Posted on 07/11/2018 8:41:17 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
New information suggests the 12 Thai boys trapped in a cave were medicated and carried out on stretchers during the rescue operation...
...told AFP on Wednesday that the boys were “sleeping or partially-conscious as they were passed from diver-to-diver through the cave.”...
“boys were wrapped up in stretchers already when they were being transferred” while doctors posted along the 2.5-mile long escape route checked them along the way.
(Excerpt) Read more at vox.com ...
You were correct.
Interesting..
I suppose that if the kid slipped or
panicked the entire crew would be jeprodized.
Since they couldn’t swim this makes sense.
The main thing is that they were rescued successfully. Thank God.
If any of them were very claustrophobic the rescue could have come to a halt if they were screaming.
exactly!
Makes sense. I posted that they were talking about it and wondered if they had done it. It was a good idea.
I have some training in recue/recovery/cave diving. I have also taken a “Slam” course in rescuing panicked swimmers. This seemed logical from the start. Prior to scuba training and quite a bit of experience I would have welcomed being sedated for this rescue.
I’m sure the familes don’t care. I can understand why this was needed. That journey sounded terrifying for anyone, of any age. Moreso if you don’t really know much about swimming or breath control. This wise choice helps to balance the unwise choice of going down there in the first place.
This was a very impressive way to get them out. Tip-of-the-hat to the folks who came up with this plan. It worked!
It makes sense that they would sedate the boys. I wonder what they used. My guess is a benzo like ativan or Xanax. From experience I can say that 2 mg of ativan will clam you down enough to make you sleep.
Facebook video posted on the Thai Navy SEALs page:
https://www.facebook.com/ko.aung.1848/videos/1328666757275369/
23 million views — so far
I agree...kudos however it was done.
Impressive how ever they did it. All 13 rescued.
I told my wife a cpl of days ago they put the kids in LaLa land before bringing them out. She argued.
I showed her the articles that said so today.
Her response: You always think you are right
Mine: I usually am
Will be sleeping in the spare bedroom tonight. LOL
Tomorrow I will show her this video.
Whoops, was meant for you. Thanks for the farcebook link.
I told my wife a cpl of days ago they put the kids in LaLa land before bringing them out. She argued.
I showed her the articles that said so today.
Her response: You always think you are right
Mine: I usually am
Will be sleeping in the spare bedroom tonight. LOL
Tomorrow I will show her this video.
I saw an image of that stretcher a couple of days ago. Somebody said that was from an old training video. It sounds French?
Regardless- it was a successful rescue!
A) it’s ok because it worked
B) it’s ok that they didn’t announce it to the world because criticism might have stopped the rescue effort
C) WHATEVER IT TOOK TO GET THEM ALL OUT SAFELY.
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