Do you think you could do it if it was you?

[BigRichard]

I just don't know if I could do this. Kinda like that guy Aron Ralston who got trapped under that rock.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/11/trapped.man/index.html?hpt=T3

Trapped man attempts to sever his own arm to survive

New York (CNN) -- Trapped in the basement by a broken furnace for three days and the only hope for survival is to cut off your own arm.

Certainly a horrifying tale, but reality for Jonathan Metz, 31, of West Hartford, Connecticut.

Metz had been trapped in his basement for two days when he smelled rotting flesh and realized his only hope to stay alive was to amputate his left arm that was trapped by a furnace. So he made a tourniquet just below his shoulder and sawed through 90 percent of his arm before he passed out.

Luckily, neighbors realized they had not seen Metz for a few days and called police, who were able to rescue Metz with the aid of firefighters.

According to West Hartford Fire Chief Matt Stuart, rescuers ripped apart the furnace using heavy tools to free Metz and completed the amputation. The arm could not be reattached due to infection.

In a news conference on Thursday, trauma doctors from Hartford's St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center who atended Metz recounted what happened.

"His arm was dying and once that happens, you release toxins and he did mention the smell so he knew something wasn't right," explained Dr. Scott Ellner.

The doctors said there was probably a nerve that got in the way of Metz finishing the amputation. He will have to undergo a few more surgeries to make the arm viable for a prosthetic, but he is expected to survive.

As of Friday morning, Metz was in muscle graft surgery with Ellner.

Dr. David Shapiro was inspired by Metz's actions saying, "The way that he did it was frightening, admirable, horrifying, brave, and just amazing to us."

Metz was trying to repair his furnace when he got trapped. He drank some water leaking from the furnace in an effort to survive.

[DJ's left nut]

Note to self: Do all necessary home repair work on Sunday so that someone will realize I'm not in the office on Monday...

[ModSocks]

Mmmm....yeah, I'd probably just lay their and die.

Fuck it, it's my time I guess.

[DonTellMeShowMe]

dude......

[Dayze]

there was a similar story a while back about a hiker who got pinned between a rock or something/ rock fell on him etc. he cut off his arm at the elbow ( ithink) with a MF pocket knife and walked to get help.

[Pants]

there was a similar story a while back about a hiker who got pinned between a rock or something/ rock fell on him etc. he cut off his arm at the elbow ( ithink) with a MF pocket knife and walked to get help.

Bet that dude was in and out consciousness the whole fucking time he was cutting. That takes balls the size of Alaska, I have no idea if I'd be capable of doing anything like that and I hope I never find out.

[Reaper16]

"Just an average Tuesday" - MOHillbilly

[Bugeater]

there was a similar story a while back about a hiker who got pinned between a rock or something/ rock fell on him etc. he cut off his arm at the elbow ( ithink) with a MF pocket knife and walked to get help.
You mean the guy that the OP mentioned at the very beginning of his post?

:D

[Dayze]

You mean the guy that the OP mentioned at the very beginning of his post?

:D

:doh!:

yeah....i knew i read about that 'somewhere'.
:D

[OnTheWarpath15]

Trapped in the basement by a broken furnace for three days and the only hope for survival is to cut off your own arm.

Certainly a horrifying tale, but reality for Jonathan Metz, 31, of West Hartford, Connecticut.

Metz had been trapped in his basement for two days when he smelled rotting flesh and realized his only hope to stay alive was to amputate his left arm that was trapped by a furnace. So he made a tourniquet just below his shoulder and sawed through 90 percent of his arm before he passed out.

Does this guy finish any job he starts?

[Fish]

Does this guy finish any job he starts?

ROFL Dick....

[OnTheWarpath15]

ROFL Dick....

Someone was going to do it...

In all honesty, I'm not sure if I could do it or not. I really don't think anyone can honestly answer the question until they are actually in that moment. Probably depends on the "tools" you have available to do the job as well.

[Demonpenz]

I will send him a copy of battlefield earth for his reward

[Fire Me Boy!]

there was a similar story a while back about a hiker who got pinned between a rock or something/ rock fell on him etc. he cut off his arm at the elbow ( ithink) with a MF pocket knife and walked to get help.

I think you're remembering a guy several years ago (late 90s, early 2000s) that got pinned by a tree he was cutting and cut off his own LEG with a pocket knife. The compound fracture to his femur started the job for him, IIRC.

[Mr. Laz]

Mmmm....yeah, I'd probably just lay their and die.

Fuck it, it's my time I guess.
this

life is kinda overrated anyway

[OnTheWarpath15]

I think you're remembering a guy several years ago (late 90s, early 2000s) that got pinned by a tree he was cutting and cut off his own LEG with a pocket knife. The compound fracture to his femur started the job for him, IIRC.

Unless I've missed something, he's talking about the guy Aron Ralston, the guy mentioned in the OP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Ralston

Dude basically amputated his own arm with a fucking Gerber Multitool.

