After coming close to death during a tractor accident, he testified to his gratitude to the aid

LArs Rosdahl, straight in his seat, lifts his legs and moves the upper body. Sitting in an armchair this Wednesday, April 30, he is preparing to leave the Périgueux hospital (Dordogne) for the establishment of medical care for excideuil.

Before his departure, the elegant and dynamic sixty -year -old who had a serious tractor accident held, through his history, to emphasize that “the whole rescue chain worked with exempularity”. “I have immense recognition towards emergency services, firefighters and the hospital system. When it works, it must be said, “insists the adopted perigordin, which describes itself as a” survivor “.

On April 8, he “escaped death” with Coulaures. This owner of a truffle near his secondary house returns from a work morning on his plot. It is about noon, his neighbor invites him to an aperitif. Lars Rosdahl goes there as a tractor, a machine he borrowed, his Tondo-Broyeur unable to be harnessed on his own tractor.

For reasons that he has not fully lightened -a narrow path, a too heavy mower -, the tractor without hoops overturns and crushes the 68 -year -old man. He thinks he’s going to stay there. “I have heard of this kind of accident. There was a black then a lightning of light. I see my 4 month old granddaughter. It’s extraordinary. The brain says it will stop. We see life one last time and it’s very beautiful. »»

A “monstrous” tractor

But Lars Rosdahl’s time has not come. He can access his phone, calls the neighbor, then the Firefighter of Excideuil, and the 18th. The pain becomes unbearable. Knowing that it is in vain, he still tries to extricate himself. His head is taken in the bars of the Tondo-Broyeur.

The “monster” cannot be moved. “He’s huge. I see the wheels wide like that, he describes, spreading the hands of several centimeters. It’s frightening. The chief doctor arrives very quickly, draws up a first assessment, reassures the sixties who move his feet.

“I had three doctors by my side. For me, it was excellence, 20/20 ”

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The firefighters of the surrounding rescue centers arrive: Cubjac, Excideuil, Thiviers. The doctor Smur too. First aid is given to him, a infusion is made to him but impossible to release the tractor without heavy equipment. A “sweet and reassuring” Cubjac firefighter makes him talk about everything and nothing. The soldiers of the Périgueux fire approach with the necessary means: “I conjure them to go faster,” he says.

Basin operated

Today he salutes the group of the group, “who made decisions that saved [sa] life “. He took the time to stabilize the tractor positioned in a slope. Cours, cushions and winch allow Lars Rosdahl to be released, about two hours after his accident. “I felt two or three tremors. I am saved. “I had three doctors by my side. For me, it was excellence, 20/20 ”, judges the retiree.

Anesthetized, it is transported by helicopter to the Périgueux hospital. Sent without delay to the scanner, he learns that he suffers from a complex fracture at the back of the basin and another at the front. But it’s a lesser evil. “I was reassured very quickly and my family too. He takes place in his room that he occupied for several weeks. “I was in pain everywhere, but I was happy because I was alive and it took over on the trauma. »»

Operated in Périgueux, he still rents the pedagogy and competence of Doctor Fabien Baudelle. “It was a fairly severe trauma by crushing the basin, which can be seen in these situations or big accidents on the public highway,” explains the specialist. We stabilized with a sacroiliac screwing. Even compliment of the sixty -year -old towards the anesthesiologist “of exceptional quality”. “She answered all my questions. And Lars Rosdahl would have posed a lot. During his stay at the orthopedics and trauma service, the staff were “very kind, very conciliatory”.

Progress every day

“I made small progress every day. The first, I couldn’t move and I had pipes everywhere. For a fortnight, I was lying. But Monday, I went to the hospital terrace for the first time. My heart beat very hard when I saw the helicopter leaving. »»

The sixty -year -old also followed a few psychology sessions, outside the hospital’s executive: “So that the images do not haunt me. It was very effective. »»

He claims to have no apprehension to iron by this path and calls for forgiving himself in this kind of situation. “An accident is an accident. »»