Helicopter Heroes

[MrsMozart]

Just been on.

A poor lass came off twice, a year apart. Helicpter needed both times. The doc said he hoped the patient would stick to safer occupations next time - (my) hubby said 'Dream on'.

Weird to see it from that angle.

The lass was thankfully okay.

Edited to add: one of the paramedics said his young son does track racing, but the father considered it safe because it's heavily regulated, unlike horse riding where the animal has a mind of its own - I wonder how many times that 'mind of its own' has got rider and horse out of trouble.

 

[Goya]

Yes, I just saw that. Silly man what planet is he on? Doesn't he know horses and riding are addictive?
So pleased the rider was fine.

 

[ester]

I saw it too, we just need to learn to bounce, or train horses to carry round a portable crash mat with us

MrsM- had top up xray all good, typing with 2 hands now and hoping to drive tommorrow

(have already ridden with one arm obviously

)

 

[MrsMozart]

E - good stuff

. Mine has stopped being quite to painful - it went through a real clicking/ouchy time.

 

[ester]

I am ignoring the clicking as just general stiffness.

I am used to random parts of my body popping.

 

[Passtheshampoo]

Every time they show a rider accident on there they always make comments about how horses are extremely dangerous creatures and we must be mad to ride them. They don't seem to give the same message when attending injured cyclists, extreme sport enthusiasts, hang gliders etc....... Perhaps they ought to recruit a "horsey" paramedic who can stick up for us all.

 

[Snowysadude]

I saw that too - made me laugh when he said that but glad the girl is ok! I also saw bizarre ER and did you know that there are more people admitted to hospital due to golfing injurys than horse riding! The top sport is football, then golf and then horse-riding (then rugby etc below). How can they say its the most dangerous one when statistically its not?! Haha... not that i am proof its not dangerous - two trips in an air ambulance later with a broken back (first time) and messed up knee (second) - yet im still riding !

 

[china]

ooh ooh, is this a new series of helicopter heroes!! i love that program!!!