season...long story short, the lack of flex and the way the ski was made caused it to act as a springboard and propelled me over the net and right between two trees...helmets were not a requirement at the time...I had a massive bleed and thank God I had a calm passerby like yourself because the story has been shared with me about some hysterical teens trying to move me and it would have killed me. So GREAT JOB knowing what to do and not do.
I had my first real snowboarding lesson today, dude I’m so glad I wore a helmet, i had a super minor fall (tried to put my foot in the binder, completely slipped and hit my head and side on the snow - pretty hard) but I’ve had this really weird headache for the rest of the day - even my ear hurts! I was complaining the hour before “why do I have to wear a helmet?” Dude. Wear a helmet. I am so grateful I did. Praise God!
S/o the homies for keeping the eyes peeled... Who knows how long he could've been there if they didn't see him. Were all family on the mountain. Ill definitely be on the lookout more after this one.💯
@@colettesantoro6233 you‘re definitely right about not moving him, because of further injuries. However you should always check if a person is breathing and if you can check their heart rate and their pupils. If they are not breathing move the person straight away, risking injuries is not your worst problem then. If they are conscious stay with them and talk to them. :) Skiing Instructor 101 😂
@@spinsterjones4987 when I google that I only get results from australia. The american red cross does not mention it. But yes as a WFR we always check 1) is the scene safe, 2) initial 2-second assessment of what happened, 3) put on PPE, 4) check for other patients, 5) begin to assess ABCDEX
think about how many people went right by this guy. this exact thing happened to me and i busted my shoulder, it takes TWO seconds to stop and see if someone is okay, don’t be selfish people.. that could be your kid one day.
The bystander effect. One time i saw a guy fall flat on his back on a bigjump in the bottom of a slope and was knocked unconscious while i was standing in line for tickets 100-200 meters further down. We figured everyone has seen this and the employes of the resort will take care of it. But after like a minute with no one doing anything i pushed my way trough the line and asked the girl behind the counter if they where going to do something? Then she radioed someone and they sent a snowmobile up to check him out (still unconscious laying on the landing).
My sister was skiing with someone that went full speed into a tree with a helmet a few months ago. He is still recovering and learning to talk apparently. But without the helmet he would have been dead.
Good for them for not moving him. The only thing I would be worried about is the trees and force of gravity compressing his chest and causing him to suffocate.
Never ski or snowboard without a helmet, I know from experience, took just one severe concussion to realize its as essential as your board. Been snowboarding for 15 years.
After living in breck for the last 5 years, I've heard about deaths by trees on resorts every year, we just lost an elderly man last week to a tree collision 😥
People in denial..they taking life for a granted and think that nothing and never will happen to them..and then next thing you know..accident..instant trauma..they are dead and no longer around us..😣😪
No kidding - I woke up hugging a tree there once, lost the last few seconds of how I got there. I swear the trees there are just a few inches too close together! and for sure: wear a helmet!
After i took a first aid course in college. I told my mom, if you are ever in a car accident, turn off the car and, unless it is on fire, don't let anyone move you who isn't a medic. A short while later she was in a bad multi car accident..bystanders came to drag her out and she stopped them. When in a bed in the hospital (before an X-ray) an aide came to give her a massage. She refused. Turned out she had bashed her head on the steering wheel, broken the bone over her heart and cracked her backbone.Fortunately she listened to what i'd said and healed up fine!
Great hazard marking with the skis and poles. I see a bunch of comments citing the lack of basic first aid, but you did good. Communicated and minimized further injury. You shouldn't do anything else unless you are trained. There are professional all over the ski hill to do that.
I remember some guy in the 70's who went skiing for the first time with friends. They told him it was easy just point down hill and go straight. Poor guy was NOT taught how to turn, stop or even fall. He hit a tree head on at some ungodly speed and was killed instantly.
That’s awesome for all involved who stopped to help!! Thanks god we are all here to help one another other wise god would have made us live alone. Choose kindness!!
If you need ski patrol. Shout at people on a lift to speak to the staff at the top; send someone down to a lift entrance; flag down an instructor. I always have the local emergency numbers in my phone. Place your skis in an X shape directly above the incident or higher up if there is a dip. Try not to move people but ABC’s (Airway - Breathing - Circulation) take priority. So you should ALWAYS assess ABC’s. Always offer your assistance to ski patrol.
That they didn't actually go down to him and see if he's dead or alive or in need of help is beyond me ..I can't understand or believe how detached they were
Crazy as it might be, interfering in any way with an unconscious person in a situation like this is actually the stupidest thing you can do. If they had rushed down and shaken him or climbed on him or anything he could have potentially been killed.
Thank you, God, for SkiPatrol! I broke my ankle on the slopes in CT three weeks ago. Ski Patrol folks are good people. I hope this guy is okay. It’s good that he can talk.
When I broke my face at keystone the skis the ski patrol put up to warn people to go around fell down and hit me in the head. I think it's just a ski patrol thing...
This is why I'm always glad people on the mountains are more caring for each other - when I fall badly and need to lie down for a second for the pain to pass the passerby's don't just ignore it and check whether I'm truly ok and then go on. Same for me - if I see someone down, I'll check if they're ok. Guess it's 'cuz we all know it's a dangerous pastime and takes less than a second for you to go down. Helmet is my friend.
I don't hit the slopes. But I'm still haunted by an old news story. A young gal had gone missing on a perfect powder day. They eventually found her upside down in a tree well. I believe that she was hanging by her boot/board bindings. It was devastating. Please, never go alone. And if you happen to notice that a jacket color off in the distance is no longer there, please stop and check. It could save a life.
This demonstrates how crucial it is for 1st aid training, the guy was on the ground way too long. Knowing what to do in circumstances like this is paramount, next time it could be your kids, spouse or friend.
He didn't witness it so it's probably best he didn't try helping him incase he caused anything worse. If he already called ski patrol to help then it's no far from the best he could have done for the circumstances
@@BCcherokee No anything is better than doing nothing. Everyone should know first aid, and everyone should assist someone in need. In this case it was a good decision to wait for the ski patrol because he was breathing, ski patrol was close by, and moving him could worsen any possible neck and back injury (but seeing how badly the ski patrol did with no neck brace and handling him like that it would no have made a difference). But if someone is not breathing, or has some serious bleeding going on you start first aid no matter if you are worried about neck and back injury's. Its a reason why it is called FIRST aid.
