Mountain Biking Tied to Serious Spinal Injuries: Evolution at Work!

"One patient left the hospital against medical advice." That says it
all!

Mike


Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:17:29 -0800
From: Normonster
Subject: Mtn Biking & spinal injuries

Mountain Biking
Tied to Serious
Spinal Injuries
HA L I FAX, N. S. * Mountain biking
is a growing cause of serious spinal injuries,
often resulting in permanent disability,
Dr. Neilson McLean reported in
a poster at the 11th International Conference
on Emergency Medicine.
Dr. McLean, an emergency medicine
resident at the University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, retrospectively examined
the trauma and spine registries
of three Vancouver-area trauma centers
in 1994-2004. During that time, 399
patients were treated for injuries. Of
those, 52 sustained spinal injuries.
Most of the patients were male
(92%), and they had an average age of
33 years. Most (36) had been wearing a
helmet at the time of the accident.
The most common mechanism of injury
was a fall over the handlebars (29).
Their average injury severity score was
17. A total of 54% required surgery.
Most of the patients (71%) sustained
a severe spinal injury; 33% had a root
injury, 11% a central cord injury, 22%
an incomplete spinal cord injury, and
34% a complete spinal cord injury.
Upon discharge, 54% had a neurologic
deficit. A total of 32 patients were
discharged to home. However, 15 went
to a rehabilitation facility and 4 to an
acute care facility. One patient left the
hospital against medical advice.
*Michele G. Sullivan


** I had trouble sending the original in pdf format. If interested, I
can send this out from a different account. -Norm
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Film at 11

Merely eating spinach caused many to be seriously ill.
Thousands are killed on America's roadways.
Falls in the home still leading cause of injury.
Drowning tops threats to childhood safety.

Is there any reason to explore the absurdity of MV's posting any further?

Tha answer is "NO".

top posted:

Doctors and hosptials are stupid and shoule be ignored.


Class.

wrote:
top posted:

Doctors and hosptials are stupid and shoule be ignored.

Class.

Dismissed?

S Curtiss wrote:
Film at 11

Merely eating spinach caused many to be seriously ill.
Thousands are killed on America's roadways.
Falls in the home still leading cause of injury.
Drowning tops threats to childhood safety.

Is there any reason to explore the absurdity of MV's posting any further?

Tha answer is "NO".



We should get rid of our homes before they hurt us.

On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 00:35:40 -0500, "S Curtiss"
wrote:

Film at 11

Merely eating spinach caused many to be seriously ill.
Thousands are killed on America's roadways.
Falls in the home still leading cause of injury.
Drowning tops threats to childhood safety.

Is there any reason to explore the absurdity of MV's posting any further?

Tha answer is

Did you say something?

"NO".

===
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of!

http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

Mike Vandeman wrote:
On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 00:35:40 -0500, "S Curtiss"
wrote:

Film at 11

Merely eating spinach caused many to be seriously ill.
Thousands are killed on America's roadways.
Falls in the home still leading cause of injury.
Drowning tops threats to childhood safety.

Is there any reason to explore the absurdity of MV's posting any further?

Tha answer is

Did you say something?


Have you EVER said anything?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

How does it feel to be so ineffective for so long?

Greg
--
"All my time I spent in heaven
Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons

"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 00:35:40 -0500, "S Curtiss"
wrote:

Film at 11

Merely eating spinach caused many to be seriously ill.
Thousands are killed on America's roadways.
Falls in the home still leading cause of injury.
Drowning tops threats to childhood safety.

Is there any reason to explore the absurdity of MV's posting any further?

The answer is... (clipped by MV in a transparent attempt at making a
point)

Did you say something?

"NO".

Awwww.... poor little man can't think beyond his opinion. So pathetic.

S Curtiss wrote:
"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 00:35:40 -0500, "S Curtiss"
wrote:

Film at 11

Merely eating spinach caused many to be seriously ill.
Thousands are killed on America's roadways.
Falls in the home still leading cause of injury.
Drowning tops threats to childhood safety.

Is there any reason to explore the absurdity of MV's posting any further?

The answer is... (clipped by MV in a transparent attempt at making a
point)

Did you say something?

"NO".

Awwww.... poor little man can't think beyond his opinion. So pathetic.

What would really be interesting is if he could actually think up to
his opinion. But the opinion was formed first, then the data was
manufactured to support it. Junk science, defined.

E.P.

"Ed Pirrero" wrote in message
ps.com...

S Curtiss wrote:
"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 00:35:40 -0500, "S Curtiss"
wrote:

Film at 11

Merely eating spinach caused many to be seriously ill.
Thousands are killed on America's roadways.
Falls in the home still leading cause of injury.
Drowning tops threats to childhood safety.

Is there any reason to explore the absurdity of MV's posting any
further?

The answer is... (clipped by MV in a transparent attempt at making a
point)

Did you say something?

"NO".

Awwww.... poor little man can't think beyond his opinion. So pathetic.

What would really be interesting is if he could actually think up to
his opinion. But the opinion was formed first, then the data was
manufactured to support it. Junk science, defined.

In a nutshell. Touche'

E.P.