"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote in message
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Mike Marlow wrote:
With all due respect to your profession, skill and experience David, I
find
the above statement to be beyond belief. Saw guards are far from fool
proof
and if you truly have seen that many table saw injuries, I find it very
hard
to believe you've never seen a hand injury on a saw with a guard.

Likewise, I was a paramedic for 12 years in a rural area. In all of that
time I never took in a single patient from a table saw accident, though
there are plenty of table saws in garages and basements around here. For
you to attend 1-2 per week for 15 years, your experience is at the very
least, contrary to my own. Must be these people drive themselves in for
treatment?


In nearly 15 years as an orthopedic nurse in a hospital setting, I can
only recall taking care of 3-4 table saw accidents myself. I saw what he
wrote and wondered but I didn't really think about it. Now you make me
think about it.

Are all these guys outpatients?

I don't really want to question him since he's agreeing with my position
but his numbers are a bit odd. His conclusions, however, are right on.
Obviously the man is a genius. G

Maybe he runs the day shift in the Grand Rapids ED or something--some place
where there's a lot of woodworking going on. Still, not one with a guard is
kind of surprising. I do wonder how he _knew_ whether the guard was used
though--if the place is that busy (and for him to have seen that many table
saw cuts I'd expect it to be a _very_ busy ED) I'd be really surprised if
any surgeon in the ED had time to talk about matters peripheral to the
treatment.