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Might not have been as bad as it looked. I understand that it's now pretty much standard procedure to take the roof off the car in even fairly minor shunts. Something to do with the Fire Service not wanting to get sued for moving possible neck injury victims.
Dad and I saw what appeared to be a minor shunt on the M25, slight damage to passenger door and bloke sat there in a neck brace whilst they hacked the roof off a brand new Peugeot.
Even worse, a friend in the fire service told me a story about an accident he attended where the 'victim' had moved from his bent car into the passenger seat of a passing good samaritan's car. Unfortunately when the ambulance and firemen turned up they whacked a neck brace on him and then took the jaws of life to the roof of the passerby's car rather than make him get out... no wonder our insurance premiums are always going up.
Dad and I saw what appeared to be a minor shunt on the M25, slight damage to passenger door and bloke sat there in a neck brace whilst they hacked the roof off a brand new Peugeot.
Even worse, a friend in the fire service told me a story about an accident he attended where the 'victim' had moved from his bent car into the passenger seat of a passing good samaritan's car. Unfortunately when the ambulance and firemen turned up they whacked a neck brace on him and then took the jaws of life to the roof of the passerby's car rather than make him get out... no wonder our insurance premiums are always going up.
Not such a bad idea to be fair. I knew a chap who was able to get to the verge, thought he was concussed a little, ambulance whacked a neck brace on him, and gingerly carried him into the ambulance, it turned out he had fractured his neck.
Any serious car accidents get the same treatment, it would only take one where they didn't check the occupants thoroughly and a subsequent paralysis would ensue.
Any serious car accidents get the same treatment, it would only take one where they didn't check the occupants thoroughly and a subsequent paralysis would ensue.
Some chap in the US got whacked from behind on a freeway, stopped on the central reservation, swapped details with the other driver then collapsed with a broken neck.
By this time the other guy had driven off and it was quite a few days before he was discovered lying paralysed in the grass.
Hmmm.
>> Edited by bad loser on Tuesday 13th July 13:30
By this time the other guy had driven off and it was quite a few days before he was discovered lying paralysed in the grass.
Hmmm.
>> Edited by bad loser on Tuesday 13th July 13:30
WOW, I find it amazing that cutting the car apart is standard procedure in England. I'm a Paramedic here in the United States. We usually only cut the car apart if the doors wont open or the occupants are pinned inside. We are trained in extrication technique with spinal immobilization, I perform this technique without cutting the car apart 95% of the time. So far so good (knock on wood), Thank Goodness! Stay safe everyone!
I remember getting a patient extricated out of a bad wreck right through the passenger side door which none of the firefighters bothered to check. I had the patient on a backboard and in my ambulance before the fire department had their hydraulic tools set-up and ready to go. Boy were they mad at me for ruining all of their fun.
I guess the fire brigade in England is not so different than our own fire departments here in the US.
I guess the fire brigade in England is not so different than our own fire departments here in the US.
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