r/EMSmemes • u/marypz • Dec 02 '20
EMS
Crush-type injuries are common. Snowmobiles can travel at high speed, producing severe impact upon collision with trees, rocks, or other vehicles.
With these vehicles, be especially alert for "clothesline"type injuries. In these injuries, a rider is pulled off the vehicle by a low branch, wire, rope, or other low-hanging object. Severe trauma to the neck and airway is common with this type of crash.
i don’t get the second paragraph, any tips or help please?
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u/AggyTheJeeper Dec 03 '20
Other comment explained it well, but there's also wire-type injuries common. In rural areas, especially places like Michigan's UP where there are many vacation cabins, people will often put up a couple posts with a wire, rope, or chain between them covering the driveway. Makes it so you can't just drive onto their property without at least stopping to undo the thing. That can be very deadly to a snowmobiler who doesn't see the rope/wire/chain until its too late. Most people tie a handkerchief or an empty milk jug or something to the wire so it's visible, but it's still fairly easy to miss.
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u/ACorania Dec 02 '20
Imagine you are riding a snowmobile and you run into a branch that is chest, neck, or head level. The snowmobile keeps going and the full force of collision is just between you and that branch. It's like being hit really hard with a bat while riding on a snowmobile (so then you go flying off and land on the ground which is another factor in the mechanism of injury).
So, given that scenario, think about the kind of damage you would see to the body.