Not every crash that happens is life-threatening. Regardless, the situation could have been worse if trained bystanders were not present to help. This story was sent in by Bill & Vicky Barr from Missouri After this happy picture was taken of participants in the 20th Janey’s Ride in Liberty, MO, a motorcycle crash happened. Fortunately,...Read More
This past weekend one of our riders went down on Route 17 in Vermont. He was able to get back up and get his bike going, he said he was fine. (You know guys-they want to shake it off and keep going.) A little while later, he began not feeling well. We stopped, he got...Read More
The HOG chapter I belong to was conducting a group riding class. We use the class to teach new members and others how we ride as a group. After a 1 hour classroom presentation, we took to the road to put this information into practice. We had 2 safety officers riding sweep at the end...Read More
I attended the ASM classes earlier this year at Leeward Community College on Oahu. I’d like to share my story: I had breakfast with some friends then headed out to Mokuleia. On the way back up Kaukonahua Road (also called snake road), we encounter a motorcycle versus guardrail crash that was BAD. People were on...Read More
There’s so much to learn about trauma care that there is no way to address all of the components in one article. If I were to be asked what is the most important treatment to learn, I would have to say, “Stop the bleeding that you can see”! There are a number of programs out...Read More
We are very proud to be an organization that has an academic program. Our program is the only motorcycle trauma training organization in the USA that has trained professional instructors. To maintain the quality of our program and the information that we provide, our Lead instructors have to be EMT or higher in medical training...Read More
Accident Scene Management instructors are required to “apply” to be an instructor. Once their application is accepted and it is determined that they qualify as either a Level One instructor or a Level Two instructor, (Level Two instructor must have a Level One instructor present for the duration of the class), the training can begin!...Read More
