Bikes for Good
Doc Bike First of a new series on motorcycles doing useful – or in this case life saving – jobs. LARA BATTERSBY outlines the DocBike scheme
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ny air ambulance clinician who has worked through a summer season will tell you that motorcyclists do not fare well in a high-speed collision. Without a roll cage, seat belts, crumple zones or air bags, the forces that are involved when a rider crashes at speed are so great, that regardless of the skill and seniority of the medical crew, or how much blood is carried, many motorcyclists die at the scene of the incident. If we really want to save the lives of motorcyclists, preventing them from crashing in the first place is a far more effective strategy. This was identified by Dr Ian Mew, a Consultant in Anaesthetics and Critical Care Medicine, a Critical Care Doctor aboard the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance and former Director of Major Trauma at Dorset County Hospital. In 2013, in collaboration with PC Chris Smith from Dorset Police, a motorcycle
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Motorcycle R I D E R
Below: DocBike works with other organisations on the Biker Down scheme to improve skills and reduce crashes
