Jim,  Try and get some sleep, please!

You went above and beyond as a person today - and you deserve all the credit in the world for just trying.

I hope to see you at the NYMMC meet on Sunday - you won't be paying for a thing that morning!  

Breakfast is on us!!!

your a hero for stepping up... sorry it ended the way it did. rest in peace

Sorry to hear that, RIP rider.

Thanks for trying your best.

You did right.

Have a a beer.  It'll help.

You gave that kid a fighting chance.

That is all anyone could of done.

Hope you ended up getting some sleep last night.




RIP, kid.

Quote from: mitt on August 07, 2008, 04:38:44 PM
Good for you giving aid, I doubt I could do it in the same situation.

I always wondered if I could as well. That's gotta be really tough. Good for you for helping him put up a fight. 

RIP fellow rider... 

Quote from: GotDuc on August 07, 2008, 02:54:24 PM
Did CPR until the ambulance took him to the Hospital.

Word is he did not make it.  ....RIP man

Sorry you had to witness that, but you did well.

Don't beat yourself up about it, either. IIRC, there is a very low percentage rate of survival if CPR is necessary....something like 30%. I will assume since the other guy was a paramedic that he had the breath-mask with one-way valve and you were the one to do compressions?



I was once the first responder to a crash that I actually witnessed. A group of us decided to move the car out of the way instead of moving the guy who was hanging out of the door.....that was when we found his passenger under the car. It wasn't pretty. I was first responder trianed in CPR and First Aid and there wasn't much I could do for either of them. I left a couple of minutes later after the ambulance and paramedics got there.....This was in 2001, right after the Daytona 200. The track was letting out and this was abotu 2-3 blocks from the track, so emergency personnel was there in a hurry. I checked a few days later and the driver lived and the passenger was DOA....I'm sure before we ever picked the car up off of him.

 

Don't feel bad you are the shit!  There is nothing you could've have done to change the result.

You did what most would not!  You gave an opportunity that otherwise wouldn't have been there...Good on ya! 
Hopefully the word was wrong...but in case it is not...RIP

Good for your for not being a lemming.
You stepped up to help anyway you could and I commend you for that.

Quote from: GotDuc on August 07, 2008, 07:34:05 PM
still thinking about it.

Don't think I will sleep too much tonight.

Will this experience change you as a rider?  I was wondering if it will be hard for you to get back onto a bike?  It would be for me.

mitt

I slept good last night.

was tough to see a young kid like that on the ground (21 years old)

I know I did all I could.

Seeing this face to face (and believe me CPR is a face to face thing) is tough.

The papers are saying it was speed and inexperience that lead to it.

But it has one wondering that life really is short and riding is dangerous.

Quote from: mitt on August 08, 2008, 09:27:13 AM
Will this experience change you as a rider?  I was wondering if it will be hard for you to get back onto a bike?  It would be for me.

mitt

The NYMMC has a ride on Sunday so I will see if I am up to ride.

Good on you for stepping up to the plate when it mattered.  I only hope that I would respond in a similar fashion if the need ever arose.  Too bad it didn't turn out better but unfortunately we don't get to decide how these things turn out.

R.I.P. young biker guy

Speed and inexperience is a killer for anyone on any road whether on two or four wheels.  You're to be commended for stopping and attempting to save a life.  It's time for me to get CPR certified.....you never know when you may need it.

Later

there is no fault, only result of judgement and behavior.  doing is commendable.  not doing is shameful.  we all must rest sometime.  these are facts.