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Aladinsaneuk · #1 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:59 pm

after reading about Andy's off and his avowed intent to avoid getting into an ambulance - even if you have a low speed off - go and get checked in hospital

again for those who are of the hard of understanding

GO TO HOSPITAL

MOST PEOPLE CAN TELL IF THEY HAVE BROKEN A BONE - BUT THEY CANNOT TELL ABOUT THE INTERNAL INJURIES

in this instance andy was lucky - broken ribs could have perforated a lung - he would have felt fine for a period of time - then a nice haemo or pnuemo thorax would have dropped his breathing very quickly

other common injuries after even a low speed off are kidney damage, or spleen damage - not necessarily life threatening at the time, but will be/could be in a few hours

case in point - friend had an off on thursday - came home and asked me to check him over. I did, and was happy that he had no major injuries, but I insisted that he went to be checked over

he kept putting things off.... i started ringing him every 10 minutes till he went to A and E - as he said later, he went because I was nagging him and he was getting pissed off

at A and E he was told that he was fine - but when he told the triage nurse that I had nagged him to go, he was told about the biker who died a couple of weeks ago following a 40 mph off - his spleen ruptured and he was bleeding out into his gut - he apparently told the paramedics that he was too much of a man to get checked over at the hospital

There are many fools in grave yards!

so, I very rarely give medical advice, for obvious reasons re litigation - but thats one for all - GO GET A CHECK UP IF YOU HAVE AN OFF

/rant over

Samray · #2 Post by **Samray** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:09 pm

D-Rider · #3 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:12 pm

Can't argue with that Pete ..... lessons learned and all that.

Gio · #4 Post by **Gio** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:06 pm

TBO I don't trust the NHS, why should I trust them to get anything like a simple "off" properly?

woodbutcher · #5 Post by **woodbutcher** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:27 pm

About 15 years ago i knew somebody who got knocked of his bike, car pulled out in front of him.He got up and appeared fine 20 minutes later he collapsed and died, internal injuries

Aladinsaneuk · #6 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:57 pm

TBH pete, its like this - trust them or not - if there is something wrong they may find it - if you don't go and there is something wrong, it may well be the coroner that finds it....

D-Rider · #7 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:13 pm

Yeah - At the time I thought I was all right - felt like muscular / ligament / bruising stuff and it would settle down in a week.

Paramedics checked my spine etc and couldn't find any real issues - said I could go if I chose to but recommended I went to A&E.
Now knowing that you always wait for 3 or 4 hrs to be seen at our A&E I was sorely tempted to leave it but I took their advice. Very glad I did.

Before I got to hospital, things hurt a LOT more - the adrenalin had done it's stuff and had flushed through (or whatever it does - I'm sure Pete will correct me if I've got this wrong)

I think that's a lot of it though - at the time of the incident and for a while afterwards you are running on adrenalin and are in no position to evaluate your own condition. Best that the experts do it for you.

BikerGran · #8 Post by **BikerGran** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:24 pm

Good advice also evidenced by the death of actress Natasha Redgrave after a slight knock to the head in a very minor ski-ing accident - she was alughing about it a few minutes after, and dead the next day!

Quite apart from the health aspect, it's also a good way to make sure the accident gets a police report if there are insurance issues.