@@titter3648 Anything is NOT better than nothing, unless you are trained. He saw that he was breathing and got ski patrol there. I wouldn’t want some random person saying, um, let’s do just do anything. It’s not that easy to maneuver in ski boots on the side of a steep hill. I would have easily slid right into him if I tried to move too fast.
My aunt is 50+ and she still goes out and snowboards. She tells me stories about being stuck under a tree, and thinking for sure she'd be dead. Helmet or not, it can happen to anyone.
I haven’t been skiing since I was like 10yrs old. Whenever I do go again, I’m wearing a helmet, goggles, kneepads, elbow pads, and the most comfortable gloves and jacket on the market. I’ve been humbled too many times on off-road vehicles to not wear protective gear so proudly.
If this happens to anyone in the future, the phone numbers for ski patrol and all local emergency services should be on the back of the piste map so even if you know the resort very well it is always a good idea to carry a piste map just in case
BRO NICE SAVE! i literally dealt with this exact scenario last week. one thing i have noticed though compared to 10 years ago, EVEYONE wears helmets now.
Jesus, happy it ended the way it does. But do they really just slide them down in this cage? In Europe they get them down in a proper snowmobile. This looks hella uncomfortable and dangerous in an emergency.
We have both, but the "cages" Are better here, it depends on lots of conditions: weather, how far it's from hospital/mountain rescue hut/clinic, how fatal is the injury, if it's really bad the helicopter is called or the patient is moved to the helipad and what vehicles are available. In our mountains we have snowmobiles, something that's similar to snowcad or tracked quad bike. Also as I said we have these cages that are better constructed and operated by 2 or 4 people.
I found a guy laying behind a big log, passed out. I only noticed a foot sticking out as I skied by. He was too drunk to ski so we loaded him on a toboggan and hauled him to the patrol room. Friends later showed up and took him home.
@@liz9843 You DON’T, you absolute cretin. If in ANY situation you find somebody who is not responding then you ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS CHECK IF THEY ARE BREATHING. Is their airway clear? If they are not breathing then you FUCKING MOVE THEM into a position where you can start CPR. It does not matter if you’re worried they have spinal injuries because THEY ARE FUNCTIONALLY DEAD and it is on you to keep their heart beating and oxygen circulating around their body until help arrives.
Checking the pulse isn’t a priority. Most untrained people (and many trained) can’t find a pulse in the field anyway. What you need to check is: IS THE CASUALTY BREATHING? If they’re not breathing - or doing agonal breathing (pls google what that sounds like) - then you need to call for help and start CPR immediately.
@@GH-Rav its better to have some air then no air lol if he wasnt snoring then you wouldnt know if he was getting oxygen at all. Are you going to freak out if you hear someone snoring in bed and shake them awake because there not getting "sufficent oxygen" no. The only way to know if someone is getting sufficent oxygen is via pulse ox or the color of there lips/skin.
Normal snoring is not something to worry about but this man just had a head injury. When has sustained a head injury and you can hear them snoring, traditional first aid says you're supposed to move his head or body into a position in which his airway is no longer obstructed. You shouldn't just dismiss his injury as, "He's fine since you can hear him breathing." He could end up with severe brain injury or permanently comatose. If you're saying that snoring is a good sign because that means he's alive, then yes of course it is a good thing to know that he is alive. Yes, some air is better than no air but snoring itself is not a good sign after a head injury, especially if it is loud snoring. Snoring happens when there is an obstruction to the airway, meaning that there is a chance that not enough oxygen is reaching his brain. Snoring could be a sign of imminent danger to life or quality of life. A GOOD sign would be breathing with no obstruction, which you can check by seeing seeing if his chest is rising and falling or by putting a piece of glass, like their goggles, under his nose. Breathing IS a good sign, but not snoring.
This was hard to watch for a paramedic. At first no first aid from the guys who found him and then the people who are trained for exactly these situations did an awful job. Compromising his health even further. I dont know where they got their education but this was really shocking to watch.
If someone has a possible neck injury you shouldn't move them. What could I do if I found someone in this situation to help without moving them? Genuinely curious.
@@j0ndav1s CPR is also a good idea but I'm not an expert to recommend it. I don't know what to do if they have broken ribs, punctured lungs, or need to be moved to start CPR.
Liam Neeson wife died on a Canadian ski hill in Montreal. She had a head injury, she fell hit her head and was not wearing a helmet. So please wear your helmets.
Important to note that she fell during a ski lesson on a small slope and no one even realized she had hurt herself. She was walking and talking normally and the concussion took about an hour to kick in before anyone realized how badly she was hurt. You can Google the news stories. It's actually a really strong case for wearing a helmet no matter what
I knew someone who was from Montreal and he was a black diamond skier and he had just rettired. He had a skiing accident and became paralyzed from the neck down and I found out from his family later that he did not want to live his life as a quadrapelgic. He was still at the hospital and I don't know how it happened and I didn't ask further. He wanted to die and he did. He was such a healthy active person and it was so sad when I heard about him.
Wow that’s great you found him. I wonder how many others are stuck in the snow injured 🤕 & never found. This is giving me anxiety just watching. Where is the ski 🎿 patrol EMT helper men? I hope 🤞Gus is okay.
I'm a retired member of the NSP. Things may have changed, but I was surprised, considering the patient had been unconscious and give the mechanism of injury, I was surprised to see he wasn't placed in a C-Collar to guard aqainst possible cervical ijuries.
@@kathrynaguenza4508 snoring can be associated with breathing but agonal breathing sounds like snoring and if it is agonal then you have a serious problem on your hands and you dont have much time and every second counts.
@@cold758 the least you have to do is to check whether he is breathing or not. And you need to relay that to the emergency dispatcher as he is the one deciding whether to just send out the paramedics or to send out an emergency doctor as well. And for that you don't even have to touch the patient!
Helmet have saved me on so many hard falls. Still find it hard to believe that people still don't wear them.
