Crash caught on video

If you have an unconscious victim following trauma, the airway is
compromised and the patient should be intubated. So the helmet needs to
come off.

Here's how:

http://www.facs.org/trauma/publications/helmet.pdf

 

"He's" a "she".

 

One organised by the local plod , first aid taught by a paramedic (bike
safe west midlands)

 

If she'd just been going that little bit faster, she'd have made that gap.


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And it wasn't mentioned that you only take it off if the poor bugger's
probably going to die if you don't?

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I was wondering when someone was going to blame it on the biker ;-)

 

Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot came up with the following;:

 

"Lack of speed kills"

Si

 

Heh.

This thread has had first aid, acident analysis, and now the UKRM
approach to accident avoidance in a nutshell.

 

Now, how do you print that off and attach it to yourself so that if
needed someone will see it, and it survives whatever caused it's need?

 

My DSA examiner had "DO NOT REMOVE MY HELMET" stickers all over his
helmet, but I doubt anyone would read them if he was splattered across
a road.

 

Quadroplegic ?

HTH

Paul.

 

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Exactly what I thought. All this talk of tits etc. It's very frustrating.

 

From the course I was on where the guy giving the course was a
motorcyclist he once having given the official line, ref the example
given, said that would probably cause damage to the spinal cord due to
the stretching action of pulling the helmet off. He then asked those
motorcyclists amongst up to demonstrate the way we put our helmets on.
All of us, apart from the occasional 'person', lead with our forehead
into the helmet first then rolled the helmet on to our head. This
enables the rear part of the head to entry the helmet without force. To
do this in reverse he suggested was the least forceful way to remove the
helmet. So:

With your helper supporting the neck as per given example, ready with
neck brace, strap undone, place the four fingers of one hand through the
visor opening onto the forehead then with the other hand roll the helmet
off towards your first hand, until the back of the helmet has passed
over the back of the head. The force of your push being countered by the
pressure of your fingers. Then you can continue the removal with out
force.

Takes a few practice goes before you get to grips with it and then it's
not a problem. It's better to practice this before you need it for real.

 

The fact remains most people at the scene of an accident have no formal
training and removing the helmet is likely to cause more injury than leaving
it in place

The only time i would ever consider taking the helmet off is if the
motorcyclist was not breathing and only then if it prevented me giving
appropriate first aid

As far as i am concerned first aid and accident scene management should be a
standard part of the driving/riding test .

 

Oh No.

You see the way they drive after their "training"[1] - do you want them
practising first aid as well?

[1] No disrespect to driving schools - just 90% of their pupils.

 

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:50:13 GMT, "Steve Robinson"

If I crash heavily and end up unconscious I hope someone with the
ability to take my crash helmet off safely is in the close vicinity.

I'm not sure I fancy either option given the choice of spinal damage
caused by clumsy crash helmet removal or brain damage caused by oxygen
starvation. If I had to choose it's be the spinal damage because at
least I could amuse myself pretending to be Superman.

 

Is that the bit were he gets to play with Lois lane .

 

Are all hinged helmets heavy and horrible? it would be easier if they
were all cantilevered. Kinder to gurls hair too.