Improved for Northern Ireland

We at CRASH Cards for Northern Ireland stepped back and took a good look at the original CRASH Card scheme and though....how could it be better. From this we got involved with local motorcycle instructors, the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service and Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service and together made slight modification to the original CRASH Card scheme to make it, in our view, more effective.

First Change

With input from a local motorcycle instructor and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) we looked into improvements to the problems of stickers being removed from helmets in an accident, and bystanders removing
helmets from downed bikers causing damage to the neck and spinal cord. After exhaustive research and design we returned to stickers as the easiest to use and most effective form of 'CRASH Card Inside' identification. In addition a white cross has been added to help make stickers stand out and be more easily seen by attending rescue services and text giving a warning to bystanders to not remove the helmet has was added.

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Second Change

The second change was brought about by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service. The issue we had was if a downed rider is suspected of having neck or spinal injury the helmet will not be removed. Other ways of carrying the cards were looked at but were less effective. The solution in the end was to introduce an additional card which would be kept inside the motorcycles tax disk holder (behind the tax disk). This combats the issue effectively and in addition allows fire and rescue to retrieve a card for arriving ambulance crews if they arrive on scene first, speeding up tailored treatment for the downed rider.