They look less « cool » with a helmet
Two days ago, I had soft powder in the morning that froze mid afternoon. Couldn’t tell you how, but wiped out at high speeds and smashed my head, tunnel vision, ears ringing etc, don’t even want to imagine what would’ve happened if I wasn’t wearing my helmet
@@firsfnamelastname8490 heard having a brain injury is super cool looking. Even better heard dieing from a head injury is the coolest look! Lol
@@tybauer1108 glad you're OK. if you crashed that hard in a helmet may need to get a new helmet. Most helmets are good for one hard impact the the protective material is compromised.
Saved me today at bigwhite, caught nasty heel edge straight onto the back of my head, got up and rode away because of my helmet
Nothing more annoying then being woke up from a nap in the trees.
@Oliver Heck You had us in the first half, not gonna lie.
@Oliver Heck have you heard of this thing called a ‘joke’
@Oliver Heck oh fuck why’s the ‘see full message’ button or whatever not showing up LOL
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@@ladder3257 lol
Helmets are cool, people.
Noggin toboggan 👌
helmets dont provide protection from big impacts. the brain gets concussed either way. they are great for lacerations tho.
@@johnd.3936 They wont stop the brain from moving but they will stop your brain getting out of your head. They absolutely do offer protection from big hits. It isn't a get out of jail for free card but at least provides some protection.
@@johnd.3936 not wearing a helmet is what causes people to say things like “helmets don’t provide protection from big impacts”
Just wait till mom and dad get that hospital bill :) Guaranteed at least 6 grand and that is if he was in and out and no overnight.
Saved my skull from being completely cracked open from wearing a helmet this year. Fell back on 100% solid ice and helmet cracked from the impact. Might've been dead without it who knows
That sounds awful! This year after a large snowfall I went skiing and I leaned too far forward and my skis hooked. I flew 20ft, landed on my face, scorpioned and then flipped. It could’ve been a lot worse than some pulled muscles if I hadn’t been wearing a helmet
@@SoOverBored crazy how dangerous it can get in an instant. You also never know how hard solid ice is until you hit 100% ice. You can literally feel how thick the ice is on impact, pretty crazy
Stop falling on your head!
I did they same thing. My helmet didn't crack but I bet it kept my skull from cracking or a dozen staples across the back of my head. Guaranteed it saved me big time.
@@Kevinmac1120 ive been lucky with falling on soft slopes. i rarely push my limits anymore though. i want my knees to last lol. always a helmet on icy days though
That ski patrol needs to update their training or equipment or both. Not putting a neck brace on someone found knocked out between some trees is so irresponsible.
I literally yelled out loud why aren't they holding c-spine
I'm not even formally trained and my dumb ass knows to support and immobilize the head, neck and spine before trying anything....
Yeah
I know right? They didn’t stabilize his neck or spine before pulling him out. Then he said his back hurt. YIKES!
Thank you. People need to also learn basic first aid if they have these kinds of hobbies. "Does anyone know How to call rescue"? Never good to hear that if you're the victim. I'm amazed at how medical care and awareness has gone way down in America.
Passed out between trees, head downhill, no helmet...headphones in.
This guy could have been a vegetable or dead.
Seriously tho. I can’t believe he’s not. Lucky guy
Or just vibing to some music
I like how you notice the small little details...
I ski in Northeast and all the places I go a helmet is REQUIRED or you don't get on a lift.
Ski patrol was there pretty fast and had lot's of help. Seemed to be a well organized ski patrol.
I broke my neck really badly in 2017 doing gymnastics and was told that if I had tried to sit up after the crash and if my trainers hadn't known how to handle the situation (support my spine, hold my neck straight and not let me move) I would be paralyzed from the neck down right now. I have pretty much made a full recovery thanks to my trainers and the first responders taking all the precautions and putting me on a spinal board and doing x rays even though nobody at first thought I had seriously hurt myself more than strained a muscle. ALWAYS always take spinal precautions if you find someone in a situation like this.
Exactly!
Had a student at high school, I was librarian, head was in a brace connected to his shoulders. Could not move his head to see something had to move his whole body. Yeah, he'd broken his neck somehow, and yes, he made a complete recovery.
But man, he was a tall kid and looked like Frankenstein's monster coming down the halls! (Good guy, had a sense of humor about it.)
That's an amazing story! Thank God they knew what they were doing!! Glad to hear you're on the mend!!
Just be weary when not letting people move, don't try to hold them down. You may well know, but someone might get the wrong idea from the way its worded and to to hold someone down.
I could be paralyzed from the neck down right now*. Almost impossible to know if it would have caused it.
Props to putting your skies up and marking it. Helps a lot
Yes. Impressed me, first sticks higher up, then skis "x'ed".
I live in a ski resort and this is just a reflex to me and probably anyone that skis frequently when they see someone injured
That's universal snow sign for frist aud!!
Fr, this guy knew what he was doing.
Especially after a blind crest like that.
When I learned to ski no-one wore helmets! I can’t believe it now
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imagine being unconscious and your AirPods are just going ‘tHiS iS gONnA bE tHe bEsT dAy oF My liFe’
lmaoo
I wish that would happen to me
XD BRO THIS IS INE OF THE BEST COMMENTS IVE SEEN ON YT LOLLL
@@kylenkoehn1431r u ok?
broke my wrist skiing to lemon demon 8th wonder and i BEGGED my mother to take my headphones out
Impressed by the speed of intervention, but not by the way they handled him and rolled him down the slope. No neck brace, nothing. Good thing he didn't have a back injury...
Hi, wilderness first responder here: normally someone is unlikely to have a spinal injury worsened by a roll. It's crucial to get them to advanced care asap and they need to be moved in order for that to happen. They did it correctly
@@actually_nevermind thank you
My 1st thought: where's the frickin c-collar!
@@jfox8531 I don’t think they use c Collars anymore
See, there’s no way of telling if he didn’t have a back injury.
if this happens to you, got to the nearest lift and tell the operator, all of we have a phone or a radio, we have direct comunication with patrollers, just let us know
Yes this,or have the number to Ski Patrol on your phone (Some mountains it on the website). As a Ski Instructor at a small hill i have never had to call ski patrol before thankfully
Or just call 911 or the resort phone they can call ski patrol
Really?! How about checking to see if he needs CPR?
