Good old cressy

[davidpinder]

Saved Lucas life apparently, quick thinking from an old head. Well done cress

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16130981.stm

 

[Bladesman]

Fair play to Cresswell some quick thinking from him to get the guy in the recovery position.

Out cold for 20 minutes but good to see it wasn't serious and he managed to get back to Lane before the match finished.

It looked like a bad injury from where I was sitting.

 

[Bergen Blade]

Swallowing one's tongue is impossible, but if knocked out the relaxed tongue can block the airways, so getting the injured person into the rescue position is the right thing to do. In the case of neck injury it is important to stabilise the neck when turning the person to avoid further damage to the spinal chord. It looked like Stephen Quinn took care of that. Well done to both of them.

 

[FleaPitBlade]

Uncoincious and breathing. Recovery position. Other injuries are secondary, a slightly worse broken bone matters not if you are dead - but yes, top marks to Quinny also.

 

[Hollinsend]

Bergen is right - believe me, a cervical spinal cord injury is a bit more serious than a slightly worse broken bone

 

[FleaPitBlade]

No doubt, but being dead is worser!

 

[stannyblade]

No doubt, but being dead is worser!

Presty wins that one

 

[Hollinsend]

Well done presty. How about agreeing that the best treatment is to prevent both. Just a thought.

 

[SwissBlade]

well done to both lads

 

[Bergen Blade]

Well done presty. How about agreeing that the best treatment is to prevent both. Just a thought.

Yes, all I'm saying is that one should support the neck, while putting the patient in the recovery position. IF the goalie had suffered a dislocated neck injury like in the slice below, and Cresswell had just rolled him over without supporting his neck, he could have paralysed him permanently from the neck and down.

 

[Hollinsend]

Sadly I've got to know quite a lot about this. My daughter suffered a SCI at C4/5 (4th & 5th vertebrae in the neck) in a road accident two years ago, resulting in paralysis from the chest down. I've since heard some tough stories of people whose injuries were made much worse because the people at the scene of accidents didn't know the basics.

 

[Bergen Blade]

Sadly I've got to know quite a lot about this. My daughter suffered a SCI at C4/5 (4th & 5th vertebrae in the neck) in a road accident two years ago, resulting in paralysis from the chest down. I've since heard some tough stories of people whose injuries were made much worse because the people at the scene of accidents didn't know the basics.

Sad to hear that Hollinsend. Hope your daughter is coping well. I'm a radiographer, so regularly see nasty injuries.

 

[Hollinsend]

Thanks Bergen. She's doing well, started back at uni in September. A long road -treatments may be on the way for at least some and we live in hope that the future and the research will bring something, but it's a slow business.

 

[FleaPitBlade]

Didnt mean to cause any offece Hollinsend - I'm sorry to hear of your daughters accident.

There is a strong case that says that people are too shit scared in accident/emergency situations to issue life saving first aid through fear of causing further injury or people questioning what they are doing during/after the event.

Stories like yours only further strengthen my belief that everybody should be trained in first aid at some point in their life. Sadly though, they arent and all i'm saying is that for those that arent - If somebody's airway is blocked, then priority number one is to get it unblocked. If somebody isnt breathing. CPR.

By all means be careful, but dont fanny about wondering if what you are doing is right/wrong/correctly carried out because by the time you'd got the answer then the patient could very well be dead.

 

[Hollinsend]

No offence taken Presty - I agree with you about first aid - simple training and confidence in doing the basics right can make a massive difference at the scene of an accident. Well done Cresswell and Quinn, they did the right things straight away and quite rightly appreciated by Lucas.