Guest guest Posted July 27, 2000 Report Share Posted July 27, 2000 Dave, I have never done states on bike event injuries but have covered sveral mountian bike cross country events. Lots of abrasions,minor lacs and a broken arm or wrist. Also depending on weather heat exhaustion can be a serious issue. Treat about 25% of the racers at one race in the summer. hope this helps cheers, tom >From: " Gunn " <davygunn@...> >Reply-egroups ><egroups> >Subject: [] Bike Stats >Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 19:30:17 +0100 > >Has anyone on the list ever provided medical cover at a mountain bike race. >In particular a downhill event? > >If so what injury patterns can be expected and how many injuries per 100 >bikers? > >Any info would be usefull >Cheers > > Gunn, Glencoe, Scotland >10/06/00 18:24:38 GMT Daylight Time >e-mail address:davygunn@... >Personal web on mountain trauma: www.madasafish.com/~davygunn > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2000 Report Share Posted July 27, 2000 From the exposue I have had to these people they tend to pretty good at falling off bikes. Many of them will go into a curl and you are probably looking at broken fingers (quite often each and every one). Most of the injuries are bad grazes and avulsions. The odd spinal is there but very rare. Even though they tend to have a bit of a wacky sport, they are pretty knowledgable about safety and falling properly. The mechanism of injury is usually about when the rider loses it and that is more than likely bumps, debris and skids. Foot injuries are rare as most of these guys will have boots that clip straight to the pedal, thus the pedals being small. If they are the professional types there bikes will weigh about the same as a packet of tissues, so thay won't hurt if it lands on them. The lack of bodil protection is going to be the source of a lot of your injury sites, but also due to the flimsy nature of the clothes, a good indicator. Where it's ripped it's bruised. All the best, Ross Boardman Remote Support Medics Online http://www.remotemedics.co.uk A site for medics administered by medics. To join our discussion list go to [] Bike Stats > Has anyone on the list ever provided medical cover at a mountain bike race. > In particular a downhill event? > > If so what injury patterns can be expected and how many injuries per 100 > bikers? > > Any info would be usefull > Cheers > > Gunn, Glencoe, Scotland > 10/06/00 18:24:38 GMT Daylight Time > e-mail address:davygunn@... > Personal web on mountain trauma: www.madasafish.com/~davygunn > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2000 Report Share Posted July 28, 2000 Davy, I've done cover at both downhill mountain biking and up hill motorcycle hill climbing - both mental! The cyclists tend to fall of in muddy bits of the course and therefore don't hurt themselves too much. If they fall off on a fast dry bit then you're looking typically at #'s. The main injuries you tend to see are lacerations, soft tissue injuries and contusions though. Not sure about how many injuries per 100, but I've had a busy day every time Stuart > [] Bike Stats > > Has anyone on the list ever provided medical cover at a mountain bike > race. > In particular a downhill event? > > If so what injury patterns can be expected and how many injuries per 100 > bikers? > > Any info would be usefull > Cheers > > Gunn, Glencoe, Scotland > 10/06/00 18:24:38 GMT Daylight Time > e-mail address:davygunn@... > Personal web on mountain trauma: www.madasafish.com/~davygunn > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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