BEL spill: Lakeman 'critical but stable'
 

Has anyone heard how both Noberto Arroyo & Andrew Lakeman are after the spill in today's 4th race at Belmont?

Lakeman critical with head trauma.. Arroyo stable..

Ouch. It's unfortunate that DaSilva made those comments on the show today.

Hope the kid pulls through.

He just said that Lakeman shouldn't ride a horse again. Bad timing is all.

I didn't see it (thankfully), but hopefully he makes it..

J. DaSilva reporting Lakeman on life support.. Place him in your prayers.

Really sorry to hear that. Looked bad when it happened.

Thoughts and prayers to Andrew and his family and friends.

de silva he an ******* ,,, sonny speaks..get better andrew.

On Lifesupport Is Not A Sign Of Impending Death
 

Steve

I would be very careful drawing conclusions about prognosis based on the phrase "on life support"......

All this means is that Lakeman is being treated with hyperventilation. This is basic to treatment of all blunt head trauma cases as a first modality to lower the pressure in his head.

By breathing fast for him using a ventilator the blood vessels actually constrict thus taking up less room in his head which lowers the pressure TEMPORARILY in his head.

This is the first thing done in head trauma cases. The fact that he didn't go immediately to surgery is actually encouraging. If he was actively bleeding in his head a pressure monitor would be placed in the operating room to drain blood which apparently wasn't necessary by reports.

I will certainly say a prayer for him tonight myself as he is certainly critically ill but I wouldn't assume death is near unless more information is brought to light.

Please don't take the fact that he is intubated on a ventilator as any more than appropriate trauma treatment. This is one of the most commonly misunderstood issues in all of critical care medicine.

Dr D

He is in my prayers... :(

Am hoping that docicu3 is correct.

Oh how awful. I will
keep them both in
my prayers. Sending good
vibes and get well wishes.
You can do it guys!

DD,

You certainly know more on how to interpret the info than us, so, 'from your mouth to G-d's ears' as we say...

This is terribly tragic, my thoughts and prayers with Lakeman and his family for a full recovery.

I certainly do not want to imply that I KNOW this guys case but hopefully the usual standards of care will apply.

Please understand that I have no first hand knowledge of his moment to moment condition but can hopefully ease a few hearts about the info available.

Do you know for sure what hospital Lakeman is admitted to as the local hospital to the track is not a Level 1 trauma center which is where a case like this is normally taken once triaged appropriately.

just saw the race replay...horrific.


Prayers to Mr. Lakeman and his family.

Our Montana Dream was continually checked prior to clipping heels. She didn't appear to have any room and clipped heels on the rail. I sincelrely hope all are well. Here is the replay.
http://www.racereplays.com/nybreds/i...cename=friday1

boy that was bad I hope it all turns out ok

Belmont jockys go to North Shore University Hospital and they do have a level 1 trauma center. I am not positive that he went there, but I'm pretty sure.