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We had a similar accident at our field last year with a Heli flyer. Threw his hand out to stop the heli coming at him and the blades severed approximately half of his hand just below the webs of his fingers... Quick thinking by fellow club members got him to the doctor in time to have everything successfully reattached. <BR>
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From: lightfoot@sc.rr.com<BR>To: nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 07:49:59 -0400<BR>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Accident<BR><BR>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Had a bad accident at out club field this week. One of the flyers was cranking a big gasser with a 24in CF prop. When the engine started the tie-down came loose and he instinctively put out his hand to stop it the plane. It completely severed his thumb and badly mangled his index finger. Fortunately some of the other flyers had some first aid training and </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">EMS</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> was there within 5 minutes. He spent 7 hrs in surgery getting the thumb attached but lost the index finger.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<B><I><FONT face="Brush Script MT" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Brush Script MT'">Jay </SPAN></FONT></I></B><B><I><FONT face="Brush Script MT" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Brush Script MT'">Marshall</SPAN></FONT></I></B> <BR>
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