Mike Murray

Urine tests are done in trauma to look for the presence of blood as a marker
of trauma to the kidney, particularly in cases of abdominal or back injury.

Mike Murray

-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of josh
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 23:25 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Cat 3 Crash

In my experience so long as your level of consciousness is normal the choice
to go to a hospital by ambulance is ultimately up to the injured. I know
that the Emts on scene in the situation last weekend had differing opinions
on the neccessity of ambulance transport (vs opting for transport by private
vehicle/ teammate, etc) for the injured cyclists. However, with head and
back traumas involved I agree that it is typically the best choice to agree
to c-spine precautions, backboards and gurneys as was the chosen route on
Saturday. With the patients on opposite sides of the road being tended to
by different emts it sounds like each cyclist had a slightly different
experience. Additionally, being out of cell phone range seems to have made
several aspects of the situation more complicated.

While the day didnt pan out for many quite as anyone could have forseen and
with all the inconveniences that people experienced, the most important
thing is that we were all able to go home to our families to ride another
day. My baby girl's smile when i walk through the front door always seems
to make a bad day on the bike seem absolutely meaningless in the scheme of
things.

I am rather curious though....the need for urinalysis at the hospital seems
out of place....that wasnt a random OBRA drug screening, was it? Did you
pass?

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