Galletti and race ambulance

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...un05/jun17news

"Meanwhile, German cycling site radsport-news.com reports that the
ambulance at the Spanish race where Galletti died was located in front of
the leader's group, while Galletti was riding in a gruppetto behind. The
ambulance was not allowed to return on the parcours, which is why another
ambulance had to be ordered from Oviedo, which arrived half an hour
later."

WTF?

Robert Chung ha escrito:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...un05/jun17news

"Meanwhile, German cycling site radsport-news.com reports that the
ambulance at the Spanish race where Galletti died was located in front of
the leader's group, while Galletti was riding in a gruppetto behind. The
ambulance was not allowed to return on the parcours, which is why another
ambulance had to be ordered from Oviedo, which arrived half an hour
later."

WTF?

What I've learned from Spanish press

1. There were two ambulances covering the race. But the one at the
back, which arrived just after 7 minutes, was only for transport, it
did not have medical instruments - not even a defibrillator. The front
ambulance had a defibrillator, the race doctor had another, but he was
following the front group as well. That's obviously bad planning.

2. Manzaneda is a short climb, less than 3 kms long, over a narrow
road. By the time the front ambulance and race doctor learned of
Galletti's collapse, they may well have been in the descent, even at
Oviedo. Hard to tell for sure. But that could explain why they decided
not to take the route back -btw, does the UCI allow this- but send
instead another ambulance via the highway. According to official
reports it took this ambulance just 15 minutes to arrive since the
emergency was declared.

3. The same team of doctors saved Contador's life last year. As they
were following the front group, they could inmediately attend him.

4. Galletti first complained of chest pain 10 kms before, at another
climb.

5. A rider of Spanish U23 national team, Javier Lindez, assisted
Galletti and even cardiac massage. He has some basic assistance notions
and a girlfriend working in a hospital. He called her and followed her
recommendations, but the chances were minimal without a defibrillator.

6. The authopsy revealed a previous necrosis in Galletti's heart, which
probably means he had silently suffered another recent heart attack.
However, an exhaustive analysis after pain complains -of unknown
nature- two months ago revealed nothing.

Jenko

Jenko wrote:

What I've learned from Spanish press

1. There were two ambulances covering the race. But the one at the
back, which arrived just after 7 minutes, was only for transport, it
did not have medical instruments - not even a defibrillator. The front
ambulance had a defibrillator, the race doctor had another, but he was
following the front group as well. That's obviously bad planning.

5. A rider of Spanish U23 national team, Javier Lindez, assisted
Galletti and even cardiac massage. He has some basic assistance notions
and a girlfriend working in a hospital. He called her and followed her
recommendations, but the chances were minimal without a defibrillator.

Thanks for the info. Lindez was a quick thinker. Figure out a way to send
him a message and tell him I think he's okay in my book.

Maybe Galletti wasn't going to survive no matter what, but he didn't even
have a chance. This situation is so very, very wrong.

Jenko wrote:

What I've learned from Spanish press

1. There were two ambulances covering the race. But the one at the
back, which arrived just after 7 minutes, was only for transport, it
did not have medical instruments - not even a defibrillator. The front
ambulance had a defibrillator, the race doctor had another, but he was
following the front group as well. That's obviously bad planning.

From the UCI rules:
http://anonymous.coward.free.fr/rbr/page32-uci-regs.pdf

On 17 Jun 2005 02:05:09 -0700, "Jenko" wrote:


5. A rider of Spanish U23 national team, Javier Lindez, assisted
Galletti and even cardiac massage. He has some basic assistance notions
and a girlfriend working in a hospital. He called her and followed her
recommendations, but the chances were minimal without a defibrillator.

Lindez deserves major props for trying.

JT


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