I need your crashed gear! (and new donor helmets...)

[rforsythe]

Greetings,

I am working on my EMT cert, and noticed the woeful lack of motorcycle-related supplies for folks to practice on. This is one of the better schools out there, and about all they have are a couple 20-year-old lids on a shelf to demo removals on.

I know from firsthand experience many of you have been the recipient of proper helmet technique, and at least a few of you that ended up having neck fractures that turned up after the fact that probably owe your ability to walk today, to people knowing what they were doing when they pulled it off your head. I've also seen under-trained medics give it a go, and trust me - you don't want that.

Some of you go through gear like it's going out of style, so I am requesting donations of crashed gear if you have it. I need helmets (especially well-crashed ones, so we can show what it looks like when someone eats it); also if you were in a crash where the outer shell was relatively unmolested but the interior foam shows cracks, that would be very useful too. Also I need actual riding gear (race or street) so we can show people what it's like to assess a patient with thick leather or textile on, and the difficulties that can make.

Even if it's something you want to keep for sentimental value, it would be very useful for me to even borrow it for a couple months. If it's something you want back let me know in advance, and I will tag it so I can return it. Otherwise it will become part of the training material for the course; gear will get cut up, helmets will get passed around, etc.

Also if you are with a shop and maybe have some cheapo full-face helmets you can't move, please consider donating them to me for this for the removal training; we can't use crashed lids for this part since people will actually be putting them on. With 22 people in the class, we need 7-8 of them. Right now they have two available.

Please consider that the EMT that gets trained on this stuff today might just be the person who gets called to work on you at some point. Any help here is doing a major good deed for riders (and maybe even racers) around the state.

If you're going to Sheila's party on the 24th I can collect there, or just PM me here and we can hook up to get whatever you have.

Thanks!!
- Ralph

[asp_125]

That's great Ralph. Anything to get emergency personnel more familiar with motorcycle gear and its affect on riders; in the unfortunate event that anyone of us should need their assistance. I'll see what I have in the gear closet. I know for sure a pair of too small ballistic nylon riding pants.

[PsychoMike]

i have a helmet you can use. but it is of sentimental value so i would like it back. i have a mild crash one and a bad crashed one. you can use both.

[ChrisCBX]

I have 2 good condition Shoei helmets that you can have.

[mtnairlover]

I knew I was hanging on to my crashed helmets for some reason. I'll deliver at least 2 at Sheila's party.

[Devaclis]

Bob should be able to keep you supplied for a few years.

Ralph, I have an old helmet but it is not rashed

[konichd]

I have an older HJC helmet thats in good shape for you Ralph

[1ofTheBoys]

Ralph, I have a helmet, gloves and a 1 piece suit that you can use. I would like the suit and gloves back when you are done.
I will bring them to Sheila's going away party.....oh wait that's me. See you then.

[McVaaahhh]

I've got an old Shoei I could donate.

I could also donate my recently crashed Scorpion, but I'd like that one back.

[puckstr]

How 'bout an xray of Bob's skull?

[rforsythe]

How 'bout an xray of Bob's skull?

I was actually thinking of bringing Bob in as a human prop. That guy is a walking encyclopedia of motorcycle accident trauma at this point.

Thanks everyone else who's donating, this is great! If you aren't going to Sheila's party please shoot me a PM so we can make alternative plans.

[Mental]

I was actually thinking of bringing Bob in as a human prop. That guy is a walking encyclopedia of motorcycle accident trauma at this point.

Thanks everyone else who's donating, this is great! If you aren't going to Sheila's party please shoot me a PM so we can make alternative plans.

Oooooh, that may be a bad idea. The students will go" Aw hell, that guy survived?...we can do anything to them"

I keed I keed. I also PM

[rforsythe]

Anyone coming up from the Springs sometime soon that could grab Mental's donated gear on the way?

[Captain Obvious]

I got tired of staring at a pile of trashed helmets so tossed them when I moved. I considered cutting them in half and mounting them on plaques for the garage, but then that would be a bit like a monument to all my crashes, and that wouldn't be smart. I would have needed a good amount of wall space too.

[Captain Obvious]

Anyone coming up from the Springs sometime soon that could grab Mental's donated gear on the way?

I am coming up Sunday to meet with people for boarding. Any of them going to be crossing your path? I could transport from the Springs to the Dino lots and hand them off.

[siriuschris]

I have a helmet, jacket, pants, and gloves you can borrow.
All destroyed.

Chris
303-722-2464

[rforsythe]

Bump! Bring gear tomorrow. If you can't make it I will get with you another time, based on whatever I get tomorrow and whatever else people are offering up.

Thanks!

[rybo]

Ralph,

I have a helmet (or two DOH!) and some gloves that I can provide to the cause.

s

[rforsythe]

Ralph,

I have a helmet (or two DOH!) and some gloves that I can provide to the cause.

s

Sweet! Maybe I can demo your broken finger splinting technique too.

[rybo]

Sure....here it is in 4 easy steps:

Step 1: Locate someone's safety wire and pliers
Step 2: Splint in two locations, one above and one below the break
Step 3: Snug up the wire allowing the adjacent finger to act as the splint.
Step 4: Be sure to trim and tuck the ends of the wire to avoid "other" injuries (you really could put an eye out with that)

[dirkterrell]

Sure....here it is in 4 easy steps:

Safety wire and duct tape can fix anything. Here's what happens when you don't follow Scott's advanced medical procedure:



Dirk