This past Sunday a skier from Europe died at Keystone. He hit a tree. Witnesses say he was skiing too fast and out of control. Yesterday i had to take down all the rope and boo and flagging that we put up to preserve the scene.
The first patroller on scene said he got to the man and the guy was fully talking and only complaining of pain in his arm and leg. The patroller checked and found deformity in his femur so he called for a KTD. He said as he was talking to the guy he started getting fuzzy and only knew his name. After this he called for the ALS pack and any ALS patroller on the hill. By the time more patrollers showed up the man had lost conscientiousness and a pulse could not be found.
CPR was performed and they could tell his ribs were also crushed and his stomach was hardening. He was bleeding internally. They shocked him 7 times and got a pulse back 3 times. By this time the patrollers were doing everything that could be done. Flights were being landed and a double rig was being set up. When they got the man to the chopper the flight nurses took over. He was flown to Denver but was pronounced dead.
He tore his Aorta.
It's amazing that people come to a ski resort and kill themselves. The guest hate us when we ask them to slow down. They hate us when we put up rope to close off areas that could hurt them. They hate us when we cut the lift line to get back to the top. They hate us when we close the bowls to do control work.
BUT....they love us when they're in pain and we're saving their lives.
I just don't get it.
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Dude. That sucks.
Not much you can do when someone ruptures their aorta.
You're right, a lot of people don't appreciate it when we tell them to slow down. But I think the locals usually do... and that's better than no-one!
Wow, tough going there.
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