No, your typical broken hip is actually a broken femur. I mean, it's entirely possible she broke her lower leg, femur, and pelvis, but it is also possible to refer to the same break as a broken femur, broken hip, or broken leg.
We don't actually know what injuries Rose suffered. The journalists give out what little they understand.
Which is not very useful as an EMERGENCY EXIT, which this is designed to be.
I'll go along with George's version for the usual cases. The ball fits into the socket, forming the "hip" joint. The point being, a "broken leg" is a different injury from a "broken hip." You don't say one to mean the other. As to whether the journalist knows that or not, who knows? I did not assume the three injuries mentioned to be different ways of referring to a single injury. They *sound* like multiple injuries.
(as often happens here)There are improvements in the design that can be implemented in future cars to prevent people from opening the side doors when they should not and to alert the crew that the door has been opened. The specifications for the bi-level corridor car being built by Nippon-Sharyo covers sensors to detect when each door is open and speed sensors to keep the doors closed when not at zero speed. There are multiple pages of specs for the side door operations, which are quite extensive and some of which are aimed at preventing the sort of incident that occurred here.
For what it's worth, my orthopedic surgeon used the terms interchangeably with my own break.I'll go along with George's version for the usual cases. The ball fits into the socket, forming the "hip" joint. The point being, a "broken leg" is a different injury from a "broken hip." You don't say one to mean the other. As to whether the journalist knows that or not, who knows? I did not assume the three injuries mentioned to be different ways of referring to a single injury. They *sound* like multiple injuries.
I have no idea what her actual injuries are. I hope both she and Amtrak recover well.
Edit: FormerOBS, our posts crossed.
Obviously, YMMV.
Hubby had a "broken hip," which was the term commonly used by the doctors and medical staff at a major trauma center, local hospital, three ICU units, and three in-patient rehab facilities. Not one person ever referred to it as a "broken leg." In my younger days, I also worked several years in a hospital, and I don't recall anyone ever interchangeably using the two terms, although I wasn't focused on those particular injuries.
Therefore, that's just my take on it. I think we've all begun splitting hairs!
The derioration sounds similar to what my wife had 22 years ago. She was having quite a bit of pain in her left hip. X-rays and MRI's were done. She was told she was having femur head necrosis, that is, the head of the femur was dying due to lack of blood flow. The answer was to drill a hole into the head of the femur and that the irritation would result in increased blood flow. She had to be very careful of how much weight she put on it for several months, but it worked and she has had no problems in that area since. This was done in Taipei, Taiwan. I don't think it was or is done in the US.
Too much difficulty in being able to open the door or being able to easily figure out how to do it can result is serious evacuation issues in case of addicent. There has to be a middle ground so that you don't cause a new problem with the fix of a problem. You can't fix everything all the time so there has to be a set of priorities developed in the fixes, and these must be based on real events, not published events.
The spec is the same as used on the California and Surfliner cars. In the cab of the locomotives and cab cars there is a door light that alerts the engineer that a door is open, and when it's iluminated the locomotive won't load / will drop the load (make tractive power).
I can "one-up" that. As a SA employee on the LD trains as a kid, after dinner and side work was done, I'd sneak into the baggage car, unscrew the light bulbs, so if the conductor opened the door and turned the lights on, he wouldn't see me, slide open the BIG baggage door, throw some soft luggage into a pile to sit on, and watch the scenery pass by, with noise from the SDP 40's, and the smell of brake shoes wafting thru the BIG door. It was the original "Big Screen". Stoopid? You bet. Fun? Yup. Ahh, the ignorance of youth. Not recommended. (And "yes", I remembered to screw the light bulbs back in, sheesh)I can neither confirm nor deny that I may or may not have opened that window on the door once or more than once while the train was in motion and going at a good speed
It is as much fun as it sounds it would be... and no, I have not fallen out of the train. Yet.
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My dad would drive even though I don't think he had a valid license. My mom made her own decision to stop driving. Both were in their 80's.
Good luck on tackling this issue! I am sure there are many in this same boat! F-I-L not "confused" enough to be deemed legally incompentent but can cause real problems if they get behind the wheel! Or travel because they could get confused and cause huge inconvience to others. Doc's have told my F-I-L time and time again .. "yes, you can travel but have to have someone with you and only for short distances at a time".
Sometimes easier said than done Mr. GML. We had both our mothers in our home at the same time when they both needed to be cared for outside their homes. It worked for about three months until one became incorrigible and neither were able to get the care they needed when we both needed to go to work. Sometimes a quality assisted living facility is a better situation than the children trying to take care of parents who no longer can take care of themselves. It was a difficult decision and we each spent everyday at their care facilities out of a guilt feeling that we should not have had. Each person needs to evaluate their individual situation and determine what is best for their mom and/or dad. I know I would not put my mother on an Amtrak train alone, if there were any questions about her ability to manage the trip
