Mountain Biker Cracks Ribs After A Failed Stunt | Cornwall Air 999

After failing to land a dangerous stunt, mountain biker Joe cracked his ribs and is in extreme pain. But with the helicopter out of action due to routine maintenance, critical care paramedics Mick and Stuart have to contend with Cornwall's busy A-roads as they make their way there.
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[@lisamoulton2540]

Yeah, you could see him not land on his shoulder, but the side of his chest, yikes. Glad he's got such good friends and glad he's doing well 😊

[@ryanrexer]

He did a good job trying to land on his arms, they’re a lot easier to fix than brain trauma. Rip his ribs though

[@timothycole9232]

It's a natural thing to do if u get in to Mountain bikes

[@bubbles7398]

@@timothycole9232 it’s a natural thing regardless of what your doing. Your arms go out to break the fall mountain bike or not.

[@heyitsmejm4792]

Its more of a subconscious reaction..

[@get_it8473]

@@timothycole9232 its natural for everyone its just instinct of minimizing the damage

[@Terpy710]

Paramedics in the US never wave when they pass me what’s this blasphemy

[@rowanhebblethwaite9262]

It’s not waving lmao...people in Britain put their hand up to say thank you🤚

[@Terpy710]

@@rowanhebblethwaite9262 oh I see, interesting yea thank you in the us?…nah it’s probably just them walking away or saying yup. I only say thank you to select few people

[@timneji]

@@Terpy710 People Are Kind nice in the UK :) the way the ambulance work is also much slower than in the US. Much more talking and more play on scene. (Indication for Load and go are still there)

[@isaiahgrandt5305]

If you live in texas almost everyone waves back

[@Joe-qs6kp]

@@timneji I dislocated my knee and had to wait 3 hours just for the ambulance

[@legendemu3241]

i like these ones that are more recent i know this because they are wearing masks

[@Callum-fe3fp]

And because of the upload date?

[@Danielthorpe737]

@@Callum-fe3fp but sometimes they upload old clips so you just never know.

[@cayden6807]

@@Danielthorpe737 very true

[@Callum-fe3fp]

@@Danielthorpe737 'sometimes' so the majority of the time you can look at the upload date

[@letmehaveahandle]

Got eem 😂😅😓

[@koalaboygaming346]

After I saw that video of the failed attempt I would’ve thought would be injuries would’ve been, dislocated shoulder, broken ribs, and possibly a punctured lung.

[@emberrr577]

This injury wasn’t good, but it could have been a lot worse. It was a good thing he ditched the bike. If he had landed on it, it would have broken few more bones

[@dropitlikeahellcat3613]

advanced driving skills are u kidding HE WAS GOING SO FAST AND HE DIDNT CRASH he is more then advanced driving skills

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

He was extremely fortunate to only get fractured ribs and PT. With an initial hit like that he could have fractured his collarbones or vertebrae. Glad he recovered so fast and was fully able to go back to work.

[@murraymcf7]

Man sent it a little to hard

[@ketmax2805]

Ribs got sent hard

[@leo-yf9rw]

That was a good old nose dive but those bikes😍

[@jtkyber]

Just a tad

[@CHLOE-gj3ut]

this is my worst nightmare this injury i have bruised ribs not broken yet lol

[@xavierpennell7850]

Same here mate I couldn’t imagine being off the bike for more than a month 😂😂

[@wildadventure5101]

do u where a neck brace? I was looking at getting at EVS neck brace. :)

[@xavierpennell7850]

@@wildadventure5101 depends what type of riding you do so in your doin steep techy trails then you probably should do but for normal rides and descents you shouldn’t need one (unless you land on your head a lot 😂)

[@wildadventure5101]

@@xavierpennell7850 I do a mix of stuff it just depends what's around for me at the time I was just thinking of getting a cheap neck brace because it's better to have one then not. because I like riding and what to stay doing it for many years on. but I'm still undecided. :)

[@ColoursCapello]

Xavier Pennell I just got the cast of my wrist after a month. It was awful. Boring af.

[@carlwheezer9860]

man that sucks. I've never broken anything doing jumps, but I broke my foot skateboarding and it sucked. worst bike injury I ever got on a bike was on a step up. lost control on landing, crashed into a tree, slammed my chin into my bars. eleven stiches, but luckily no concussion. bled a heck of a lot though.

