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8/20/2014 11:09pm
A group of us got together yesterday at a local track about two hours from here. We had a friend who has just gotten into motocross this year, but who has made tremendous progress and just loves riding. His excitement and enthusiasm is refreshing to see.
He crashed really hard on a steep downhill section of the track, and was completely out when my brother and I got to him. We estimated that he was unconscious for about a minute and a half before he was able to respond to us. I went through the motions of my "first on scene" emergency response training, and when we determined that nothing was broken, and had him sitting and then standing, we realized he was badly concussed. He remembered his name and ours, knew that he was married and had kids, but kept asking the same questions over and over - where are we? what day is it? where is my wife? why are we here?
Pretty scary to actually deal with it.
We got him quickly to the local hospital and after tests and x-rays they transported him 2 1/2 hours to Edmonton's U of A Hospital for further care.
They released him early this morning and his family has alerted us that he is doing fine. He has some serious road rash on his right lower back and left shoulder, as well as a big bruise on the back of his neck, but thank God he is going to be fine.
I was seriously worried sick to my stomach last night waiting for updates. Glad he's ok, could have been worse.
Heal up, Justin - can't wait to see you out there again!
He crashed really hard on a steep downhill section of the track, and was completely out when my brother and I got to him. We estimated that he was unconscious for about a minute and a half before he was able to respond to us. I went through the motions of my "first on scene" emergency response training, and when we determined that nothing was broken, and had him sitting and then standing, we realized he was badly concussed. He remembered his name and ours, knew that he was married and had kids, but kept asking the same questions over and over - where are we? what day is it? where is my wife? why are we here?
Pretty scary to actually deal with it.
We got him quickly to the local hospital and after tests and x-rays they transported him 2 1/2 hours to Edmonton's U of A Hospital for further care.
They released him early this morning and his family has alerted us that he is doing fine. He has some serious road rash on his right lower back and left shoulder, as well as a big bruise on the back of his neck, but thank God he is going to be fine.
I was seriously worried sick to my stomach last night waiting for updates. Glad he's ok, could have been worse.
Heal up, Justin - can't wait to see you out there again!
Glad your friend is going to be ok!
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Had son fall and hit front of head on kerb and fek me that was bad, fractured skull, blood clot and concussion, 2 1/2 yrs later there is still small effects at times. Now our family NEVER takes any head hits as a joke, grandson is still learning about never hitting anyone on head.
Tell him to go see a neuro and make sure he is right before getting on a bike again. Another good whack to the head before he is healed up and it could be much much worse.
His brother posted this pic up on his FB, pretty funny!
I had 1 like that, I was asking the time to my family every 5 minutes
I saw his mom this weekend, and she gave me a big long hug and said "thanks for being there for my son....." Kind of put a lump in my throat, thinking how different things could have been for that family.
STAY SAFE OUT THERE, MOTO BROTHERS AND SISTERS
Actually, right after the crash, after examining his helmet we found a hair line crack from the bottom back all the way up to the top. My brother actually said "time for a 6D, dude...."
Again... Glad he is doing better!
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