[HemiEd]

"Just an average Tuesday" - MOHillbilly

OMFG! :clap:ROFL

[ModSocks]

Every time i read the thread title it irks me.

Shouldn't it read, "Do you think you could do it if it were you?"

[Bwana]

Is it on my bucket list, hell no, but given the choice of losing an arm, or taking a dirt nap, ba-bye arm.

[HemiEd]

Probably not now, as I can't even watch CSI or Bones on TV.

Crazy how that works, I was responsible for first aid instruction the Navy, now I can't deal with it, at all.

[Sully]

Could I do it?

I've thought about it during a bad date...

[BigRichard]

Every time i read the thread title it irks me.

Shouldn't it read, "Do you think you could do it if it were you?"

Not saying it is always right but MS Word didn't catch it as incorrect.

[ModSocks]

Not saying it is always right but MS Word didn't catch it as incorrect.

Meh. Probably just me then.

[Lzen]

Does this guy finish any job he starts?

ROFL

[OnTheWarpath15]

Could I do it?

I've thought about it after a bad one-night stand - when I woke up and she's sleeping on my arm.

FYP.

[Earthling]

I think I could do that....once.

[MOhillbilly]

im pretty good witha blade and pain is only temporary.

[DJ's left nut]

I think more of us probably could than we think.

Survival insinct is crazy strong.

When you're smelling your own flesh rotting, you're probably going to resort to some pretty extreme measures.

[MOhillbilly]

I think more of us probably could than we think.

Survival insinct is crazy strong.

When you're smelling your own flesh rotting, you're probably going to resort to some pretty extreme measures.

say it was your cock and balls.

[DJ's left nut]

say it was your cock and balls.

Well remember, I'm smelling my cock rotting at that point. I'd say that kind of shock in and of itself is probably going to drive me to action.

All bets are off at that point.

[MOhillbilly]

Well remember, I'm smelling my cock rotting at that point. I'd say that kind of shock in and of itself is probably going to drive me to action.

All bets are off at that point.

id amputate from the neck if it were cock and balls.

[joesomebody]

I think I could. I'm pretty hellbent on survival. The pain would suck, and I'd probably pass out too, but I think I could do it. Don't want to ever find out though.

[Rain Man]

You know what would really suck? If his cell phone was being gripped in his trapped hand and he couldn't dial.

[Mama Hip Rockets]

I will send him a copy of battlefield earth for his rewardROFL

[Donger]

Every time i read the thread title it irks me.

Shouldn't it read, "Do you think you could do it if it were you?"

Yes, it should.

[Rain Man]

Hypothetically, I wonder what would happen if he had been trapped down there near a water faucet and 50 crates of power bars, crackers, and raisins. Would he just ride it out until the house sold?

[Bwana]

say it was your cock and balls.

Lets just say, I would rather hack off an arm, than my dangler and the twins.

On the other hand, unless a guy was working on the furnace naked, or trying to screw it, the odds of getting ones pecker and the boys pinned under it, would be limited to say the least.

[Donger]

Hypothetically, I wonder what would happen if he had been trapped down there near a water faucet and 50 crates of power bars, crackers, and raisins. Would he just ride it out until the house sold?

And porn. In that scenario, let's hope he's right-handed.

But, to answer your question, I'd doubt that he'd live. It sounds like the infection was pretty nasty at decision time.

[Donger]

Lets just say, I would rather hack off an arm, than my dangler and the twins.

On the other hand, unless a guy was working on the furnace naked, or trying to screw it, the odds of getting ones pecker and the boys pinned under it, would be limited to say the least.

"Franks and Beans!"

[ModSocks]

Hypothetically, I wonder what would happen if he had been trapped down there near a water faucet and 50 crates of power bars, crackers, and raisins. Would he just ride it out until the house sold?

If he had to shit and piss all over himself for a few weeks, that may be reason enough to cut off your own arm.

[Bwana]

"Franks and Beans!"

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[el borracho]

I think if ever I become trapped, the first thing I will do is throw all the knives and cutting tools as far away as possible.

[CosmicPal]

Seems to me the guy wasn't trapped all that bad when he could make a tourniquet and reach for a saw.

Seriously, how is there a saw sitting there within arm's length of the guy?

[007]

I honestly don't know if I could or not.

[Smed1065]

Survival will make u do things u never considered. I would not now but in that place, Yes.

[Pushead2]

Seems to me the guy wasn't trapped all that bad when he could make a tourniquet and reach for a saw.

Seriously, how is there a saw sitting there within arm's length of the guy?

he was working on it, maybe he was cutting shit

[Phobia]

I really gotta know who determined it was 90% detached? I mean, did a paramedic get out there with some calipers? Did somebody go to college to make the determination? Was he really only about 40% of the way through his arm but the teller of the story gave him more because they respected the effort? Many questions about this....