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Tue Apr 21 03:41:18 BST 2009

In doing some research for an article I'm looking for any ED/TC anecdotes  
of a situation where a Firefighter has been seriously injured while wearing 
the  standard full "Turn Out Gear" that we wear while at working fire 
incidents and  the like. 

I'm specifically interested in situations where the Firefighter has  
sustained an obvious complex long bone/spinal/C-Spine injury or where  he/she has 
sustained a serious mechanism of injury that would indicate the  likelihood 
of such an injury. 

I'm looking for cases where the Turn Out Gear was STILL in place and needed 
 to be removed in the ED/TC for the proper diagnosis and treatment of said  
injures. 

Also, if you have ever discussed or trained for this in some way I'd be  
interested in that information as well. 

If anyone has such a story I'd like to know just how you removed the Turn  
Out Gear and how long it took to do so as well as any other anecdotal  
information on the case that you can provide. 

Please feel free to E-Mail me off list at _LNMolino at aol.com_ 
(mailto:LNMolino at aol.com)  if you can assist me. 

Thanks. 

Louis N.  Molino, Sr., CET
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