@@muprock You should check his pulse but he was breathing because he was snoaring. If the patient doesn't have a pulse that is when you perform cpr
patrollers had special training for those situations, we must get them asap, u will waste lot of time calling 911 or waiting for a patroller to luckily pass around
This is actually very intense. Glad he was okay, discovering bodies is a lot harder to deal with, so so glad he was able to be helped and was not out on his own doing any freestyle.
Sure is. I found an older woman dead on a sand dune in the middle of a snow storm about 1pm. Just sitting up frozen on the trail mouth wide open eyes shut. And I was just thinking it was a good spot to eat my lunch on my way back to work. Thought I'd check out the waves/Beach. Wrong.
@@TylerMcKinney yoo is this forreal?
Jeez
@Yesso I'm a year late but yeah it's real, I was there
@@dELTA13579111315 Me too.
My word. That was a long 2 minutes and 25 seconds before someone walked the 10 feet to check on the guy.
Exactly this
I know people are seriously dumb. He was probably hearing the whole time.
They'd rather just stare at him while saying "hey bro" to each other numerous times.
Breathes on unconscious guy, severs spine 😲 Call ems! 😜
A bunch of asshole. And filming the guy like he ‘s a part of the holiday. Fuck.
This ski patrol needs some retraining! This is a definite c- collar and the amount of movement they let that guy do is off the charts
Many ski patrols dont have the training or equipment thats nessesary
Why don't you go join them Mister TH-cam medic man?
@@DungeonJoint I am a medic and he is right, idiot.
The whole event was a shit show! I am so appalled at how this was handled from start to finish!!! Then put in the internet for “a poor college student” to get money! FFS disguising!! This needs to be removed off the internet. I would be suing if I was this guy.
@@DungeonJoint I'm not a medic and I know he's right. Why don't you go appoint some TH-cam medic men TH-cam administrator.
Over 3 min. of video he is unconscious and no one checking his airway or pulse!? Not moving him is smart, but there are some fist aid priorities.
Someone took his pulse and said he was breathing but unconscious
For reals all these people were so slow to react
They probably didn’t know, they’re just passing skiers. They got ski patrol, and that’s sometimes all they know to do at the time.
The lack of basic first-aid knowledge is scary af... even if you don't know how to check ABCs, immediately go over to the guy and see if he responds.
@@Edaph1c it really is scary, thats why First aid should be taught in all schools. You never know when you might need it
The way you put your skis up in an X probably made it easier for the ski patrol to spot you. That was smart. Well done with helping 👍
Quite common to X a run or a feature when someone is hurt, to stop people jumping into them.
Yeah any X on the snow means don't pass, danger/accident.
In Jamaica crossing your fork and knife like that means you're done.
"you ok bro"
Does it look like hes ok lmfao
Just taking a nap, no problem.
It's important to ask in CPR because for example drunk people can attack
He was fine. He’s a friend of mine irl. He was smokin some bud in the woods before going back down and he hadn’t smoked bud in a year
@@ieatslag5947 wait what 😂😂😂😂
@@portlandexotics4633 we were smoking on a blunt in the woods so the ski patrol wouldn’t see us. When the bud hit I was ready to shred so I went down and he said he would come right after when he finished the blunt. But then he ended up passing out and fell asleep. So that’s what you’re seeing, my homie asleep in the trees
Suspected high speed MOI, patient complaining of neck pain and no c-collar? Great job ski patrol!
It’s trauma, you work with what you got. Transport is the best medicine they have on the slope
Ski patrol are morons. Usually only 1/5 has any real medical experience because it’s very easy to get pointless certifications. Dude was breathing and conscious. There’s no reason to rush moving him so quickly. The first responder starts moving him before anyone else is there. His job is to keep the person still and calm while determining the severity of their injuries. Instead he start wiggling the victim around.
@@FumblsTheSniper Ski Patrollers are Not morons if trained properly, which apparently this patroller is NOT!
@@FumblsTheSniper Yeah EMT here, after assessing ABCs the patient seemed stable from this video. No need to hurry with the extrication and transport. I cringed a little when they rolled him onto the litter with no c spine control.
@@Jh0ac I just did lifeguard certification a couple weekends back, and we were trained to move potential spinal injury victims wayyy slower than that, even in deep water!
Ski patroller here. I was impressed with how quickly so many patrollers arrived on the scene. Including toboggan. Many comments about no neck brace or spinal immobilization. They would have done some checks before moving him. It is now known that further spinal injury from gently moving a patient is rare/ unlikely - nothing compared to the violence of the initial impact. The patient kept trying to sit up - pehaps a serious concussion and the guy didn't know where he was or what was happening!? Asking where am I? What happened? about 20 times...
But.. NO NECK BRACE !
THEIR FIRED!! SKI RESORT..
CLOSED INDEFINITELY !!
cuz it has too pay the lawsuit they lost.
Inadequate training??
Look...the fact that the patient complained of back pain enough that they were using a backboard says something. The fact that they dumped the patient off of the backboard because they forgot to strap him down says something else. Watch the video again and tell me that these guys know what they are doing. They had a hard time figuring out how to strap him down AFTER they dumped him on the ground.
I just got my EMT license in December. I was told multiple times in training that a lot of protocols are changing to no longer requiring c-collars or backboards.
dude he literally fell off the backboard because they were so shit. Don't try to defend them.
@@lindsaypark7596 that's dumb on any sport related accident. so no.
Man I’ve got so much respect for the ski patrol, what a job. I mean they’re doing their best to help people even if they got hurt in stupid ways
So do I in this particular case they didn’t do the best job ever but yeah I ski a lot and they’re just absolute legends !!!
hey if no one thanked you I am now great to see people still look out for each other nice job. god bless. stay safe out there.
Thank you for your vigilance and for taking the time to actually check on this guy, it's amazing how often I see someone injured on the hill and most of the time people just ski past.. if you see someone hurt, or off in the trees, please take the time to check on them and make sure they're OK..
