{"id":256,"date":"2022-03-08T11:36:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T11:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/?p=256"},"modified":"2022-03-05T14:03:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T14:03:30","slug":"what-to-do-when-you-see-someone-hurt-from-riding-a-mountain-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/what-to-do-when-you-see-someone-hurt-from-riding-a-mountain-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do When You See Someone Hurt from Riding a Mountain Bike?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-257\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/mountain-bike-safety-tips.jpg\" alt=\"mountain bike safety\" width=\"900\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/mountain-bike-safety-tips.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/mountain-bike-safety-tips-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/mountain-bike-safety-tips-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/mountain-bike-safety-tips-1024x646.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bike\/3475425000\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Richard Masoner \/ Cyclelicious \/ Flickr<\/span><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/span><\/a><\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/what-to-do-when-you-see-someone-hurt-from-riding-a-mountain-bike\/#Best_Way_to_Help_in_an_Emergency\" >Best Way to Help in an Emergency<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/what-to-do-when-you-see-someone-hurt-from-riding-a-mountain-bike\/#Having_a_cell_phone_is_the_fastest_way_to_get_help\" >Having a cell phone is the fastest way to get help.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Best_Way_to_Help_in_an_Emergency\"><\/span>Best Way to Help in an Emergency<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When you\u2019re out trail riding, often it\u2019s possible for <strong>people to get hurt<\/strong>. Some of the safety things you want to have with you, most important is a <strong>cell phone<\/strong>. Have a general idea of where you\u2019re at, and be able to get a hold of <strong>911<\/strong> in case you have to call rescue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If someone falls off their bike, it&#8217;s standard practice to come up to them. Make sure they are ok, make sure they are moving. <strong>Ask them not to move if it looks severe<\/strong>. Do not remove their helmet, do not remove their camel back, and ask the person that\u2019s down to stay still, stay down and catch their breath.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If they\u2019re <strong>bleeding<\/strong>, have the person that\u2019s bleeding to apply the pressure to <strong>stop the bleeding themselves<\/strong>. If you happen to have a first aid kit with you, it\u2019s best to, if the person that\u2019s hurt <strong>can take care of themselves so hand them the first aid kit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Having_a_cell_phone_is_the_fastest_way_to_get_help\"><\/span>Having a cell phone is the fastest way to get help.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The most important thing to remember if someone\u2019s down and possible has a neck injury or a head injury is not moving them<\/strong>. Don\u2019t remove their helmet, <strong>keep them calm<\/strong>, stop other trail riders from running up on them, and <strong>wait for trained emergency personnel to come and help.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best Way to Help in an Emergency When you\u2019re out trail riding, often it\u2019s possible for people to get hurt. Some of the safety things you want to have with you, most important is a cell phone. Have a general idea of where you\u2019re at, and be able to get a hold of 911 in &#8230; <a title=\"What to Do When You See Someone Hurt from Riding a Mountain Bike?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/what-to-do-when-you-see-someone-hurt-from-riding-a-mountain-bike\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about What to Do When You See Someone Hurt from Riding a Mountain Bike?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,51],"tags":[179,177,178,117,176],"class_list":["post-256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hobby","category-mountain-bike","tag-first-aid","tag-hurt","tag-injured","tag-mtb","tag-trail-riding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}