RCR DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU! PLEASE READ!!!

stevoid

stevoid

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This is important! Please read through the entire thing. NEWSCHOOLERS;

RCR does not care about your safety and well being. They care only about

financial and legal security. Their removal of manmade jumps was not an attempt

at taking the “moral high ground”; this is something that does not exist to

them. They proved this on January 2nd of this year at Lake Louise in

Banff National park. I will not use names in this for the sake of the person

involved and his family, but those of you who know him will certainly recognize

who it is.

After a day of skiing, this person, a 23 year old man with

only one course to complete for his university degree, had a heart attack in

the Lake Louise day lodge washrooms. He was found

shortly, unconscious. CPR was performed on him for 30 minutes before the

ambulance arrived. When EMS arrived, it was decided that

he needed to be airlifted by STARS rescue helicopter. He is now in a coma in

the intensive care unit.

Now there are two problems with the story above. Why was a

normal ambulance called in the first place? Why wasn’t STARS called

immediately? Second, and the major point of this post, is this; after even just

5 minutes of CPR, why was he not defibrillated? Simple; because it is not

mandatory, Lake Louise does not have a defibrillator.

That’s right; a young man is now in a coma that he will be

lucky to live through because RCR was too damn cheap to buy a simple,

inexpensive piece of equipment that even YMCA swimming pools have. If he lives,

he may be a vegetable; he will almost certainly have some brain damage, and at

a minimum will likely have to learn everything he has learned over again. How

to move, talk, eat, walk….. Ski.

RCR, thank you for taking your moral high ground and

shitting all over it just to show us what your deal really is. We appreciate

the knowledge that you really are the scum you appear to be.

Please pray for the family and their son. They’re going to

need it.
 
i have a feeling that theres another side to this story that should be heard first, but nevertheless all the best to him and his family and hopefully he'll have a full recovery
 
I'm sure there is another side to it. Most of this was related to me second hand. But I think it is very reliable.
 
I think you might be making a large leap here, but i agree that they should have had atleast one defib somewhere on the mountain. Also they may have called in the medflight but the ambulance got there first? I don't know the details so I can't really say but thats in the case of some kids I know who got in a real bad accident.

Reguardless that is real shitty. I've never heard of a 23 yearold having a heart attack thats crazy.

Positive vibes to him and his family.
 
I'm against RCR's policy of removing jumps, but to connect this to a second-hand story (!!) and the work of the paramedics and what they may or may not have done and judged to have been the correct thing to do in the situation is ridiculous and, more importantly, totally unrelated.

On that note, does anyone have good contact for RCR management? If so, post it here. I wrote a letter, but couldn't find anyone to send it to.
 
As for the mediflight, it was called in by the EMS when they showed up, not even by RCR at all. Also, how is it making a leap at all to say that a ski hill should have a defib? I'd say that's pretty reasonable. And I admit that it has nothing to with the park situation, but I think it shows more than a bit of irresponsiblity on the part of the resort.
 
I'm just trying to say that their excuse of "moral high ground" seems a bit bogus after this incident. I know that it doens't connect to the removal of park jumps.
 
I heard about this the other day.

I didnt know that they didnt have a defib. DO they have those at sunshine or anywhere else? Ive never thought about it before. It is kind of weird to think that in this day and age they wouldnt have it.

Ill leave you with a riddle... what gets wetter as it dries?
 
coincidentally, i was actually in mineral springs, staring at the x-ray of my broken upper arm with the on-site doctor when he got the call about this. supposedly the man had been through 'nearly 30 minutes of resucitation'. well wishes to he who has been to the other side, my thoughts go out the you mate.

sadly enough, it may take a death before louise actually cleans up its act. it was depressing out there the other day. the place looks sooo run down...it almost brought a tear to my eye. especially looking at the 'park'. the whole atmosphere so low right now its terrible. speaking to crew working out there, they say they are being treated like shit, and a mass walkout is on the cards. management is really destroying what used to be a beautiful place to ride. RIP to the Louise of old, we may never have you back unfortunately
 
a defibulator costs like $400 CDN. you think a "world class" resort like louise would have one, if not like 10.

and i completely agree with the whole shit atmosphere. its not the same as it used to be. but they are having a really bad snow year.
 
that sucks, and it does seem very strange that they don't have the right equipment.

but as for the rest of it, of course they are more interested in the business aspect of it, whether good or bad, everything always comes down to the money.
 
spot on with your comments there polar peaks. i got ragged out in the banff regional forum in this same thread for making a similar point...rcr and lake louise in particular have not only foregone a terrain park program, but they have made cost cuts everywhere throughout there resort and business structure, and it is showing both tangiblly and intangibly
 
Helicopter medivacs will not transport a patient that is not stable. They cannot perform CPR in a helicopter. there simple isnt enough room.
As far as a defibulator is concerned they only work when the heart is in spasm. Such as a heart attack. Since the patient is young (23) he probably had a heart disease that might have stopped his heart. They may have even hooked him up to a defibulator but it won't shock you if you don't need it.

"No Shock Advised" I heard this just the other day while I was performing CPR.

I don't know any details other then what I read on NS, but I'm sure every step was taken to help this young man. My wishes go out to him

 
This is all true. And the call of ambulance or heli is made by paramedics or other trained people, not the people at the hill.

Defibs have been touted at the miracle life saver, and while in SOME cases they do increase the odds, they are only effective in a small percentage of all cases. Plus cost wise they are over $1200 min http://www.aedprofessionals.com/ , plus you have to have a certain percentage of staff trained and certified each year.

I don't defend RCR in any way, but this could have happened anywhere and they are not to blame.
 
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