Tragic death of Olympic athlete = Dell uses it make political comment about Obama.

i'd bet he was dead. that was just a show for everyone around including the cameras.

just saw that they are making changes to the track. shame that it took a death for them to finally realize there was an issue.

I agree but it's always like that....just like Toyotas.

Yeah remember they kept showing Eight Belles when she went down in the Derby also.

Yes, I agree the poor guy was probably dead when he hit the pole. Very sad.

I see they've moved all starts downtrack to slow things down

padded the poles and raised the wall in the spot he left the track.
moved the men and women both down the hill and slowed them down 6-8mph. accord to nbc.

Too little, too late.

Hope its not too little but its definitely too laate. That poor guy

I will try my best to refrain from any jokes about SEC non-confrence schedules.

Poor guy never got to see his 22nd birthday.

The Nittany Pussyfarts play Bama this coming season. Can't wait.

Penn State scheduled a game in Tuscaloosa (sp?)

Props to them.

they had a 10yr series. psu did not renew when they entered the big10.

"We go now from the old lady start." -Austrian

I take it Austrians don't like Georgians.

Well, Stalin was from the area of the former Soviet Union called Georgia. So, I guess a Georgian was in charge (albeit a maniac) when the Red Army had their way with the Germans n' Austrians. My guess is the Austrian just thought the Georgian guy shouldn't of even been allowed to compete with such great technicians (Germans n' Austrians.) I mean it is a very hi-tech sport.

I saw the orange padding they put up. That was a joke (way too thin.) Maybe as thick as the seat cushions people take to football games.

[quote=Riot]I want Doc ICU to weigh in ... I doubt this poor man had a chance in hell, but the first thing I noticed - in the picture of the poor guy laying there obviously dead - is that all they have is a lousy ambu bag on room air and oropharyngeal airway. I can't tell if the blood is from his ear, mouth, nose.

The Olympics, and nobody has a freaking' laryngoscope and ET tube to provide an airway? Are emergency crews prevented from intubating in the face of a possible neck fracture?

A. Crew has to assume head trauma

B. Neck extension for ET would be prohibited assuming A

C. In most circumstances the anatomy is a challenge to identify the chords and put the tube in the right hole. With this poor guy it's likely altered beyond recognition from the trauma and the force his neck and head absorbed.

Most likely the impact caused a massive hemorhage in his head taking him almost instantly.

Most ambulance crews in a community have permission to intubate based on the skill of the crew. This intubation would have been a two man endeavor at best with in line traction used to avoid the usual neck manipulation that allows you to find the anatomy to place the tube in the correct hole. This airway would have likely been a trach in the most skilled of hands.

Very very sad, my prayers to his family.....

Traumatic CPR on a 21 year old that just hit a pole at 90mph doesn't work. Doesn't matter if you drop a tube or not...this poor guy was gone.