[@welshmountainbiking5407]

Those are some nice bikes

[@Julie-wb7od]

Mountain biking, cycling at crazy speed, showing off stunts. Silly and dangerous hobby.!

[@nancynicholson7815]

Thank you for the updates!!

[@andrewfrost8422]

Good well soon,,, lucky lad to have not had more severe internal injury’s.

[@_IHateHandles_]

Hearing that an O2 sat of below 94% is concerning really throws into harsh reality of how poorly my mom is right now. She was rushed into hospital just before new years after her O2 sats dropped to 53%.

[@tellypolk7841]

I thought it was 3rd times a charm

[@chrisnstar]

I've broken several bones. Ribs are the worst. I broke 5 ribs at age 69 when a horse used me as a lawn dart.

[@evelynoclaret4689]

I liked it, very practical and useful.

[@euancook2060]

Does anyone know what Mtb park this was it looks pretty sick, I’ve only been to like fod and rogate so looking for more bike parks 🤟hefty jump and hefty crash tho

[@cwlli]

Dont know the bp, but rogate is v sick.

[@tombatchelor6651]

Woody's bike park mate

[@jameskatz3747]

go to fly up 417 in gloucestershire

[@miles9294]

@@tombatchelor6651 thought so, never ridden over in cornwall

[@BumberenzoManilupinoCity]

I wonder why the air ambulance crew look like firefighters?😊

[@bigsendjordy]

That's why you use a full face Neck brace and a body protecter if you jumping

[@oshkrh]

Found it interesting that they didn't use blocks but a makeshift rolled up blanket to immobilise his neck. Did they not have it available?

[@CymruEmergencyResponder]

We often use rolled blankets purely because they are more comfortable. A comfortable patient is less likely to move.

[@isobellaturnbull9764]

You'd think he'd done way worse than cracked some ribs, but it just shows how painful things can be for different people!

[@echoc7213]

Cracked ribs suck. Dunno if you've ever had any, but it takes a lot more force to fracture the posterior of the ribs, with thicker musculature surrounding, and a bad enough fracture would pop out of place with every breath. I've felt it. It's not fun. Plus with decreased lung sounds on the right and decreased O2 sats, he's most likely got a pneumothorax (punctured lung), so the sac surrounding the lung is filling with air, compressing the lung and making it harder to breathe. I've yet to see the person (not on copious amounts of drugs or alcohol) who could laugh that one off.

[@benbooth2783]

The pain level surely depends on how dislocated the ribs are, I've cracked a rib and it wasn't too bad, but if you snapped your rib and it was sticking into your lung, I imagine that is much worse.

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

Done this twice. Once in a bike ride where I managed to put my elbow into my ribs. Driving was not anywhere near enjoyable. Took a month to fully recover. Second time was a hiking fall. Six broken ribs and a fractured clavicle. Both times I avoided PT or as it is more commonly called a collapsed lung. This gent had a collapsed lung, that's why his blood oxygen saturation levels were dropping fast. Four days on hospital was a short visit. I've heard of a week or more.

[@deczzz130]

Omg that looked hard

[@enigma_7772]

Pretty nice to see that they are using Škoda’s

[@jonoo4190]

How so?

[@stephmoney43]

Broken ribs is one of the worst and most painful injury you can have the only thing worse would be a snapped femur or crushed spine.

[@hello-xp8cq]

I fractured a rib, and broke my leg at school at the same time lol. Reply if you wanna know how XD

[@user-cf8xm4yw5h]

H?????

[@hello-xp8cq]

@@user-cf8xm4yw5h I was trying to do a trick on the swing where you hold on then look behind you it’s hard to explain but the my hands slipped and I fell about 15 feet and landed partly on my stomach and on my leg. :) The next day my parents made me go back to school. This happened in middle school lmao.

[@user-cf8xm4yw5h]

@@hello-xp8cq damn! I can feel the pain already

[@user-gv9yp1hs7p]

They always say third times a charm

[@kamusgold3455]

But third time maibe the unlucky one

[@oliviaboyle1932]

Where is it

[@gageoliver2186]

Geez they stripped him nekkid right in front of everyone. That would be embarrassing as hell to me. 😆 🤣

[@snotomedic9824]

Am I the only one suprised by the fact that they did not needle Decompress him? They said decreased breath sounds on one side and low O2 sat's? w/ MOI, i would definitley think possible tension pneumo?

