Cedric Gracia's near death crash ( not for the squeemish)

[ibisti]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQJn7h1SyW4

Don't click on this if you have an issue with blood. Goes to show that even a rather inocuous ride can end in disaster. Good job he knew what to do in that situation. Its sobering to think that a guy with all of his skills can have a freak accident like this. Maybe I should take a first aid course.

[The Walrus]

Ouch must book refresher course for first aid !!!

[scubadude]

Ouch!

Seemed like a totally nothing crash, what when in his leg to start with?

Good friends and quick thinking there.

[Apriliaer]

^ +1 Everybody should do a first aid course if they have the means.

Keep meaning to put together a a decent kit (better than the one I bought off the shelf) to deal with bleeds. Buying a bit of time until help arrives can make all the difference.

[DrMekon]

Signed up for BC L2 coaching, which has prompted me to sign up for 1st aid too.

[whatleytom]

scubadude said:

Ouch!

Seemed like a totally nothing crash, what when in his leg to start with?

Good friends and quick thinking there.

I think he broke his pelvis which tore open his femoral artery by the sounds of the video.

[Taita]

Crikey - good work by him and his mucker though.

[rhinochopig]

Celox chaps. We used to use it in MR. It's designed to stop arterial bleeds and funnily enough is available at most places that sell chainsaws.

It comes as either a powder which will fit in you camelback/seat bag or as in impregnated bandage. Very clever stuff.

Edited by rhinochopig on Tuesday 24th December 09:12

[Taita]

rhinochopig said:

Celox chaps. We used to use it MR. It's designed to stop arterial bleeds and funnily enough is available at most places that sell chainsaws.

It comes as either a powder which will fit in you camelback/seat bag or as in impregnated bandage. Very clever stuff.

Make sure you don't get it in your eyes! Yikes!

[scubadude]

whatleytom said:

I think he broke his pelvis which tore open his femoral artery by the sounds of the video.

I watched it a couple of times but the choppy edit made it hard to follow, must have missed the pelvis bit... still sounds like a big injury given the look of the accident- I suppose there could be a rock hidden in the grass he landed on or something.

The way it was p*ssing out made me think he'd landed on his brake lever or something.

[P-Jay]

Not sure about this one, but he did break his pelvis a year before and nearly died because of internal bleeding, I might be wrong but this one was 'just' a really bad gash.

He's got some nuts on him though, lots of people might have got to bits, but he's straight into the wound with his fingers, must have stung a bit.

[Jimbo.]

Speared his femoral vein on a lever or trailside debris, or so I've read. Messy!

[joema]

He's had a fair few st injuries in the last few years. This was just unlucky.

I couldn't work out how they slowed the bleeding to be honest. What did they do?

[ecsrobin]

By kneeling on the wound itself. That's why they were taking it in turns to add pressure with a knee as a lot of force is needed. Another method would be a tourniquet but most people don't carry one.

Just to add in this case I think the wound was too high up to be able to use a tourniquet.

[Apriliaer]

Don't be shy about putting a boot in there. They wont thank you for it at the time (and I'll happily concede to any paramedics on here that know better) but t'was how I was taught.

The clotting stuff mentioned up the page is magic - but get the bandage/strip. Negates wind/eyes/mouth unpleasantness...

Stay safe!

[Taita]

The HemCon / QuikClot stuff is good too, I forget the name of the stuff we're given now but it is a replacement for Celox due to people ending up a casualty themselves