Watch out for that vineyard

I'm going to venture to say this guy will be a wine drinker for the rest of his life after a vineyard saved his life. How many people can actually say they have survived a fall from 8000 feet. The answer, nobody, and probably will never see this happen again.

For anybody that has ever went skydiving, or studied the art of parachutes, you know that when you jump, the odds of your primary chute failing is extemely low. If you are in that minority, the chance that your reserve chute also fails is lower than zero percent. Well ok, maybe not that low, but you get the picture. In this instance, the patient was subjected to just that, his primary and secondary chute failed and his only wish was that he didn't land on a spike becuase it would be messy. Instead he landed in a vineyard after a 30mph flight through the sky.

Now, as an emergency responder, what would you have expected to see when you arrive. First off, you prepare with the scene, bsi, but then you realize this individual you are there to treat just literally fell out of the sky. You are thinking you needed the booties and gown. Instead, the guy walks away with mearly a few bumps and bruises.

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