ATV Accident WARNING graphic pics Updated pics

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Oh My Goodness

no infection.

 

[hennyannie]

My prayers are with your grandchild. I have never been able to watch small kids on atvs and dirt bikes, scares me to death.I hope the pics are seen by some teens too.

 

[Chickenberry]

Bless his heart! Praying for continued healing!

 

[LarryPQ]

Thank you for the reminder. I am glad they are ok---

to you for the worry you must have felt.

He will have a really wicked scar: Dont tell him chicks dig scars! LOL!

I am showing the pics to my kids as a lesson.

 

[scbatz33]

why on earth did they wait so long for the ambulance. Wouldn't it have been quicker to drive the child to the hospital and save time. I can't imagine what kind of pain he was in waiting for HOURS to even get medical attention.

 

[LarryPQ]

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Down girl! Fear of neck injuries, probably.

 

[debilorrah]

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I don't know about where the OP is, but ATV areas here are WAY WAY out there and it takes a long time for even a helicopter to get there.

 

[herfrds]

There was a 7 year old boy killed yesterday in an ATV accident south of us.

 

[EweSheep]

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Down girl! Fear of neck injuries, probably.

Hubby said protocol rules, do not move patient until you get something like the cervical collar for his neck. Mobilizing him can cause injuries, would make him bleed internally. Don't want to take the chance either. When you are way out in the country, at the mercy of bad weather, everything seems like a standstill.

I am sure his parents or whomever was caring for him did the BEST they could. Paramedics/EMT usually took care of the kid first, making sure he is stablized to travel or airflight to another hospital. I know its nerve wracking to the parents and close friends but all in all, he is OK for now until OP gives us more updates.

 

[WingingIt]

Glad he's going to be OK. I have to say, he's a handsome young man even all covered in bandages. Hard way to learn a lesson, for everyone.

We had a neighborhood boy here (roughly same age from viewing your pictures) who was riding with his family in a remote area and was injured and flown out last summer. He had a helmet on but still had so much brain swelling they had to cut a piece of his skull out. He is still recovering but expected to be fully recovered in another 6 months or so, I can't imagine he'd have even lived without that helmet.