Posted on 09/23/2007 7:46:56 AM PDT by paulat
Unexploded Rocket-Propelled Grenade Impales Army Private in Afghanistan By RUTH REISS
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One RPG skidded past Lt. Mariani's vehicle. All of the vehicles had to quickly get out of the "kill zone." But before they could get to safety, two rockets hit Pvt. Moss' Humvee.
Staff Sgt. Eric Wynn, 33, the soldier in the front passenger seat, felt one slice through his face. Moss remembers the truck practically lift up. He was thrown up against the Humvee and then moved to return fire.
"I smelled something smoking and I looked down ... and I was smoking," he said.
Wynn turned to tell Moss where to fire and saw the tail fins of the RPG sticking out of Moss' side.
Roughly the length of a baseball bat, an RPG travels at the speed of a bullet. At the front end is the warhead -- a large grenade. The detonator and fuel are contained in the shaft. On the back are its fins, pieces of metal that stick out like legs on a camera tripod. The RPG is the weapon of choice for many of the world's guerillas.
Luckily for Moss, the company medic Spc. Jared Angell, 23, who the soldiers call "Doc," was in his Humvee
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A Human Bomb The RPG that had plowed into Moss' lower abdomen stretched from one hip to the other. If the RPG went off, it would kill everyone within 30 feet of him. Yet Angell stayed close, bandaging his wounds and stabilizing the weapon so that movement wouldn't cause it to explode.
Moss was still fully conscious, so Angell ordered him to not look down at the injury. He didn't want Moss to panic.
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Same to ya!
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Backatchya!
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I’d like this fall a little better if it rained.
Morning, all. Just here briefly. In teleconference all day (the second teleconf), but it’s lunchtime for the meeting attendees back there right now.
I’ve been to Wal-mart. We bought Pat a black sweatsuit and hat, so he can be Invisible for Halloween. He’ll have to stay in the yard, though, or he’ll get run over!
Patrick is going to be dressed as “darkness” for halloween?
Has he been watching too much ‘Heroes’?
Hiya!
Wassup north of the Border?
Hi! Bye!
Hi!
Not too much.
I have to give the puppy a bath after I get a fire started.
Whassup down there?
Rush is still a puppy??
Not much. I think my daughter is going home today, so I’ll have to help her tomorrow. Her BP keeps dropping, so they aren’t letting her go, yet.
Well he was 1 year on October 8th, but I think he will always be ‘the puppy’ to DH.
Is the BP due to the operation?
How is she doing?
Sigh.
LOL!
Yes the BP is due to the surgery. Psychologically, she’s ready to go home and get on with her life. We’re hoping they’ll let her go this evening.
Hi!
She’ll feel better when she gets home.
Hospitals suck. They are full of sick people.
And some people get sick and die there!
She works in a sleep lab, and also still has her license for phlebotomy, so she has been in the medical field for 20 years. She’s anxious to go home.
Later.
VENIPUNCTURE PROCEDURE
The venipuncture procedure is complex, requiring both knowledge and skill to perform. Each phlebotomist generally establishes a routine that is comfortable for her or him. Several essential steps are required for every successful collection procedure:
1. Identify the patient.
2. Assess the patient’s physical disposition (i.e. diet, exercise, stress, basal state).
3. Check the requisition form for requested tests, patient information, and any special requirements.
4. Select a suitable site for venipuncture.
5. Prepare the equipment, the patient and the puncture site.
6. Perform the venipuncture.
7. Collect the sample in the appropriate container.
8. Recognize complications associated with the phlebotomy procedure.
9. Assess the need for sample recollection and/or rejection.
10. Label the collection tubes at the bedside or drawing area.
11. Promptly send the specimens with the requisition to the laboratory.
LOL!
She likes my veins. She doesn’t have to hunt for them.
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