I’ve fallen many times while skiing and landed on my head and as soon as I got up all I could think was “I’m so happy helmets exist” WEAR A HELMET
My sister's sentiment as well
Wear a helmet being said on video after a crash into a snow mound
Plot twist: guy who took victim's snowboard at the end does not know him and just got himself a freebie.
:)
Who would steal a K2 snowboard? If it was a lib or an arbor that’s a different story.
@@MR1977. my k2 is perfect bro
@@ikutiap5923 I’m a purist I don’t like ski companies due to the bigotry our sport suffered in its infancy.
Let him try to explain that to St Peter
There will be no snowboarding in Hell
Crazy. I just found a guy in the trees with a fully dislocated shoulder three days ago. Stayed with him for half an hour or so until ski patrol showed up. The guy had epilepsy and had a few episodes during the wait. Felt bad for him but what else you gonna do.
Half hour? Was this in the US? Way too slow for response time. Some one could bleed to death in 4 min.
@ yes it was in the US. We were in the trees on a fairly difficult run, so it took them a while to navigate to us.
Finally someone who knows to put the skis up as a cross above the accident site! Warns other skiers and is a non missable sign for ski patrol. Way too often people don’t know about this. Good reaction! (Ignore all those who are so clever; calling help and securing the accident scene are the most important bits; and everything additional in a situation like this with all the adrenaline is in reality hard to do right)
I thought they taught that in “Skiing 101.”
@@margaretmathis4775 you‘d think so. But many ski learners somehow skip that part it seems. Or forget about it again.
So nice that someone cared and stoped to help. 💝😌
Good job putting skis up when I busted my knee on a jump several people almost hit me being I couldn't move. Appreciate people who pay attention and help those in need. Again Good Job and great footage.
Bruh imagine laying there passed out and the music is still playing in the airpods🥴
jammin
AAAHHHHH NOOO
That arent airpods, but if he had, he might loose one
@@samuelxd2139 i know
I’ve seen better days 🎶🎶🎶
ski patrol is so cool! I've never seen anything like this before, thanks for sharing this!
good thing you didnt try to move him
improper movements could kill someone injured that way
always check if he's breathing
imagine dying because someone tried to move you...
@Montana Weatherby saw a work place injury accident. The man fell off a ladder about 3 stories up. Landed head first and lived. His coworkers ran over and in their panic picked him up and he died instantly. His neck was broken but aligned and when they picked him up the fracture moved severing his spinal cord.
@@lindanwfirefighter4973 Lucky to be alive.
A friend of mine works as a first responder and he told me this story.
Car crash scene: a dad with his daughter
The impact was pretty violent, the dad was fine and he managed to make the daughter walk out of the car.
As first responders arrived (my friend including) they told him that they needed to take her daughter to the hospital to make sure she was fine.
Her dad repeatedly refused since "she was walking, therefore she was totally fine".
Long story short, as her dad kept denying the first responders to take his daughter for further medical inspection, there was nothing that they could legally do to take her into custody, so they let both her and her dad go.
In the very same moment the girl tried to fasten her seatbelt, her neck cracked and she dropped dead.
That is all because her dad was being an ignorant and ignoring medics' advice
She could have been alive now but stupidity won
@@s1mo True. My uncle helped a guy out of a crashed car and called an ambulance. The guy was arguing with the ambulance crew but he did finally get in the ambulance. Later my uncle rang the hospital on call to ask how the man was doing. The man had passed. His spleen was ruptured in the crash. He had no way of knowing the risks and felt he was going to be all right. Always respect the crew - they don't want to scare you but so much can go wrong.
Smart to not move him
Being unconcious that long is not good.
especially while almost upside down, all the blood rushed to his head
and did you hear him say he is "snoring" , that means he didn't have a good airway.
Well, may have been the best option if he had a fractured spinal cord or back injuries/head injuries. People should not be lifted out of cars for this reason
Ya doing nothing really helps
@@vancouver4sure It is not doing nothing. It is the correct thing to do to prevent possible further head/neck/spine injury.
riding park and no helmet... seriously?!
most people don't were helments especialy adults but i am with you on this one
@@donnahindall118 no most people do, every day on the mountain I probably see 2-3 people without helmets compared to hundreds with helmets. Never seen someone at the park without a helmet
@@meme_enthusiast3021 unfortunately it really depends on the mountain.
@@Avicados no it doesn’t depend on the mountain. I ride Breckenridge every weekend and always 1-2 dumbasses without helmets. Everyone I see usually wears a helmet for warmth and protection.
@@ponderosacal1218 “it doesn’t depend on the mountain... here’s an anecdote from my mountain”
At my local mountain it’s 50/50, every week
I don't think you found him, but thanks for actually helping him
"His head might not be ok...." about the guy who is literally unconscious between trees. Obviously his head isn't ok!
Understatement of the year.
WEAR HELMETS EVERYONE PLEASE!! I'M A VETERAN BOARDER BUT I'VE HAD MY SHARE OF ACCIDENTS, CONCUSSIONS, TEMPORARY AMNESIA, ETC FROM HITS TO MY HEAD OVER THE YEARS WHEN I WAS YOUNG. NOW I'M 41 AND HAVE SUSPECTED CTE AMONGST OTHER SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS RELATED TO MULTIPLE HEAD INJURIES FROM 20 YEAR'S AGO NOW.
CDP-choline or GPC-choline help restore brain from injuries/concussions. Not immediately, but over several months-years. I've known people using it to recover from concussions. Or hyperbaric oxygen chambers. All professional footballers/sportsmen use them.
@@VMR8648 Can they do anything for a stuck Caps-lock tho?
I like how you treated him like he had the plague.
Exactly, wtf??!
LOL, this made me laugh. Seriously though, I've never seen an accident scene where nobody approaches the person down to even see if they're breathing. So bizarre.
Thank you guys for helping that poor kid..Not something everyone would do nowadays and things could have gone bad quickly for him in the position he was in.
