Within the last week I was immediately behind a middle-aged rider that crashed into an embankment in a mountain curve just out of sight in front of me. I was standing over him within 30 seconds and immediately saw that he wasn't breathing. I was honestly a bit stunned since he didn't have a scratch on him and I couldn't understand at the time what had happened. I asked a couple in an SUV that we had passed only moments before to call 911, which they did.
Luckily the wife of the couple had just taken CPR, I looked for a pulse (none) and she immediately started compressions. I took over quickly thereafter and she counted for me. Long story short, he eventually regained a heartbeat and eventually started breathing. Ambulance/life-flight was >30 minutes, area is remote but popular with Atlanta-area riders because of the high-speed curves.
Rider wasn't speeding as I was keeping pace with him at a modest clip, the road is wide, very curvy but multi-laned with light traffic in the crash area. Don't want to give too much detail out of respect for him and his family, as a few days later he succumbed to his injuries having never regained consciousness.
The point I'm making is that I only realized under duress that I hadn't had CPR training in several years. It's different now than it used to be. I'd recommend everyone take a course independently or possibly asking your employer to sponsor a class. We eventually had 6-7 people helping this rider, but only one had had recent CPR training.
Luckily the wife of the couple had just taken CPR, I looked for a pulse (none) and she immediately started compressions. I took over quickly thereafter and she counted for me. Long story short, he eventually regained a heartbeat and eventually started breathing. Ambulance/life-flight was >30 minutes, area is remote but popular with Atlanta-area riders because of the high-speed curves.
Rider wasn't speeding as I was keeping pace with him at a modest clip, the road is wide, very curvy but multi-laned with light traffic in the crash area. Don't want to give too much detail out of respect for him and his family, as a few days later he succumbed to his injuries having never regained consciousness.
The point I'm making is that I only realized under duress that I hadn't had CPR training in several years. It's different now than it used to be. I'd recommend everyone take a course independently or possibly asking your employer to sponsor a class. We eventually had 6-7 people helping this rider, but only one had had recent CPR training.