Fwd: RN- a cautionary tale

[Aedan Aylwyn]

This is an incident that happened in Meridies.  Thought I'd pass
it along for folks to learn from.  Hate to hear about it happening
to any of us.

Aedan

>Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 19:56:19 -0500
>From: Wendy Colbert <wendyc at vivid.net>
>Subject: RN- a cautionary tale
>
>+ -- RapierNet - From Wendy Colbert <wendyc at vivid.net> --
>
>This happened this past weekend at the local heavy
>practice. It could have as easily been a fencer....
>
>Emma was working with a local knight and had another
>knight looking on giving advice and instruction. The advising knight had
>Emma get on guard and move in, he had her reset and had her do this
>several times. He asked her to reset and then without warning he reached
>out, picked up her left leg and moved it into the position where he
>thought it belonged.
>
>As Emma tried to compensate for the change in balance
>she heard/felt her leg give and go pop. She ended on the ground.
>Fortunately the EMTs like to hang out and watch practice. They did not
>transport her but helped get her out of armor and sitting on her truck
>with ice on the knee.
>When she got up an hour later and slowly tested the knee by putting
>weight on it the knee tried to slide into her other leg
>
>She went to the ED and the doc said she had probably
>torn most of her ACL. The next day the orthopedist told her the full
>news. The ACL is completely torn and the Medial is 50-75% severed. She
>can't have surgery for the ACL until the Medial
>heals which will be at least 6 weeks and it will be another 6 months
>before they let her start to put on armor for slow work again. Currently
>she is in a brace and walking with crutches. She gets to have 2 hours of
>PT twice a week.
>
>Please- do not physically move another persons body
>with out warning. I am sure that this knight just intended to show Emma
>how he thought she should be standing.
>
>Irene

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Baron Aedan Aylwyn, Provost                     Caer Mear, Atlantia
Email: aedan at mindspring.com                     Royal Bad Influence - Retired
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