Good job my friend. I had this happen to me in 1996...I was on ski's and my binding was new...really tight and when I hit the last mogul and I just had no flex...it was back when "shape" ski's were kind of new on the East Coast and I had just bought the pair at the end of the previous season...long story short, the lack of flex and the way the ski was made caused it to act as a springboard and propelled me over the net and right between two trees...helmets were not a requirement at the time...I had a massive bleed and thank God I had a calm passerby like yourself because the story has been shared with me about some hysterical teens trying to move me and it would have killed me. So GREAT JOB knowing what to do and not do.
I had my first real snowboarding lesson today, dude I’m so glad I wore a helmet, i had a super minor fall (tried to put my foot in the binder, completely slipped and hit my head and side on the snow - pretty hard) but I’ve had this really weird headache for the rest of the day - even my ear hurts! I was complaining the hour before “why do I have to wear a helmet?” Dude. Wear a helmet. I am so grateful I did. Praise God!
Why is everyone seeing this now?
TH-cam's algorithm is broken.
it is just being reccommended now
yeah why?
@@RhysFiloon ask youtube
#pandemic
Wonder if his buddy is just waiting wondering where he at. At the lift line
Never board alone
@@EastCoastStringz Even when not alone, it can take time to realize at the llft line that he is so overdue that something needs to be done
It took you almost 2 minutes and 30 seconds before you even went close to him, time is everything.
Yeah, LAME as hell !!
Plus.. NO NECK BRACE!!
LAWSUIT !
@@cowboykelly6590 you can't sue them you ski at your own risk
L: Time isn't everything if you are not equipped to do something.
What would they do though? They cant move him anyways because of nexk and back injuries
@@Lipsymipsytipsy ABCC
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
C- Spine
Nice job man! You definitely helped save this young kids life
You handled that situation very nicely, well done! Ski Patrol response was fast too!
"hey bud, whats your name?"
"GUSS"
"Guss, whats goin on"
Guss what going on?😂 had a good laugh too
Not funny
I think I missed the joke or sumn
Because it is like a really bad pun, sounding like "guess whats going on"
@@fabianjackson6977 Wait that is actually kind funny lmaoo
I’m just saying the skier trying to unbuckle all the snowboarders straps was pretty funny.I’m happy they helped and he’s safe now
S/o the homies for keeping the eyes peeled... Who knows how long he could've been there if they didn't see him. Were all family on the mountain. Ill definitely be on the lookout more after this one.💯
I swear it was annoying to see everyone talking and no one helping for so long....
@severus
What do you think they should have done? They were waiting for ski patrol and not risking any further injuries.
@@colettesantoro6233 you‘re definitely right about not moving him, because of further injuries. However you should always check if a person is breathing and if you can check their heart rate and their pupils. If they are not breathing move the person straight away, risking injuries is not your worst problem then. If they are conscious stay with them and talk to them. :) Skiing Instructor 101 😂
ABC = airway, breathing, circulation. Basic first aid ~
@@spinsterjones4987 when I google that I only get results from australia. The american red cross does not mention it. But yes as a WFR we always check 1) is the scene safe, 2) initial 2-second assessment of what happened, 3) put on PPE, 4) check for other patients, 5) begin to assess ABCDEX
No kidding hey? I'm at 1:48 and they are all just standing, waiting for ski patrol. People need to know basic first aid.
Dang dude good on you for putting up the crosses and calling patrol quick while the other guys chilled
Am I the only one chocked by the fact that they are discussing for ages the state of the guy without going down to help him ?
They can't touch him. It could paralyze him if they move him slightly. They 100% had to wait for paramedics.
@@courtnayhayhayyy nonsense. At least step out of your skies, go there and check if he is breathing.
think about how many people went right by this guy.
this exact thing happened to me and i busted my shoulder, it takes TWO seconds to stop and see if someone is okay, don’t be selfish people..
that could be your kid one day.
The bystander effect. One time i saw a guy fall flat on his back on a bigjump in the bottom of a slope and was knocked unconscious while i was standing in line for tickets 100-200 meters further down. We figured everyone has seen this and the employes of the resort will take care of it. But after like a minute with no one doing anything i pushed my way trough the line and asked the girl behind the counter if they where going to do something? Then she radioed someone and they sent a snowmobile up to check him out (still unconscious laying on the landing).
@@titter3648 fawk sakes man!! :/
Maybe they just didn't see him. It's damn a hill. People always assume no one helps other people. In most cases they do.
My sister was skiing with someone that went full speed into a tree with a helmet a few months ago. He is still recovering and learning to talk apparently. But without the helmet he would have been dead.
So Happy you found him when you all did ... Awesome Awareness.. love the channel
The last guy who came through to help is the real hero… he really took charge like legit the real hero!!!!
Good for them for not moving him. The only thing I would be worried about is the trees and force of gravity compressing his chest and causing him to suffocate.
Never ski or snowboard without a helmet, I know from experience, took just one severe concussion to realize its as essential as your board. Been snowboarding for 15 years.
After living in breck for the last 5 years, I've heard about deaths by trees on resorts every year, we just lost an elderly man last week to a tree collision 😥
People in denial..they taking life for a granted and think that nothing and never will happen to them..and then next thing you know..accident..instant trauma..they are dead and no longer around us..😣😪
No kidding - I woke up hugging a tree there once, lost the last few seconds of how I got there. I swear the trees there are just a few inches too close together! and for sure: wear a helmet!
@@linolinco wear a back protector too. Its not fun to sit in a wheelchair for the rest of your life
After i took a first aid course in college. I told my mom, if you are ever in a car accident, turn off the car and, unless it is on fire, don't let anyone move you who isn't a medic.
A short while later she was in a bad multi car accident..bystanders came to drag her out and she stopped them. When in a bed in the hospital (before an X-ray) an aide came to give her a massage. She refused. Turned out she had bashed her head on the steering wheel, broken the bone over her heart and cracked her backbone.Fortunately she listened to what i'd said and healed up fine!
I think I know a few Breckenridge ski patrollers that need a refresher on how to assess and package a patient with a head and back injury...
same thought... claiming his back hurts and they just yank him out of there...
Prayers and thoughts to this guy. Hope you are doing well.
Great hazard marking with the skis and poles.
I see a bunch of comments citing the lack of basic first aid, but you did good.
Communicated and minimized further injury. You shouldn't do anything else unless you are trained.
There are professional all over the ski hill to do that.
