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Time for ya'll to break out some stories...

I'll start.

Back in the day (from ages 16-18) I was a volunteer fire fighter for the county I grew up in in NM.

One night around 1am we got a call that a water truck (NM has a lot of natural gas and oil, so the oil industry has a lot of vehicles on the road, part of the deal when drilling for oil and gas is that you need to haul a lot of water too) had gone off the road and gone down a very severe incline. The driver was not killed, but he was stuck half in the vehicle and half out when we arrived on the scene.

Since half the fire department was over the age of 50, me and one other kid my age got the pleasure of climbing down the hill to hook the guy up to a stretcher so he could be pulled up. Anyway, we get down the hill with the stretcher (an adventure in itself) and finally reach the poor guy.

He wasn't wearing his seat belt and when he hit the bottom of the incline his head smashed into the steering wheel and then apparently went through the driver's side window.

He was knocked out, so we c-collared him and tried as best we could to not move his neck much while we pulled him out of the vehicle. About half way through the extraction, I noticed his face looked a little off. The light was bad, so I could really see much of it, and I was on the other end of his body pulling him out. Anyway, we get him on the board and they start pulling him up the hill. About half way up the hill, I finally get a good look at his face. His nose was gone.

Completely. I could see his nasal cavity. It was pretty weird. Not like disgusting or anything, it actually seemed rather well, it's hard to describe...like it was intentional I guess is the best way to put it.

Very weird. I hope the guy ended up ok. I wonder what they do in situations like that? Create a new nose out of grafted skin and cartilege? Or prosthetic? I dunno. Maybe someone more medically inclined can shed some light. It was scary though, cause we couldn't tell how hurt the guy was since he was unconscious, but we had to get him out of the truck, no telling if it would fall over completely or what. Good times.

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  • Nose? (Score:2)

    by ryanr ( 30917 ) *
    You didn't go back to find his nose, so they could sew it back on? Remind me not to call you when I'm mangled and missing bits.

    Doctor: "Right. So I can put that back on... nurse, nose please."

    Nurse: "..."
    • a visual aide for you guys:

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      truck--> D|

      Not to mention it was 1am and we had really bad visibility.

      My comment:

      Lameness filter encountered.
      Your
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