Timeline for Should we discourage answers that include "satellite phone" as the solution?
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| Jun 27, 2017 at 9:24 | comment | added | user11603 | What will an trauma surgeon in the group say when you hit the deck? Unless you are obviously uninjured, it will be something like, "We better get you to the hospital quick! Where is the Iridium phone?" S&R is specifically for situations that you can not self-prepare for. | |
| Apr 26, 2017 at 21:21 | comment | added | ab2 | @imsodin They probably have such a tree in their heads, backed up by a lot of experience. The question really is: would such a tree -- or list of considerations -- handed out to inexperienced people do more harm than good? Upon reflection, "a little learning is a dangerous thing." | |
| Apr 26, 2017 at 21:05 | comment | added | imsodin | @ab2 I know two docs who do mountaineering (both have attended alpine medicine courses and are specialising in internal and anestesia, as there is not really a dedicated ER discipline in Switzerland, at least it is not a major discipline).. I seriously doubt they could just pull out such a tree for a generic case. Emergency situations by their nature have a big element of uncertainty to them. | |
| Apr 26, 2017 at 3:44 | comment | added | Erik | @ab2 I don't know if we do or not. | |
| Apr 26, 2017 at 3:40 | comment | added | ab2 | Do we know if we have an ER Doc who is a backpacker? | |
| Apr 26, 2017 at 3:37 | comment | added | Erik | @ab2 I agree it would make sense to ask. I wonder how simple it would be for the generic case though. It seems to me that the answer is going to be highly related to the situation, party composition, and their ability to improvise. I bet it wouldn't be too tough to come up with a decent flow chart to cover some general cases | |
| Apr 26, 2017 at 3:09 | comment | added | ab2 | Good answer. As I mentioned in a comment to another answer here, this discussion is crying for a question about a simple decision tree for when to call for emergency help and when to at least try to solve the problem oneself. | |
| Apr 25, 2017 at 22:31 | history | answered | Erik | CC BY-SA 3.0 |