Oh bollocks . . . .

It was the explanation I got on my first aid course.

 

That could help.

I'm fortunate not to have ever been at a trauma but whenever I've done
cas-sims I've preferred the unconscious casualty. I always want to slap
the screamers and can't really do comforting words for the shell
shocked bystanders.

So if you are spark out then it's one less to worry about.

 

It's the quiet ones that you *have* to worry about.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, SP

The shopping centre Mrs WUN used to work in played muzak. One day they
had a "TV Themes" CD on as a guy keeled over.

As he was being wheeled out on a stretcher by the ambulance bods, the
tannoy was belting out the theme to "Casualty".

Apparently, half the staff were looking on in a concerned manner, and
the other half (including Mrs WUN) were convulsed with laughter, hoping
the guy would wake up and hear it.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Quite, screaming = airway and breathing so they drop to the back of the
queue.

The conscious ones are useful for telling you how many people were
present though so you can go off into the woods and get the one that
always wanders off.

 

One of my trainers[1] related the tale of coming upon a road accident where
one driver had ended up unconcious, flopped over the steering wheel, with
the top of the steering wheel pressed into their throat and cutting off
their airway. The victim was going blue. My trainer eased them back off
the steering wheel, still unconcious, and they started to breathe normally
again. That was all it took to save a life.

Anyone can go into a situation and think "What needs doing?" If you can't
render medical assistance, you can do ancillary stuff like controlling
traffic or bystanders, putting out fires, looking for other casualties who
may have ended up in the ditch, acting as contact man for the ambulance and
making sure it's on its way and going to the right place etc. First aid
training will help you with stuff like this, even if you never get the
chance to do roadside heart massage...

[1]First aid, not footwear.

 

Did you have the flip chart aid memoire?

It all got cut down a few years ago to reflect what little time you
actually have to stop and help someone on a battlefield.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

As horrific as watching someone gurgle away their last because you have
no fucking clue what to do?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

There's plenty of us with practice of putting SD in the recovery position...

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

That's handy, 'cos it'd *take* plenty of us to put SD in the recovery
position.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

"Don't have nightmares, do sleep well."

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Well, as an Assistant Air Traffic Controller, I figured that if I were
on a battlefield, the war wasn't likely to be going too well, anyway.

--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..75127../..18653.../..3196./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^' RBR Landmarks: 12 Pts: 220 Miles: 914

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Salad Dodger

ROTFLMAO

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

He's very nimble when pissed is our Dodger. He managed a reverse roll with
1/2 twist and spike (in the head) out of my tent and into the iron hedge
trimmer at BOSM.

 

I need a bigger card - this one's got marks all over it.

--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..75127../..18653.../..3196./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^' RBR Landmarks: 12 Pts: 220 Miles: 914

 

It'll be the Red Card next.

 

The "maintain until help arrives" option.

<nods>

 

There's a towbar on the combo.

 

It was explained to those that attended the TT course last year, which
obviously I thought *ick* at the idea of a 30mph accident (that could
possibly be doubled to 60, if involved with a vehicle in the other
direction) and how my organs would be hurt. It made me think.

Clearly the type of incident that a TT (or MGP) rider incurs is
different due to the fact that they are travelling at a higher speed,
they are in the position to be hitting an immovable object (dry stone
wall, for one) so the consequences are likely to be worse.

After the DJ incident a couple of years ago the organisers of the TT
(and MGP) had an obligation to undertake a risk assessment, which is
where the extra training for all marshalls comes into play. Even if
you are only a flag marshall it is now deemed 'good practice' to have
all the marshalls trained to a required level.

I think that the trauma side of things when you are involved in an
incident on the bike was there to make you think about things, and it
worked with the group I was with for the day.

--
Lesley
CBR600FW
SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster)
BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18
Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally

 

In the U.S. - heart disease center (sic) of the world - portable,
personal defib units are selling like hot cakes, for the fat cunts to
keep at home.