Susan's new knee was installed just fifteen days ago. The hips were a piece of cake compared to knee surgery, but she is doing well and now walks with a cane. Dr Eric Brewer of the Bonutti Clinic did the honors, using the Mako robotic system. https://patients.stryker.com/knee-replacement/options/mako-robotic-arm-assisted-total-knee
13. Clear your work area and your escape path of brush, vines, and other hazards that can trip you or catch your saw.
14. Escape from the bullseye when the tree tips. 90% of accidents happen within 12 feet of the stump. Go more than 15 feet, and stay out of the bullseye until things stop falling.
15. Keep spectators away more than twice the height of the tree in the direction it will fall.
16. Don't cut alone.
17. Keep your body and the swamper's out of the line of the bar in case of a kickback.
18. Set the brake when taking over two steps or when moving through tripping hazards. Keep your trigger finger off of the throttle when you are moving.
19. DO NOT operate a chainsaw from a ladder! Operating with your feet off the ground requires special training.
20. Do not cut above your shoulders.
21. Springpoles must be shaved on the inside of the apex between the ascending and descending sides. If the apex is higher than you shoulders, stand under the springpole and cut it low on the descending side. It will release upward, away from you.Leaning and heavily loaded poles that are too small to bore cut for a hinge should be shaved on the compressed side until they fold.
22. Do not cut a tree that is holding up a lodged tree. Do not work under a lodged tree. Think about a mouse trying to steal the cheese out of a trap.
23. Instruct your swampers and helpers to NEVER approach you from behind or the sides to within the reach of your saw when you are cutting. If you pull out of a cut with the chain running, or have a severe kickback, the swamper can be killed if he is coming up behind you!
24!! Quit When You Are Tired!
4 comments:
We have a couple of those staple pullers kicking around in our first aid stuff. My wife was a veterinary technician for 30 years. The pullers come with the surgical staple kits, so she just grabbed a couple that were extra. The pullers are wicked easy and painless to use. You open the jaws, slip the lower part under the staple, and squeeze the handle. The upper part comes down on the middle of the staple and bends it downward, forcing the ends up and out of the skin. We did our female poodle after she was spayedand it was easy-peasy.
Glypto: They should be in every home med kit!
All I can say is YOW! I'm a big sissy about that kind of medical stuff.
Here's to a speedy recovery! Pretty soon she's going to high-step like a rockette!
My wife had her knee replaced 15 years ago and she uses it to kick my, um, behind often.
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