I remember some guy in the 70's who went skiing for the first time with friends. They told him it was easy just point down hill and go straight. Poor guy was NOT taught how to turn, stop or even fall. He hit a tree head on at some ungodly speed and was killed instantly.
That’s awesome for all involved who stopped to help!! Thanks god we are all here to help one another other wise god would have made us live alone. Choose kindness!!
If you need ski patrol. Shout at people on a lift to speak to the staff at the top; send someone down to a lift entrance; flag down an instructor. I always have the local emergency numbers in my phone. Place your skis in an X shape directly above the incident or higher up if there is a dip. Try not to move people but ABC’s (Airway - Breathing - Circulation) take priority. So you should ALWAYS assess ABC’s. Always offer your assistance to ski patrol.
Can’t you see the airpods? He’s just tryna jam to some tunes in peace
Yes.
Sounds like my grandpa.
2:27 these arent airpods
@@samuelxd2139 thanks for fact checking my joke I really appreciate it
That they didn't actually go down to him and see if he's dead or alive or in need of help is beyond me ..I can't understand or believe how detached they were
Crazy as it might be, interfering in any way with an unconscious person in a situation like this is actually the stupidest thing you can do. If they had rushed down and shaken him or climbed on him or anything he could have potentially been killed.
@@evankrueger7321 no shaking neccessary just hey are you OK?
They literally did though?
@@Happydays77231 they called out to him, no response. That’s the end of what they needed to do.
Not everyone can think with a clear head in unexpected situations.. they stopped and called for help, lets focus on the positive.
Every skier and snowboarder knows the number one thing to remember while on the slopes, trees don’t move
🌲
U did a good job thank you always nice to have people like you on the hill
This is an amazing video! Thanks for helping the guy and getting proper help. Very interesting to watch.
Thank you, God, for SkiPatrol! I broke my ankle on the slopes in CT three weeks ago. Ski Patrol folks are good people. I hope this guy is okay. It’s good that he can talk.
Even though you look “cooler” without a helmet, it’s a real life saver.
You don't look cooler without a helmet, you look like an idiot.
Dont think it looks cool to have a broken head😀
dude!!!!! did they seriously let that poor guy roll off the back board n smack his dome peace!!!/??? WTF???
When I broke my face at keystone the skis the ski patrol put up to warn people to go around fell down and hit me in the head. I think it's just a ski patrol thing...
Rolled right off!! 🤭 sounded like his head smacked the skis
Yup, I got go take a ride in one of those sleds years ago. Those ski patrol people are so wonderful to see when you need them.
This is why I'm always glad people on the mountains are more caring for each other - when I fall badly and need to lie down for a second for the pain to pass the passerby's don't just ignore it and check whether I'm truly ok and then go on.
Same for me - if I see someone down, I'll check if they're ok.
Guess it's 'cuz we all know it's a dangerous pastime and takes less than a second for you to go down.
Helmet is my friend.
I don't hit the slopes. But I'm still haunted by an old news story. A young gal had gone missing on a perfect powder day. They eventually found her upside down in a tree well. I believe that she was hanging by her boot/board bindings. It was devastating.
Please, never go alone. And if you happen to notice that a jacket color off in the distance is no longer there, please stop and check. It could save a life.
This demonstrates how crucial it is for 1st aid training, the guy was on the ground way too long. Knowing what to do in circumstances like this is paramount, next time it could be your kids, spouse or friend.
He didn't witness it so it's probably best he didn't try helping him incase he caused anything worse. If he already called ski patrol to help then it's no far from the best he could have done for the circumstances
Yeah, no. Unless your actually trained(wfa, emt, rn) please just ask "you ok, bro", call ski patrol, and leave me in place.
@@BCcherokee No anything is better than doing nothing. Everyone should know first aid, and everyone should assist someone in need. In this case it was a good decision to wait for the ski patrol because he was breathing, ski patrol was close by, and moving him could worsen any possible neck and back injury (but seeing how badly the ski patrol did with no neck brace and handling him like that it would no have made a difference). But if someone is not breathing, or has some serious bleeding going on you start first aid no matter if you are worried about neck and back injury's. Its a reason why it is called FIRST aid.
@@titter3648 Anything is NOT better than nothing, unless you are trained. He saw that he was breathing and got ski patrol there. I wouldn’t want some random person saying, um, let’s do just do anything. It’s not that easy to maneuver in ski boots on the side of a steep hill. I would have easily slid right into him if I tried to move too fast.
So what do you do?
My aunt is 50+ and she still goes out and snowboards. She tells me stories about being stuck under a tree, and thinking for sure she'd be dead. Helmet or not, it can happen to anyone.
I haven’t been skiing since I was like 10yrs old.
Whenever I do go again, I’m wearing a helmet, goggles, kneepads, elbow pads, and the most comfortable gloves and jacket on the market. I’ve been humbled too many times on off-road vehicles to not wear protective gear so proudly.
Advanced First Aid should be taught in every high school, and be required to graduate.
If this happens to anyone in the future, the phone numbers for ski patrol and all local emergency services should be on the back of the piste map so even if you know the resort very well it is always a good idea to carry a piste map just in case
BRO NICE SAVE! i literally dealt with this exact scenario last week. one thing i have noticed though compared to 10 years ago, EVEYONE wears helmets now.
Jesus, happy it ended the way it does. But do they really just slide them down in this cage? In Europe they get them down in a proper snowmobile. This looks hella uncomfortable and dangerous in an emergency.
They do this in Europe as well if they don't have a snowmobile
We have both, but the "cages" Are better here, it depends on lots of conditions: weather, how far it's from hospital/mountain rescue hut/clinic, how fatal is the injury, if it's really bad the helicopter is called or the patient is moved to the helipad and what vehicles are available. In our mountains we have snowmobiles, something that's similar to snowcad or tracked quad bike. Also as I said we have these cages that are better constructed and operated by 2 or 4 people.
It looks secure enough - if they had to use a helicopter to airlift him out, the backboard needs to be light.
Not every patrol has the money for snowmobiles.
