Donating helmets to Fire Commissioner Bernard J. Calvi of the Springfield Fire Department.. Several years ago, I took a training course called A Crash Course for the Motorcyclist, which taught basic skills for bystander assistance at an accident scene until professional help arrives. One key lesson was this: If a motorcycle crash victim is not breathing and a helmet interferes with breathing assistance, the helmet must come off – or the victim will die. Members of our class practiced methods of removing a helmet in such an emergency to minimize stress on a victim’s neck. Of course, helmets are needed to practice these skills, but in talking with some first responders who were taking the course, I discovered that no one had motorcycle helmets at their stations for training. In fact, few had any practical experience with motorcycle helmets. I wanted to address that. Check out our motorcycle helmet… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
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