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08-25-2008, 06:47 PM
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I agree Rick. We need you as our voice. I had to poke fun of Kevin's interview. I'm sure if that happened to me I would be acting the same way. I'm glad he is alive and able to kite another day... I hope they do a follow up in 6 months when he has had time to heal and time to reflect on the whole ordeal.
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08-26-2008, 07:23 PM
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I just read the short piece of interview Kevin gave from the beach in Miami from a link posted on Kiteforum. Seeing how quickly he is back out and about and ready to kite, I truly wonder what the real extent of his injuries were. Media presentation and other info that was provided on this site and others, led me to believe Kevin had spinal fractures and a fractured ankle. Interestingly, I have seen no crutches, no support brace (TSLO), nothing but a few bumps and scratches. I understand that he was put under an induced coma to keep him from combating physicians and staff due to his head injury, but the other injury claims appear invalid based on what I saw on GMA and the Inside Edition link from the other forum.
I know that I should be supportive of a fellow kiter, but I am finding it harder and harder to rationalize at this point. Sorry for the negativity, just a gut response.
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08-26-2008, 09:03 PM
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Why do they induce comas and is it a fairly new thing? Is it to allow the body to better manage hematoma without the patient making things worse by being too active?
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08-27-2008, 07:33 AM
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Coma
A friend of mine's dad had the same thing happen to him in ICU after a heavy car accident.
The explanation was that the patient has a more speedier recovery as the patient is not actively feeling the pain and can not think about what has happened or what is going to happen, which of course creates a lot of stress. By inducing the coma the body and brain are set for full recovery mode (unconsciously) and hence do not have any "side effect" disturbances create obstacles during the recovery.
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08-27-2008, 08:59 AM
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Also, with a head injury, one of the common issues during recovery is combativeness. The patient may be awake, but he does not know how to respond appropriately to stimuli. He will therefore "fight" people who may be touching him (checking vitals, changing IVs, holding his hand). Because of this confused state, the patient becomes more harm to himself, as he may rip out IVs, pull out a trach tube if he has one, etc...
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08-27-2008, 12:37 PM
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yea but the real problems start when they try to eat dinner out of the thunder mug, aka bed pan 
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