Guardsman accidentally impaled by his bayonet - during the Changing of the Guards ceremony on Parliament Hill -
A member of the Governor General’s Foot Guards was seriously injured during the Changing of the Guards ceremony on Parliament Hill Wednesday morning.
A 20-year-old male suffered a severe stab wound from his rifle-mounted bayonet after falling during the parade. Medics from the Canadian Forces immediately provided first aid to the injured man, applying pressure to his wound until paramedics arrived.
In addition to his wound, paramedics treated the man for severe blood loss.
He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he is currently in serious, but stable condition.
“It was terrifying,” said a bystander who witnessed the moment when the man fell, at approximately 10:30 a.m. “You could see a lot of blood covering the bayonet, and all over the ground where he fell.”
Devron Gaber, from Victoria, B.C., also witnessed the incident.
The man was screaming in pain for several minutes, but went silent once the medics began to treat him, said Gaber.
Dozens of tourists remained on the scene, taking photos of the guard while he was wounded on the ground.
The man, who was marching in the last group of guards, had fallen as he was turning by the main gates of Parliament Hill. A few seconds before he fell, another guard had also slipped in the same spot, but managed to recover and continue marching, said Gaber.
Gaber believes both men had slipped on the manhole cover, located in the spot where the guards turn.
“There is a flaw in the ceremony,” said Gaber. “It’s the fact that the guards have to turn on that manhole. With the shoes they wear, several of them were slipping and losing their footing as they turned. It’s dangerous.”
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http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/27/ceremonial-parliament-hill-guardsman-accidentally-impaled-by-his-bayonet/
A member of the Governor General’s Foot Guards was seriously injured during the Changing of the Guards ceremony on Parliament Hill Wednesday morning.
A 20-year-old male suffered a severe stab wound from his rifle-mounted bayonet after falling during the parade. Medics from the Canadian Forces immediately provided first aid to the injured man, applying pressure to his wound until paramedics arrived.
In addition to his wound, paramedics treated the man for severe blood loss.
He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he is currently in serious, but stable condition.
“It was terrifying,” said a bystander who witnessed the moment when the man fell, at approximately 10:30 a.m. “You could see a lot of blood covering the bayonet, and all over the ground where he fell.”
Devron Gaber, from Victoria, B.C., also witnessed the incident.
The man was screaming in pain for several minutes, but went silent once the medics began to treat him, said Gaber.
Dozens of tourists remained on the scene, taking photos of the guard while he was wounded on the ground.
The man, who was marching in the last group of guards, had fallen as he was turning by the main gates of Parliament Hill. A few seconds before he fell, another guard had also slipped in the same spot, but managed to recover and continue marching, said Gaber.
Gaber believes both men had slipped on the manhole cover, located in the spot where the guards turn.
“There is a flaw in the ceremony,” said Gaber. “It’s the fact that the guards have to turn on that manhole. With the shoes they wear, several of them were slipping and losing their footing as they turned. It’s dangerous.”
Read more -
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/27/ceremonial-parliament-hill-guardsman-accidentally-impaled-by-his-bayonet/
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