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Crash and Learn - Episode 4: Pit Falls

Broken Boat and Broken Bones

In episode 4 of Crash and Learn we thought we would turn the camera on some of our own carnage from the Pit River. Kailee suffered a serious injury running Pit Falls with a spiral fracture to her right humerus. We're taking a look at how this happened and some lessons from this experience. Some things we will look at in detail are:

How your mind stacks the odds against you

Double checking your gear

Making sure you have the right equipment for the job when things go sideways

Equipment used in this Evacuation

We had a couple of folks asking about equipment for first aid kits that would have been helpful in this evacuation so here are the items we used:

Sam Splint

Cloth Tape

Camstraps

Items that would have been an asset

Cohesive Bandage

Trauma Shears

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If you want to read more about the accident preparedness article we talked about check out the link below: