YoTRacer158
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- Jan 10, 2001
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Last night at my race I had just moved into 3rd place on the last lap and I was about to make a pass for second…then my front end dropped between two whoops and over the bars I went. The bike slammed me pretty good and I ended up with a broken collarbone. I had to sit in the ambulance with the so-called “paramedics”. I don’t know what other people have experienced with these rent-a-cops of the medical field, but the people looking after me were idiots. First they took my heart rate, which was only about 160, and were amazed and confused that it was so high…I reminded them I had been racing my dirt bike for the last 15 minutes and got the classic “oh yeah…” response. Then they not only refused to give me any advil or Tylenol, but they wouldnt even allow me to walk to my truck to get some out of my gear bag. Then in the midst of putting a makeshift splint on, one asks the other for a smoke. Then the female paremedic looks at my collarbone, which by now the swelling has gone down enough to where you can see exactly were the bone snapped and how its ¼” higher than the rest of the bone (which has been pushed underneath), and she proclaims “its probably nothing, just a bad bruise or a minor fracture” yeah right… ive never had any medical experience in my life except watching stitches be put in and casts wrapped around my arms and even I could tell it was snapped clear in half. After sitting in the ambulance without pain relievers on the track for 45 mins, the real paramedics finally got there and took me to the hospital. I asked if they had any advil and he replies “no, but I can give you some morphine” sweeeeetttt:confused:. That did the trick for a while but when I got to the hospital they gave me some other shot in my ass that really knocked me out. Anyways, I was just wondering who else out there has had these types of experience with on track paramedics, and also who else has had this injury. How long will it take to heal? Does it bother you when you ride? Is it any weaker than it was before you broke it? thanks