[@echoc7213]

I'm wondering as well. Also, did they throw a pelvic binder on? I saw one at 6:25, looked like they were prepping it for application. Knowing the narration in these shows they wouldn't have missed a chance to throw in more drama if there was a pelvic injury, so I'm wondering if or why that was applied too.

[@bubbles7398]

Idk much medical stuff but maybe they didn’t right away because he was breathing, awake, and they knew probable rib fractures. Maybe the rib fractures would’ve possibly made it harder to insert a needle to decompress him? Or maybe they thought the chest pain was from the broken ribs which I know is very painful especially while breathing?

[@dante8641]

Really?

[@The_Dude_420]

In Germany they wont even give you ibuprofen when you break your neck 😂

[@cleotays181]

The tryphobia on his knee ahhhhhh

[@myfriendoretheshepherd6618]

Why didn’t they put a neck brace on him?

[@kapler_1532]

His neck wasn't broken.

[@bubbles7398]

@@kapler_1532 But until they did an x-ray they wouldn’t know that. At least in the Us anything like that or car accident or any fall they put one on you unless it’s a very small baby or toddler then they do sometimes but sometimes they don’t.

[@CymruEmergencyResponder]

@@bubbles7398 Research shows that collars don’t do what they were designed to do and can actually increase chance of injury. The patient will guard their own neck.

[@loomspace]

Alex, mate, what's with the mechanic's ladder? It's bigger than the helicopter for Christ's sake.

[@marcelhofstede4798]

Damn he got bucked real hard

[@sams_sends6267]

Nice bike thooo

[@emmapringle1945]

I wonder if he was wearing a neck brace. I see that atlas sticker on the back of his phone which is a neck brace brand

[@benjaminaris6290]

He would of landed flat even if he didn’t crash

[@pentiuman]

I would've had training wheels on my bike jump!

[@wildadventure5101]

me watching this a A Devon air ambulance fly's past my house. I'm like that was a coinsdance ( I know its not spelt like that).

[@GermanyLovesNZ]

coincidence, just in case you were wondering about the spelling :)

[@wildadventure5101]

@@GermanyLovesNZ thanks spelling isn't my strong point.:)

[@hardwirecars]

@@wildadventure5101 its ok you just wanted your pence to go to a ball. american here hope i got that right.

[@wildadventure5101]

@@hardwirecars ha yeah, yeah you got that right. 😎👍

[@bishoymilad4924]

I need to learn how to manage with such accidents, but the clip just show the event, it isn't for learning purposes

[@sutt5828]

Woodys park

[@percytylor3305]

woodys bike park

[@YourRealMother]

Sent a little too hard

[@swishyy6172]

mtb wooooooooooooo

[@shahdabdelmounam4586]

مين هنا عربي

[@crazywizard7649]

100 th

[@reedtassell4847]

Why didn’t they put a collar on right away? It would only take 1 person maybe a minute

[@CymruEmergencyResponder]

We are moving away from using collars in the U.K. Research shows them to be counter productive.

[@friedrich1277]

why didnt they do any kind of lung relief puncture? looks like he has a pneumothorax?

[@CymruEmergencyResponder]

@@friedrich1277 because it increases infection risk. Only really do it if it’s a Tension Pneumothorax.

[@hardwirecars]

jesus 3 months for cracked ribs 1 week in the usa or your fired!

[@santivid2]

Murica!

[@hardwirecars]

@@santivid2 DAMN RIGHT!

[@grantwilson498]

Not impressed with the VO

[@rachele7398]

Why?

[@MrZOMBIE170]

they guys need proper haircuts

[@jacquesmarsacq7840]

No issues with assembly for me kzbin.infoUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L but I could see where some might benefit from using an experienced bike assembler/mechanic. I'm an older rider starting back after a 10 year break. This bike exceeds my capabilities and has been easy to get comfortable riding. I'm mostly on easy trails with almost no street riding and have not been disappointed with the performance of the bike. My fitness level is far below what I previously rode with and because of that the mileage is going on the bike slowly. While I'm losing weight slowly, the bike seems to tolerate my 220 pounds just fine. The bike has been used by several family members ranging from 5'5" - 5'9".