Arthur asked: "My question about this program from the info in these articles is why are so many bicyclists in Ft Collins needing ambulance transportation?"
It might be mountain biking more than transportation biking. Anyone who's been to Ft Collins knows it is right up against the Front Range, as in, the stadium for CSU is the last flat piece of land before you start the ascent on the hillside. You can literally get on a bike in downtown and bike up into the mountains on trails. There is A LOT of mountain biking within the city of Fort Collins. I'd bet you'd see an ambulance at Devil's Head once a day to pick up skiers, so this might be like that. Also, the article in the Coloradan is unclear if the 2-4 people per day are in the city of Ft Collins or throughout the territory that the ambulances cover. They do say not all the people with bikes being transported received biking injuries. Some were run-of-the-mill medical problems, but the person was on a bike at the time. The article does say that the ambulances are used to transport people throughout Lamier and Weld Counties. This is an outline of Lamier County. It's pretty big, with much of it in the high mountains: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Larimer+County,+CO/@40.6281124,-105.5692449,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x87696ea2a9747bd3:0xbd0bd2ad96871064 Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst 608-263-9984 (o) 608-225-0002 (c) [email protected] All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer or any other group with which I am affiliated. On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Ross, Arthur <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting project. Here are links to articles from the Ft Collins > newspaper. > > > > *No bikes left behind: Patient bikes no longer remain at scene* > > BY GARY KIMSEY 11:47 a.m. MST December 29, 2014 > > > http://www.coloradoan.com/story/healthyu/news/2014/12/29/no-bikes-left-behind-patient-bikes-no-longer-remain-at-scene/21006621/ > > > PVH ambulances vow to leave no bike behind > > Adrian D. Garcia, The Coloradoan 3:07 p.m. MST January 21, 2015 > > > http://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2015/01/20/pvh-ambulances-vow-leave-bike-behind/22069107/ > > > > My question about this program from the info in these articles is why are > so many bicyclists in Ft Collins needing ambulance transportation? > > > > From the Jan 21, 2015 article: > > PVH had to rethink that process when EMS teams began encountering injured > riders more frequently. > > > > "It was getting to the point where it was happening daily. Of course, > there's seasonal fluctuations. In the summer, you get three or four > (cyclist injuries) a day, and in the winter maybe one or two a day," Main > said. "It was to the point where we had to address bicycle transportation > in Fort Collins." > > > > I wonder what the data is for Madison and/or Dane County. - - Arthur > > > > *From:* Bikies [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Robbie > Webber > *Sent:* Saturday, January 24, 2015 10:58 AM > *To:* Bikies > *Subject:* [Bikies] Ft Collins ambulances get bike racks > > > > Poudre (POO'-dur) Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, home of Colorado State > University, has equipped all 14 of its ambulances with bike racks after > encountering increasing numbers of cyclists who had bicycle accidents or > medical emergencies while riding. > > Some people were reluctant to leave their bikes locked up behind at the > scene — whether because they were fancy recreation bikes that cost more > than some cars or because they were the patient's main form of > transportation, Steve Main, the hospital's emergency medical services > director, said Friday. > > > > http://host.madison.com/sports/in-bike-loving-colorado-city-ambulances-get-racks-for-rides/article_ef4d1dd6-8804-5530-b705-5078b8822f98.html > > > > > > > Robbie Webber > Transportation Policy Analyst > 608-263-9984 (o) > > 608-225-0002 (c) > > [email protected] > > All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of > my employer or any other group with which I am affiliated. > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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