1. Helmets can protect you from getting hurt or worse
2. Helmets dont look dumb
3. Helmets makes you look cool
I found a guy laying behind a big log, passed out. I only noticed a foot sticking out as I skied by. He was too drunk to ski so we loaded him on a toboggan and hauled him to the patrol room. Friends later showed up and took him home.
The dude is dying and everyone is filming around him for 10min, not even approaching to check the pulse
When someone’s got a potential head or neck Injury, you don’t touch them
@@pizzadog9580 You definitely carry out CPR! What ridiculous nonsense. Do some research and do not post unhelpful, dangerous comments.
@@jg2060 how exactly would you do CPR on a person wedged in the trees on his side, pray tell? Better to wait for ski patrol.
@@liz9843 You DON’T, you absolute cretin. If in ANY situation you find somebody who is not responding then you ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS CHECK IF THEY ARE BREATHING. Is their airway clear? If they are not breathing then you FUCKING MOVE THEM into a position where you can start CPR. It does not matter if you’re worried they have spinal injuries because THEY ARE FUNCTIONALLY DEAD and it is on you to keep their heart beating and oxygen circulating around their body until help arrives.
Checking the pulse isn’t a priority. Most untrained people (and many trained) can’t find a pulse in the field anyway. What you need to check is: IS THE CASUALTY BREATHING? If they’re not breathing - or doing agonal breathing (pls google what that sounds like) - then you need to call for help and start CPR immediately.
Snoring is not a good sign. I hope he was ok.. Damn, that is a bad day.
Snoring means that his airway was obstructed thats all. Its actaully a good thing because its a sign hes getting air.
@@timc5301 Umm, pretty sure an obstruction to the airway is a bad sign. If you're not getting sufficient air flow, you can suffocate.
@@GH-Rav its better to have some air then no air lol if he wasnt snoring then you wouldnt know if he was getting oxygen at all. Are you going to freak out if you hear someone snoring in bed and shake them awake because there not getting "sufficent oxygen" no. The only way to know if someone is getting sufficent oxygen is via pulse ox or the color of there lips/skin.
Normal snoring is not something to worry about but this man just had a head injury. When has sustained a head injury and you can hear them snoring, traditional first aid says you're supposed to move his head or body into a position in which his airway is no longer obstructed. You shouldn't just dismiss his injury as, "He's fine since you can hear him breathing." He could end up with severe brain injury or permanently comatose.
If you're saying that snoring is a good sign because that means he's alive, then yes of course it is a good thing to know that he is alive. Yes, some air is better than no air but snoring itself is not a good sign after a head injury, especially if it is loud snoring. Snoring happens when there is an obstruction to the airway, meaning that there is a chance that not enough oxygen is reaching his brain. Snoring could be a sign of imminent danger to life or quality of life. A GOOD sign would be breathing with no obstruction, which you can check by seeing seeing if his chest is rising and falling or by putting a piece of glass, like their goggles, under his nose. Breathing IS a good sign, but not snoring.
This was hard to watch for a paramedic. At first no first aid from the guys who found him and then the people who are trained for exactly these situations did an awful job. Compromising his health even further. I dont know where they got their education but this was really shocking to watch.
Yea, my man is getting tons of praise for doing absolutely nothing.
If someone has a possible neck injury you shouldn't move them. What could I do if I found someone in this situation to help without moving them? Genuinely curious.
Jon Davis check their breathing to make sure they aren’t choking on their tongue or blood.
@@HaloDude557 Good idea. Breathing definitely takes priority. Should probably also take a pulse and start cpr if there is none.
@@j0ndav1s CPR is also a good idea but I'm not an expert to recommend it. I don't know what to do if they have broken ribs, punctured lungs, or need to be moved to start CPR.
i love how they don't even check on him for more than two and a half minutes and just sit waiting for ski patrol WTF
Wow!! Poor guy! Those Snow Medics are awesome, it's looks like he was in good hands! Luckily you found him!
Liam Neeson wife died on a Canadian ski hill in Montreal. She had a head injury, she fell hit her head and was not wearing a helmet. So please wear your helmets.
How long ago?
@@jjedwards8666she passed away in 2009.
Like michael schumacher, he is completely disabeled😢
Omg
Important to note that she fell during a ski lesson on a small slope and no one even realized she had hurt herself. She was walking and talking normally and the concussion took about an hour to kick in before anyone realized how badly she was hurt. You can Google the news stories. It's actually a really strong case for wearing a helmet no matter what
I just went skiing for the first time in 10 years in Colorado. Almost everyone wears a helmet now. Very cool to see.
Four whole years after being a failure the algorithm decides to give this guy his 15m of fame.
Man! Send someone down the hill ASAP to go for help!
Good job guys! Hope Gus is still snowboarding. 🙏🏼
I knew someone who was from Montreal and he was a black diamond skier and he had just rettired. He had a skiing accident and became paralyzed from the neck down and I found out from his family later that he did not want to live his life as a quadrapelgic. He was still at the hospital and I don't know how it happened and I didn't ask further. He wanted to die and he did. He was such a healthy active person and it was so sad when I heard about him.
Awesome composure, man.
Wow that’s great you found him. I wonder how many others are stuck in the snow injured 🤕 & never found. This is giving me anxiety just watching. Where is the ski 🎿 patrol EMT helper men? I hope 🤞Gus is okay.
It seems the rescuer is smarter than the ski patrol..."I'm not going to move him...."
I'm a retired member of the NSP. Things may have changed, but I was surprised, considering the patient had been unconscious and give the mechanism of injury, I was surprised to see he wasn't placed in a C-Collar to guard aqainst possible cervical ijuries.
At least check if he is breathing when you first find him!
Rule goes if you find some like this unless you have medical training and are certified you don’t touch him
@@cold758 yup
If he broke a rib or something, moving him could've hurt him more
If hes snoring hes breathing right?
@@kathrynaguenza4508 snoring can be associated with breathing but agonal breathing sounds like snoring and if it is agonal then you have a serious problem on your hands and you dont have much time and every second counts.
@@cold758 the least you have to do is to check whether he is breathing or not. And you need to relay that to the emergency dispatcher as he is the one deciding whether to just send out the paramedics or to send out an emergency doctor as well. And for that you don't even have to touch the patient!