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There’s no saying how much further he would of recovered but you can absolutely say the medics at the race didn’t do anything to help his chances.
Those guys in the picture are THE guys our "elite" sport has hired to be there if the worst happens. They aren't some random EMT at the local track.
If you are in that position, and you do what those guys did, such as moving a downed rider who has indicated a spinal injury....YOU ARE THE BAD GUY.
You are right, life isn't fair. That doesn't mean there shouldn't be consequences for bad decisions and broken protocols. If you have an Alpinestars Medic shirt on at a race you sure as hell should know not to move that kid.
It's a shit sandwich no matter where you stand.
I do understand it must suck for those guys, but somebody has to be held accountable for this.
I'm 99.999999% sure they had the best of intentions, but if you're in that position you HAVE to know better, right?
Was someone yelling on the radio to clear the track? Were they TOLD to get him off the track?
It just seems to me there is no excuse whatsoever for those guys to think moving him was acceptable.
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This is all a very very bad look for the event and the A stars crew. It was then and still is.
spinal immobilization in trauma patients
Results:
All patients with acute blunt traumatic spinal or spinal cord injuries, 0/120 patients had spinal immobilization at Malaysian Hospital, 334/334 patients had spinal immobilization at New Mexico Hospital. Neurologic Injury with Disability: US Hospital: 21%, Malaysian Hospital: 11%. Less neurologic disability in in the unimmobilized Malaysian patients (OR 2.03; 95% CI 1.03 – 3.99; p = 0.04)Results similar when analysis limited to patients with cervical injuries (OR 1.52; 95% CI 0.64 – 3.62; p = 0.34)
Author Conclusion: “Out-of-hospital immobilization has little or no effect on neurologic outcome in patients with blunt spinal injuries.”
My issue with "someone needs to be held accountable"..... is all the people who hate Feld and want to make them pay and it has nothing to do with Brians injury. (not saying that's you).
It never ceases to amaze me the supposed "fans" of the sport are clamoring for the demise of the supporters of our sport.
You see them doing it with Suzuki
You see them doing it with media outlets (ie: MXA)
...and of course you see them doing it with Feld.
Cutting off your nose to spite your face anyone?
In the end, racing is a risk....life is a risk... We live in a society where "someone needs to pay" and the "pitchfork" mentality is the norm. (I've been guilty of it myself from time to time but I try to rise above it).
FFS some woman just won a judgement against a car insurance company because she caught an STD from the owner of the car they had the funky monkey in. What a ***ked up world.
Please remember, this legal action, I hope, is not to nail a worker to a wall, but rather it's to extract compensation from a faceless insurance company.
There is a balance between not nailing someone to the wall, but also making sure that same mistake doesn't happen again.
What did Moreau exactly tell the medics? Was he downplaying his pain?
Did he crash and try to get up? Was he trying to walk? When did he complain about tingling? Maybe they were telling him to get down and he was trying to get up. Being his first race and practice and being young was his adrenaline going and trying to “walk it off”. I know a lot riders who broke their neck or back and immediately tried to get up, with the ability to do so.
Pictures don’t always tell the full story. Knowing the extent of his injuries and seeing the photos, it’s easy to cry foul.
However, I highly doubt anyone here knows the full story and Bodnar is a pro. Before making any judgments, the whole story should be known.
Edit: Maybe Steph/LeBig can chime in. He took the photos.
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In this case, it certainly appears that reasonable precautions were not taken and Moreau may have been more severely injured as a result. That part would not even have to be proven (which is good for Moreau because proving it would be impossible). He has an extremely strong case, the pictures are horrible to look at.
Again, photos never tell a whole story. Medics rely on a downed rider for the plan of action if they are awake and aware.
Can you say for fact that Moreau wasn’t claiming he wanted to get up and was saying he was going to be ok without mentioning it was his head or neck that hurt?
I know I’ve been knocked silly on the track before and have asked for help getting up.
https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Why-no-status-on-Moreau,…
I thought he was one of the medics and having been picked up by Bodnar more than once, I felt there was no way he would have done anything in the photos unless justified.
So count me on the side of WTF and facepalm now.
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