Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 18:22:48 -0000 From: "SimonJ" <menopsam.com> Subject: Re: EMT's - question for you
"Just Bob" <uctraingnopsamanet.com> wrote in message news:75ti1ucsnupi0us0kgp052fcp8m9hl7v55nopsamcom... > I know there are a couple of EMT's posting here regularly. I have a > question for you that came up in another group. > > Some folks claim that locking your doors while driving is a bad idea > and keep paramedics from pulling you out quickly in an accident > situation. My own theory is that even when wearing a seat belt, you > want your doors locked so that they don't pop open in an accident > and you get injured that way. > > Lots of theories, lot of ideas... what does your practical experience > as an EMT tell you ? > > Bob You have a crash, impact your head, and are knocked unconcious. Passer by see what has happened, also sees the wisp of smoke from under the bonnet, runs to pull you out of the car, but finds the door is locked, runs to get something to break the window, but by now the flames are starting to flicker round the edges of the bonnet, and from under the dashboard. He aint going back to that car. You now die.
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