Cool or useless?

[askmrjesus]

http://www.ejectsafety.com/home.html

Unless you have the instruction manual taped to your chest, I don't see any non-track EMT's using this thing.

JC

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

http://www.ejectsafety.com/home.html

Unless you have the instruction manual taped to your chest, I don't see any non-track EMT's using this thing.

JC

Interesting. If i am not mistaken paramedics/emt's are trained to properly remove a helmet anyway.

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Interesting. If i am not mistaken paramedics/emt's are trained to properly remove a helmet anyway.

Yeah, I'm not sure if there is any real benefit to this.

JC

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Interesting. If i am not mistaken paramedics/emt's are trained to properly remove a helmet anyway.

Hmmmmmm, not in my experience.

This might be something I'd want to have at the track available for EMS to use if need be... thanks!

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Hmmmmmm, not in my experience.

This might be something I'd want to have at the track available for EMS to use if need be... thanks!

I thought you might like it.

I'm still on the fence. It seems to me that the pressure of a well fitting helmet, would cause the balloon thingy, to exert force DOWN the spine, compressing it, which I believe is a bad thing.

I'd like to see more medical data.

JC

[was92v]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

I thought you might like it.

I'm still on the fence. It seems to me that the pressure of a well fitting helmet, would cause the balloon thingy, to exert force DOWN the spine, compressing it, which I believe is a bad thing.

I'd like to see more medical data.

JC

Looks interesting to me. I would think since it is using the top of the head as the push point, it wouldn't put any pressure on the neck or spine. Ripping your ears and the tip of your nose off maybe, but guess if you can't breath that would be minor.
And it could be drunken party fun to use compressed air and shoot for distance.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by was92v

Looks interesting to me. I would think since it is using the top of the head as the push point, it wouldn't put any pressure on the neck or spine. Ripping your ears and the tip of your nose off maybe, but guess if you can't breath that would be minor.
And it could be drunken party fun to use compressed air and shoot for distance.

if a person suffered a compression fracture in the neck a device like that could cause problems because of the downward pressure so in some cases it could be a problem.

[marko138]

Seems interesting.

[lauralynne]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Interesting. If i am not mistaken paramedics/emt's are trained to properly remove a helmet anyway.

mitaken. most are not.

Public Service Announcement - if you have old hemets that you're no longer using - even crashed helmets, donate them to the fire dept. or hospital for helmet removal training!!!!

Some EMT's/Paramedics are trained, most are not.

[wildchild]

looks like an interesting system.

BTW lauralynne, great idea about donating, wish i had thought of that, as over the years i have tossed a number of helmets.