Hi All,

Here's my take on the subject of "Hemet vs No Helmet."

As a critical care nurse in the Burn/Trauma ICU at Strong Hospital for the past
11 years I have personally worked on two inline skaters both of which suffered
fatal head injuries due to falls. Both skaters were not wearing helmets and
both ended up organ donors.

I also fell while skating in the Ontario Shore Marathon a few years back and
broke five bones in my face and flattened a portion of the right side of my
helmet. Had I not had a helmet I would have certainly sustained a head injury a
long with my broken face. I now wear a helmet with a jaw gaurd while skating or
riding my bike.

Wear a Helmet!

Sincerely,



tOm rOssBorOugH






----- Original Message ----
From: Michael Carnahan <carnahan_m@...>
To: yahoogroups@...; skateRiSC@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 6:48:41 AM
Subject: RE: RiSC : Do helmets help?


I sat down at the computer to order a new helmet this morning.

I was riding my bike along Lakeshore. The town of Irondiquite Is installing
a paved walking/skating path in front of the lake. As I was riding at a
fairly high rate of speed, observing their progress AND NOT MY OWN I looked
foreward just as I hit a warning sign srtaight on (perhaps dead on) I think
that I flipped over. I know that I landed on my back and then my helmet
smashed into the pavement. I also remember thinking that this is surre going
to make a mess of my helmet.

I have broken a few ribs and am very sore, but I AM STILL ALIVE.

Mike Carnahan


>From: "Greg" <yahoogroups@...>
>To: skateRiSC@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RiSC : Do helmets help?
>Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 02:42:55 -0000
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/15/mangled.helmet.ap/index.html
>
>Helmet saves man when truck runs over his head
>POSTED: 5:06 p.m. EDT, May 15, 2007
>
>MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AP) -- Ryan Lipscomb lived to tell how it felt
>to have a truck run over his head. "Really strange," he said.
>
>Lipscomb, 26 of Seattle, suffered a concussion but was otherwise
>unhurt. He was shaken up, especially after he saw his mangled helmet.
>
>Lipscomb, a graduate student in medical physics at the University of
>Wisconsin-Madison, was riding down a bike path in Madison on Friday
>afternoon. As he approached an intersection, he said, he noticed the
>oncoming delivery truck preparing to make a right turn in front of him.
>
>The truck wasn't going to stop, Lipscomb said, so he slammed on his
>brakes, flipping his bike and landing in the street.
>
>A moment later the truck rolled over his head.
>
>"I didn't see it coming, but I sure felt it roll over my head," he
>told The Capital Times newspaper. "It feels really strange to have a
>truck run over your head."
>
>His black helmet was flattened, tread marks visible on the cracked frame.
>
>Lipscomb was taken to a hospital and released about three hours later.
>
>Police initially declined to call the incident a hit-and-run, saying
>it was unclear whether the driver knew someone had been hit. But Sgt.
>Bernie Gonzalez later updated the accident report to include the
>designation.
>
>Police spokesman Mike Hanson said Tuesday there hasn't been an arrest
>because investigators haven't been able to identity the driver.
>
>In a telephone interview Tuesday with The Associated Press, Lipscomb
>said he has had some lingering headaches and a stiff neck.
>
>"All things considered, that's about as good as it can get," he said.
>
>Despite the close call, he said, he has to focus on school because his
>qualifying exam for the Ph.D. program is next week.
>
>"I think it will probably hit me when I'm done with exams," Lipscomb said.
>
>Lipscomb does plan to ride again, he just prefers to wait until after
>exams are over.
>
>"After that, I'll go out and get a new helmet and be back on my bike,"
>he said.
>
>Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material
>may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
>

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