(Reuters) - When "lava bombs" crashed into a tour boat in Hawaii this week, causing third-degree burns and a broken femur in the chaos, passengers used what little they had to help the injured during an agonizing 1-3/4-hour trip back to port, according to a former paramedic on the vessel.
The boat's captain sailed back to Hilo gingerly so as not to jolt the broken femur of a 20-year-old woman while passengers used coats to stop bleeding and seat padding to treat wounds, said Will Bryan, 38.
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