Originally Posted by Jeff Ovington

I started to wear one. A bunch of us guys from work were quading and one guy rolled his quad down a ravine. He ended breaking his leg
and wrist, he was concious but going into shock.and his quad was totalled.I am a level 3 first sid attendent so after assessing him and the rule out of no neck or spine injury that I could tell without ex rays ,we made the decision and tied a winch around my waist and I while I physically picked him up ,to the best of my ability and hurting him alot, I walked up the ravine with the help of the winch.We were 6 hours away from town on extremely rough roads was slow ride back cause every bump.He needed immediate medical attention cause it was a rollover but we had no way to medivac him out. He was wearing a helmet is injuries would have been much more severe looking back on it if he didn't have one on.He went over the bank that had nothing but rocks and pine trees and dead fall.Yeah I could see his head being crushed by a rock or a branch spearing him through his head.That's when I bought for personal use,spineboard,hard collar ,helmet, satelite phone.Unfortunately it took this incident for me to do it ,but I don't leave the highway,without emergency radio contact,helmet , or serious first aid equipment . The helmet is like the lifejacket to me now.I even wear the lifejacket when shore fishing on the Rivers now.This couldhave been fatal thankfully he didn't die.I don't believe god was watching over him he just did the right thing and wore a helmet.