Helmets revisited

After fainting again I went upto A&E. There is little doubt in MY accidident
that wearing a helmet reduced a more severe injury. I even had a CAT scan.

All accidents are unique. But in my case, wearing a helmet helped. I think.

Regards,

A cyclist but who won't cycle until this concussion is gone.

Jeff

Jeff A wrote:
After fainting again I went upto A&E. There is little doubt in MY accidident
that wearing a helmet reduced a more severe injury.

How do you know that?

Tony

Tony Raven wrote:
Jeff A wrote:
After fainting again I went upto A&E. There is little doubt in MY
accidident that wearing a helmet reduced a more severe injury.

How do you know that?

Tony

Hence my writing "little doubt". There may be some.

Regards

Jeff.

Jeff A wrote:

After fainting again I went upto A&E. There is little doubt in MY
accidident that wearing a helmet reduced a more severe injury.

How do you know that?

Hence my writing "little doubt". There may be some.

I think what Tony was asking was (and certainly the question I'm asking
is :-), how do you know it reduced a more serious injury? Not the level
of confidence of your knowledge.

R.

Richard wrote:
Jeff A wrote:

After fainting again I went upto A&E. There is little doubt in MY
accidident that wearing a helmet reduced a more severe injury.

How do you know that?

Hence my writing "little doubt". There may be some.

I think what Tony was asking was (and certainly the question I'm
asking is :-), how do you know it reduced a more serious injury? Not
the level of confidence of your knowledge.

R.

:-) TBH I don't know. Maybe a gash to the head could be better than a helmet
absorbing the full blow.

Cheers and regards

Jeff

On 15/12/04 1:25 pm, in article , "Jeff A"
wrote:

Richard wrote:
Jeff A wrote:

After fainting again I went upto A&E. There is little doubt in MY
accidident that wearing a helmet reduced a more severe injury.

How do you know that?

Hence my writing "little doubt". There may be some.

I think what Tony was asking was (and certainly the question I'm
asking is :-), how do you know it reduced a more serious injury? Not
the level of confidence of your knowledge.

R.

:-) TBH I don't know. Maybe a gash to the head could be better than a helmet
absorbing the full blow.

The pooint being made is that rotational injury (which helmets can
exacerbate) is far more damaging than linear impacts.

When you hit the corner, was it pretty much head on or did it twist your
head?

if it was head on, then it probably would have helped.

...d

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:25:07 -0000, "Jeff A"
wrote:

Richard wrote:
Jeff A wrote:

After fainting again I went upto A&E. There is little doubt in MY
accidident that wearing a helmet reduced a more severe injury.

How do you know that?

Hence my writing "little doubt". There may be some.

I think what Tony was asking was (and certainly the question I'm
asking is :-), how do you know it reduced a more serious injury? Not
the level of confidence of your knowledge.

R.

TBH I don't know. Maybe a gash to the head could be better than a helmet
absorbing the full blow.


Cuts to the scalp would certainly be preferable to a head injury that
causes concussion and delayed loss of conciousness as you describe.

Depending on the type of blow, it's quite possible that you have
traded cuts and grazes (which helmets prevent) for rotational brain
injuries (which helmets can cause).