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The following is a public service announcement:
If you ride a motorcycle, bicycle, ATV, horse or scooter, or take part in high risk sports like down hill skiing or snowboarding: please, wear a helmet.and do up the chin strap so it fits snugly.
Brought to you in hindsight by the devastated family of an 18 year old kid who died in our ICU of massive head trauma tonight. He was wearing his helmet but didn't do up the chin strap. So please, take care of your brain, it's the only one you have.
It was a very sad afternoon for that family and for the staff who were caring for their son. I don't know if his outcome would have been different if he'd done up that chin strap, but it might have been.
Life is full of risks, and I certainly don't think we should wrap ourselves in bubble wrap, but there are reasonable things we can do to protect ourselves: wear your seat belt, wear a proper helmet (not one of those beanies that we in the medical profession call "donor helmets"), obey the traffic lights etc. I have seen the sad results of not doing so far too many times over the years.
Personally, I never, ever get on a horse without my helmet. It saved me once, when Midnight bucked me off; I hit my head on the sand and split the back of my helmet in half; I got away without injury, but without that helmet, I would have had some serious concussion, I'm sure.
Thank you, and happy trails!
If you ride a motorcycle, bicycle, ATV, horse or scooter, or take part in high risk sports like down hill skiing or snowboarding: please, wear a helmet.and do up the chin strap so it fits snugly.
Brought to you in hindsight by the devastated family of an 18 year old kid who died in our ICU of massive head trauma tonight. He was wearing his helmet but didn't do up the chin strap. So please, take care of your brain, it's the only one you have.
It was a very sad afternoon for that family and for the staff who were caring for their son. I don't know if his outcome would have been different if he'd done up that chin strap, but it might have been.
Life is full of risks, and I certainly don't think we should wrap ourselves in bubble wrap, but there are reasonable things we can do to protect ourselves: wear your seat belt, wear a proper helmet (not one of those beanies that we in the medical profession call "donor helmets"), obey the traffic lights etc. I have seen the sad results of not doing so far too many times over the years.
Personally, I never, ever get on a horse without my helmet. It saved me once, when Midnight bucked me off; I hit my head on the sand and split the back of my helmet in half; I got away without injury, but without that helmet, I would have had some serious concussion, I'm sure.
Thank you, and happy trails!
