When Bhuvan Unhelkar, a professor at the Muma College of Business at the University of South Florida, had an accident while horseback riding with a friend in Cody, Wyoming, rescuers acted quickly to get him to a local emergency room.
“Cody, Wyoming is a quaint town—history, tall pines, draft beer and horses. I went in early September with a dear friend. After watching ferocious bison in Yellowstone, a two-hour horse ride sounded fun. Alas, minutes in, a cramp hit; when Jenny (the horse) dipped on a ridge, I lost the saddle and reins, tumbled headlong, and struck a tree stump. I couldn’t breathe.
“Pain exploded, my head bled. An inflatable one-wheel stretcher and ten rescuers got me down the mountain. At the emergency room, nine staples sealed my scalp—and the verdict came: two cervical and five thoracic vertebrae were crushed.”
“Get Bhuvan to Florida now.”…