Why you should wear your seatbelt!
12-20-2008, 10:27 AM
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Being a firefighter and running EMS as well for 8 years, I've seen enough of that aftermath in person. Too many young people (and old) killed or severely injured 'cause they didn't take 1 second to put on a seat belt. How many have I seen killed from wearing a seat belt? 0.
12-20-2008, 10:38 AM
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I think that it was the way the video was shot. It's as if it were a staged scene from a Jackass movie. I didn't squirt the pee, but was laughing.
Of course, it's not funny when people are killed or mangled, it's just that damn video....
12-22-2008, 10:23 AM
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I've run a few MVA's with ejection where they survived.
The one that comes to mind was a 17 year old driver, 18 year old front passenger, and 17 year old rear passenger. Rear passenger was restrained. Driver & front passenger were not.
Vehicle crashed and flipped 3+ times, ejecting the driver & front passenger onto the roadway. Arriving on location within 2 minutes of our dispatch, our units found them laying in the road with severe head trauma. 2 of our Ambulances transported both of them to the hospital as Class 1 Trauma Codes (most severe you can be). The hospital was only a 2-3 minute ride at Emergency Speed.
The driver survived, his front passenger died at the hospital. The rear passenger (Who WAS restrained) had minor bruises.
The one that comes to mind was a 17 year old driver, 18 year old front passenger, and 17 year old rear passenger. Rear passenger was restrained. Driver & front passenger were not.
Vehicle crashed and flipped 3+ times, ejecting the driver & front passenger onto the roadway. Arriving on location within 2 minutes of our dispatch, our units found them laying in the road with severe head trauma. 2 of our Ambulances transported both of them to the hospital as Class 1 Trauma Codes (most severe you can be). The hospital was only a 2-3 minute ride at Emergency Speed.
The driver survived, his front passenger died at the hospital. The rear passenger (Who WAS restrained) had minor bruises.
