Saved by surf leash tourniquets expertly applied by pal…
Earlier today, reports from Santa Barbara that a surfer had been choppered into a local hospital after being hit by a shark while surfing on Santa Rosa Island.
A hit on the leg, a chopper ride to Santa Babs’ Cottage Hospital for surgery.
No word on the sorta shark.
Now, according to the other surfer in the water, Jeremy Howard, the surfer’s name is Adam Coons, the shark was a fifteen-foot Great White, not altogether uncommon in these parts, and after Coons made it back to his boat Howard used surf leashes as tourniquets.
From his IG.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6XJMGUA2tB/
Tourniquets?
Feels like everywhere I look I’m reading, hearing about how important it is, more than CPR even, to know how to stop blood flow from a major wound.
Two weeks ago, it was the surfing doc Jon Cohen and his classes on how to use tourniquets after a shark attack.
According to Cohen, if you can get the de-limbed person to the beach and apply a tourniquet above the wound so no blood can spurt out the hole you’re good.
Last night it was a book about the war photographer Tim Hetherington, who would’ve survived mortar shrapnel in his thigh if his buddy knew how to staunch the blood flow.
Today, this.
Buy your thirty-buck tourniquet, here, chuck it in the car etc.
Torniquet and know your blood type!
DO NOT USE THE SHITTY TOURNIQUET LINKED
USE A REAL TOURNIQUET
https://www.narescue.com/al…
High and Tight on the limb.
Maybe some wound pack too.
Chas, toss some knowledge after stressing the importance of the knowledge. Not linking some shitty stretchy tape tourniquet and literally saying nothing about using them.
Oops, direct my anger at Derek.
There must be a way to make leg ropes into a pretty good hybrid of a tourniquet
Really excitingly my disqus has changed to Portuguese
secondly I ordered the legrope tournie – pretty good bit gear with ratchet/snowboard style setup – light enough if not bit bulky at ankle but worthy for an isolated spot – even to carry as spare leggie
HeY nO pHoToS
What about an xxl cock ring?
Hit ?
He can think himself lucky he wasn’t……….
Bump, graze and (most probably not) a nibble by the looks
Dude looks pretty good for a GW bite, good on him, recover fully bro.
Not sure about tourniquet protocol, but good usage of an item you didn’t even release from the victims own ankle? Duct tape would work too. White towel very clean, must have done a great job. Kudos captain other guy.
Thing is, as the photo shows, there are NO WAVES in the islands. Well documented how shitty the place is set up. Remember that surfers.
You’d think the Coast Guard would help the lucky guy out crossing that channel in those conditions his first time. That was balls out. Good buddy for sure. Small boat too….. fuck.
Duct tape, even if available is not a good option. You cannot tighten it up once wrapped. Clothing is a good option. In my case my medic friend found the leash too slippery with all the blood and couldn’t twist it hard enough. From the looks of things in the pic, my buddy was dealing with a bigger mess.
You been hit by a shark?
Yes. A GW.
Can we get a full report? Hope you’re ok.
I really need to put up a page with the full story. Here’s a super abbreviated version. At a point break between Cape Town and J Bay. Only my friend and I in the water. Hits me from the left side. Gets my arm hip and leg. Takes me under. Miraculously I come across its eye and gouge. Releases me. Paddle to shore. Torniquet, quick action and knowledge of my blood type saved me. Lost all the muscle and tendons from upper forearm. Had to patch that with part of my lat muscle and a skin graft off of my right leg just to cover exposed bones. Lost most of my calf muscle and tendons there. Shredded thigh and smashed up hip. Even tore open my nut sack. Noticeable limp and about 20% use of left hand. Standard nightmare played out in real life.
Wow. What an incredible story. Not sure what else to say except I’m glad you made it.
You obviously don’t know much about this area. Boat is not small for the channel. As for the claim of heavy, 10′ seas coming back, pretty hard to believe. The SE winds would be coming starboard at worst, more likely on the starboard stern.
Looks like a Radon/Davis boat from above. Widely used by urchin divers at the islands. They can handle some shitty weather.
It’s not a Radon or anything similar. Not sure manufacturer but it’s an east coast hull.
https://www.instagram.com/p…
Either way, plenty big enough for here. The East hulls do ok in the channel. Nothing like a Radon though. They take anything and 18’ and up are like big boats.
Yeah, from that Instagram pic, clearly not a Radon.
“Starboard stern”
Hahahahaha!
Are you vessel illiterate?
No, I’m quite familiar with boats, thanks for asking.
But you, not so much 😉
You clearly missed the tone of my comment and derived ego out of correcting a statement you should have read between the lines, Mr Boating, sorry, Barrelled.
Maybe you should practice reading comprehension, then look up the definition of the word “Projection”…..
Obviously there are no waves there or Greenough would have stayed forever in Montecito and not ended up in Byron ?
The myth of Greenough doesn’t exist here Bicko…. way more famous in Byron.
Like the wave …. it doesn’t exist ….
Chas ok with you circling in his territory?