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Usually makes things worse is my experience on scene.
Can't align the head/neck/shoulders/back with a helmet on, football players leave the helmet on because the helmet/shoulder pads keep everything aligned.
Couldn't see it but if he was having any respiratory issues the helmet must come off.
Don't throw the EMT/paramedic name in there just because those guys had yellow vests and helmets on. Who knows what training they have if any.
We also had a problem for a short time with medics who wanted to transport EVERYONE. Took care of that pretty quickly.
Luckily, we had a good relationship with the local fire department. They offered classes to their medics on helmet removal and learned how to do a RACER/RIDER assessment. We were very fortunate to have the crews that we did.
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I think you guys should remember where he was, a country barely removed from 3rd World Status. He was performing for promoters that obviously hadn't thought through the danger and what can happen when things go wrong. Let's not pull anything if they had thought it through, trained staff would have been there, someone like Doc Bodner. You might also want to consider that most local events in the good ol' USA don't have a rider advocate either. Its just a fact in this sport.
Bad shit happens when things go wrong and this went wrong in a really bad way. You can go on for a long time trying to pin blame on someone but in the end this is about not being ready for the "when" because at that level there is no "if".
There is more discussion on the freestyle board stemming from this tragic accident about Leatt braces and air-ambulance insurance...but as Bob said, there are so many freestyle events around the world and the riders are so scattered that it's probably not feasible to have a medical staff of their own to travel with them. Sucks really.
I just hope that he is able to make a recovery and come home.
Mexico has rich people but I sure as shit don't want to go there for medical care.
When they operated they found a fragment of my vertabrae in the main artery the surgeon said she just nudged it and blood flew out and i lost 70% of my blood and spinal fluid. it was just lucky i was on the table. now if they had done to me what they did to lusk i would've been dead in seconds.
What a tragedy!
I was gone surfing for the week, just got back to San Jose to find out about this awful incident.
FIM Medical Code for International Events, something that needs a serious review.
My prayers and best wishes to Lusk, family and friends
RIP Jeremy Lusk
Was this at the same stadium?
We have a pretty good idea of the treatment he got trackside.
Most of us race or at least ride, and understand the danger aspect of what we do. When things go bad, we have a minimal expectation that the people on site to help in a serious crash will have decent training and at least not make things worse.
After seeing the video footage of Jeremy's crash, I'm not confident that happened. Did it change the outcome, we'll never know. Could it have been much better, it appears so.
RIP JL.
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It is a sad day. GODSPEED Jeremy
The first responders here did not handle the situation properly. If they were not trained EMT's then that's on the promoter. There appeared to be no attempt to communicate with the rider before moving any part of his body. It looks like that would have been with no response but FIRST you try to communicate. Not position him for a backboard that hasn't even gotten there yet. I don't want to watch again but it looked to me like the straps for the head restraint were dangling below the board as they ran off with him.
Some sort of transportation should have been brought to him. That 200 yard run was sickening. It appeared that the other rider was trying his best to steady Lusk's body.
It's too late now. Lusk is gone. But one has to wonder if things could have been different with a little better first response. I'd like to hear the other rider's perspective when he gets over the grief of losing a friend.
Watching them pull his helmet off & running out of the arena was harder to watch then the actual crash....I'm sick!
RIP Lusk
Given all of what I have read about the situation and understand to be true I can't help but wonder if the way the paramedics handled this particular situation didn't turn out to give Jeremy the best possible chance of surviving even if it happened by complete accident and sheer incompetence. The reason I say this is because according to the reports Jeremy's neck was not broken but did have head trauma. In this particular case getting him to the hospital ASAP was probably the best thing.
I'm sure someone who is AFD will correct me if I am wrong. Of course, if he did have a broken neck then they could have caused much more damage than good so I am not saying that in general it is good not to do the ABCs, just that in this one single case it may have been beneficial that they didn't, assuming it got Jeremy to the hospital one minute sooner to begin treatment.
I'm sure the discussion will erupt, but the feats today's pro freestyle guys are pulling look to be unsurvivable if things go badly, and it doesn't matter how much protective gear is worn or who is standing by to help.
RIP Jeremy...
Maybe there should be some sort of rating system for them, so you dont get the crappy emt's or the ones that dont care. I realize the sport is dangerous but we should have qualified emt's when we ride the track.
R.I.P. Jeremy Lusk.
This was an absolute load and go situation. His best chance was to get to a top level trauma center ASAP. From the info that I have read, and from seeing the video, head trauma is unfortunately what did him in.
With that being said, I will go on to this. His neck could have been stabilized better. He should have been "logrolled" on to the board. Extremity trauma is not of concern here. The best spinal stabilization possible for the situation was important, keeping in mind that they absolutely needed to get to his airway quickly. The helmet should have been removed, because that did not allow access to the airway, and as someone else said, a helmet in this situation will actually detract from inline spinal immobilization. The blocks should have been closer to his head and his head taped down--this only takes a few seconds. Attention to the ABCs should have been started right away. Decreased respirations or not breathing at all increases the level of CO2 in the blood, and increased levels of CO2 leads to increased brain swelling (not something that is needed after such a severe blow), and rapid respirations are also a negative thing, so immediate assistance with the respirations should have happened if they were needed. After a few quick, important cares, the important thing was getting him the heck out of there and to the trauma center, and the sooner the better.
R.I.P. Jeremy Lusk.
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