Mounted search and rescue

[Tm' Fi <tfinkle@erols.com>]

Karen - Christopher Reeves had a C-3/C-4 spinal cord injury which 
severed the nerves in the upper part of his neck (not the back).  He was 
paralyzed from the neck down and could not breath on his own and for the 
most part of his life after the  accident, he needed breathing 
assistance from a machine.  

You are correct that no hard hat (or riding helmet) would have prevented 
that type of injury, however, a helmet does protect the skull and 
reduces head and brain trauma.  When brain trauma occurs from those 
types of an injury, many accident victims must remain on life support 
until the plus is pulled.

Tomi`
TROT-SAR Mounted Team
State of Maryland



Karen Nesbitt wrote:

> CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG!  Chris Reeves, diagnosed from a fall from 
> horseback, suffered severe back injuries effecting his SPINE.  No hard hat in 
> the world would have prevented that.
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>  Karen Nesbitt
>  Illinois - Unaffiliated.
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>  (He was parallized from the waist down...due to damages to his spine, not his brain.)
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