Leatherman amputation in Christchurch

rp252 · **on:** February 25, 2011, 08:02:49 AM

Have a look at the second paragraph.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10708595

Scary stuff eh? Glad to see Leatherman helped save a life

Dunc · **Reply #1 on:** February 25, 2011, 10:41:24 AM

Thats really good , lets hope the guy will pull through ok . Of course we are all wondering what model it was

Mauvais · **Reply #2 on:** February 25, 2011, 01:25:57 PM

I wonder... did they returned the Leatherman to the tradesman?

Sazabi · **Reply #3 on:** February 25, 2011, 04:50:28 PM

Another story I just came across mentioned a doctor using a SAK for similar purposes. :/

rp252 · **Reply #4 on:** February 25, 2011, 09:32:50 PM

Yeah, I was wondering on the model as well. That pretty much deserves a mention on the leatherman website.

AHB · **Reply #5 on:** February 25, 2011, 09:37:31 PM

Some people call any MT for Leatherman, but kudos to LM if it actually was one of theirs..

(Hopefully not a Micra.)
Brave gal btw..

stressmaster5000 · **Reply #6 on:** February 25, 2011, 09:40:39 PM

Yikes!

A bilateral amputation. That is terrible! Going to be tough rehab.

Where were all the SAK users when they called out for a knife?

nuphoria · **Reply #7 on:** February 25, 2011, 10:11:38 PM

Wow....

Styerman · **Reply #8 on:** February 25, 2011, 10:28:20 PM

I suspect it's not the first such use , glad a few prepared dudes were on hand .

Chris

Dunc · **Reply #9 on:** February 25, 2011, 10:53:21 PM

Quote from: AHB on February 25, 2011, 09:37:31 PM

Some people call any MT for Leatherman, but kudos to LM if it actually was one of theirs.. (Hopefully not a Micra.)
Brave gal btw..

Allan have you been inside my head

lol I was going to post about people calling all vacuum cleaners a Hoover so in theory it could have been anything unless theres any backup to the claim . I was also going to make a comment about the Micra , do you think a Style CS would have performed any better

All joking aside I was reading some news reports today and I can't start to imagine how bad it was there . Hats off to the Rescue workers , from what I heard it was REALLY bad

My thoughts are with those and the families of all involved .

Mercury · **Reply #10 on:** February 27, 2011, 04:58:48 PM

Wow, that was incredible. Glad to hear that people are prepared in those situations to do what's needed. It also goes to show that we should all(as a society) carry a knife at all times!