Re: Helmet efficacy test

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:11:38 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:24:43 -0300, Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote:
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:41:18 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:12:26 -0300, Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote:
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:15:54 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
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There weren 597,000 bicycle related traumatic brain injuries treated in emergency hospitals in the US alone.

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99% are "I think I might have bumped my head"

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About 30 years ago, I was riding my bicycle when I collided with a
dentist and his Pontiac going in the opposite direction.  He ran the
stop sign while I was on the wrong side of the road.  I slid over the
Pontiac hood, bounced off the windshield, again slid over the hood in
the opposite direction, and landed on my back in the roadway.  I don't
recall if I was wearing a helmet.  Probably not.  An ambulance
appeared from somewhere.  I was strapped to a backboard and delivered
to the ER at a local hospital.  While still strapped to the backboard,
the CHP (California Highway Patrol) arrived and handed me an expensive
traffic ticket.  They ran a CT scan, didn't find anything interesting
and released me.  By this time, the muscles in my back went on strike
and painfully refused to cooperate.  There was no mention or
indications of a brain injury.
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Fast forward about 4 years and I'm doing computer service for the
hospital in the ER.  (The ER was moved 3 times in 4 or 5 years).  I
looked at my records and found that they showed that I had experienced
a TBI (traumatic brain injury).  My best guess(tm) is that someone had
"reviewed" my records and made a "correction".
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PS Half a million brain injuries ? Is this over a month?
No wonder they voted wrong.
I'd vote wrong if I had a brain injury.

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Not a month.

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Obviously. I was joking.

(the comment about voting was the giveaway)

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"That which is obvious, beyond any need of checking, is usually
wrong."

Half a million a month would be 6 million a year. Which is
what medical stats usually use. A year.
I suppose if hospitals can charge more if it's a TBI that
might be possible. On paper, not in RL. Insurance fraud.
I worked for over a decade in ER. I can't remember a single
brain injury from cycling. And people here commute a lot on bicycles,
public transport is expensive and salaries are low.
I stitched up a LOT of drunks that fell over while riding
their bikes. Lots landed face first and had bad cuts to the face and
hands.
Rule of the thumb is wait for them to become completely sober
and then do a check up. A brain injury can masquerade as drunkenness.
Never release a patient who appears to be drunk, even if he stinks of
alcohol. He could be dying.
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"Assumption.  The mother of all mistakes".
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"When someone claims they're joking, take a closer look to see what
they're hiding".

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