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Oww! 
I've had a few dislocations... left pinkie from laying down my XLR250 Honda (1973) when somebody came around a curve hogging the road in the mountains, while I was returning from Tahoe to Sacramento. There were forest fires closing the main roads. I tried resetting it... no go... had it flapping in the wind for about 15 miles back to Mather AFB.
Then there was my recalcitrant left rear door handle on my Audi up in Limestone, Maine... Loring AFB, when I had to push down really hard with my left thumb to open the door... pop! My thumb popped out of its socket!!
The hospital was close by on base, so I went there. While standing at the counter, I started the "tunnel vision" thing... not my first... and told the techs that I needed a chair fast... I was fainting! They got a wheelchair before I hit the floor... shock, I guess. I've experienced that a few times... medically... 3-4 times and adrenaline rushes a few times. That's where repetitive training and being able to keep functioning can keep you alive... as in helping direct the aircraft you're in!! I've had to do that a few times where I wasn't sure we were going to make it through the weather we were penetrating on descent or on "formation takeoffs" (MITO Minimum Interval Take Off... 15 seconds peacetime and 12 seconds Wartime) where our BUFF was seemingly approaching fatal limits of roll in wake turbulence.The world starts turning black and white and grainy... and my field of view is closing... like a camera iris... getting smaller... not quite that point in the aircraft, but it's painful removing the seat cushions that you were sitting on in the DOWNWARD-FIRING ejection seats at TOO-LOW an altitude at the time!
Wynn
I've had a few dislocations... left pinkie from laying down my XLR250 Honda (1973) when somebody came around a curve hogging the road in the mountains, while I was returning from Tahoe to Sacramento. There were forest fires closing the main roads. I tried resetting it... no go... had it flapping in the wind for about 15 miles back to Mather AFB.Then there was my recalcitrant left rear door handle on my Audi up in Limestone, Maine... Loring AFB, when I had to push down really hard with my left thumb to open the door... pop! My thumb popped out of its socket!!
The hospital was close by on base, so I went there. While standing at the counter, I started the "tunnel vision" thing... not my first... and told the techs that I needed a chair fast... I was fainting! They got a wheelchair before I hit the floor... shock, I guess. I've experienced that a few times... medically... 3-4 times and adrenaline rushes a few times. That's where repetitive training and being able to keep functioning can keep you alive... as in helping direct the aircraft you're in!! I've had to do that a few times where I wasn't sure we were going to make it through the weather we were penetrating on descent or on "formation takeoffs" (MITO Minimum Interval Take Off... 15 seconds peacetime and 12 seconds Wartime) where our BUFF was seemingly approaching fatal limits of roll in wake turbulence.The world starts turning black and white and grainy... and my field of view is closing... like a camera iris... getting smaller... not quite that point in the aircraft, but it's painful removing the seat cushions that you were sitting on in the DOWNWARD-FIRING ejection seats at TOO-LOW an altitude at the time!
Wynn
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