About 50 minutes ago I was skating and i fell and hit my head on a table i was using as a manny pad and i saw stars and was dizzy and my head was cut and bleeding. I was wondering what i should do. i got it to stop bleeding.
I have a headache now and am slightly dizzy. I am also really tired. I was just wondering if i should do anything else about. Thanks.

Umm, your parents home? If not go to your neighbors. Ask them to take you to the doctor or hospital if its bad. Or call your parents and see what you should do, if your home alone go to someones house. or call someone. if everything starts turning black like your gonna pass out bend over so blood can get to your head so you don't pass out.

TRY YOUR HARDEST NOT TO FALL ASLEEP! You could have a concussion.

i called my mom. my sister was home. i dont think i need to go to the doctor.
i just feel tired and my head hurts

Oh, well don't fall asleep. how olds your sister? and what did your mom say?

my sister is 13. my mom said to put a rag on it to stop the bleeding. she will be home soon

oh, well just try not to fall asleep is probably the main thing.

why should i not fall asleep? thanks for the help

Because if you have a concussion ,my parents told me me this btw, you could not wake up.

you could have a concussion and it's good to stay awake for a few hours before trying to sleep because it could cause some problems... that's just what i've been told when i got my concussion

ok i wont, my girlfriend told me that too. im talking to her now.

Just chill it will most likly heal on its own dude wait it out and if you really think its "that" bad then you would have all ready been at the hospitle if it was that bad you would have found a way.

ok thanks im fine now. im not really tired anymore.

skate with a helmet?

go to hospital?

Medical attention is certainly necessary in this situation. Everyone's right, you should definitely not fall asleep. Just stay calm. I hope your mom gets there soon and everything turns out okay. :icon_bunc

EDIT: Did she not consider calling an ambulance?

Yeah trust us man, your brain is one part of you you dont want messed up. Trust me. I've done it way too much, and it means I now can't get that mohawk because my bald head would be an odd shape. But off topic : Seriously go to hospital, you could have internal bleeding and not even know. Thats maybe over dramatic, but you never can be too careful.

Sorry I'm just reading that, and I've not helped at all:icon_bunc

Medical attention is certainly necessary in this situation. Everyone's right, you should definitely not fall asleep. Just stay calm. I hope your mom gets there soon and everything turns out okay. :icon_bunc

EDIT: Did she not consider calling an ambulance?

jesus, it's not THAT bad, it's only a cut and a bumped head. If he got knocked out, then he would need to go to hospital for possible concusion, but he was only dizzy.

I fell 10 foot and landed on my head and got knocked out for a min with lots of bleeding, and I didn't have concusion.

Is the poor baby ookaayyy???

jk, I'm sure its nothing if you can talk about it on the internet.

jesus, it's not THAT bad, it's only a cut and a bumped head. If he got knocked out, then he would need to go to hospital for possible concusion, but he was only dizzy.

I fell 10 foot and landed on my head and got knocked out for a min with lots of bleeding, and I didn't have concusion.

Actually, it can be progressive. He could possibly be alert and communicating coherently one minute and end up with signs of an altered mental status the next. Your injury cannot be compared to his because everyone's body does not respond in the exact same way to trauma. He shouldn't risk it, internal bleeding is a possibility even when someone is asymptomatic. Bottom line is, I would never risk it...It's not a leg, it's your brain which controls numerous bodily functions. Hopefully, his injury is not severe.

But seriously, you shouldn't waste an ambulance for something like that.

But seriously, you shouldn't waste an ambulance for something like that.

Yeah Maddie, ambulances are used for something more serious =/... His mom or some random person can just drive him to the ER or something. So go to the ER. (ER = Emergency Room)

Hit on the head major can cause swelling of the brain if there happens to be a edged object that kinda slit into the cut on the head deeply. Which means you can basically die...but I doubt that you will, I was just saying.

If his mother was unable to reach him in a timely manner, an ambulance would not have been out of the question. Protocol for this type of injury is not part of the Emergency Medical Technician curriculum for nothing. I've seen these kind of ambulance runs first hand, and I know that this type of call would not be considered a waste-at least not in my state.

I say that assuming that he's now being taken care of.

skate with a helmet?


zero, you seem to be accident prone. this is the best suggestion so far.:icon_wink

If his mother was unable to reach him in a timely manner, an ambulance would not have been out of the question. Protocol for this type of injury is not part of the Emergency Medical Technician curriculum for nothing. I've seen these kind of ambulance runs first hand, and I know that this type of call would not be considered a waste-at least not in my state.

I say that assuming that he's now being taken care of.

I worked on the ER team at my local hospital for volunteer. Cuts in the head over here aren't major serious, we make sure to get aid to them immediately if code blue. However, attention for casual, minor cuts in the cranium area is also taken at a quicker pace than other injuries, but none of them really resulted in death. There's not been many cases of code blue though..or even worse...code purple, not that code purple relates to this topic :tongue:

No one besides the original poster knows how bad the head injury was so it's hard to judge whether or not an ambulance was needed, although better safe than sorry.

Definitely a concussion, I've had too many of them. Stay awake and see a doctor, most likely its just a minor one, and they will just tell you to take some advil and stay off your feet for a day, but it could be serious (a concussion is your brain swelling against your skull) see a doctor for sure though.

I'm not sure if I had concussion now. I had to stay in the hospital over night, and they had to check my blood pressure and pupils and stuff every hour of the night. I think it was serious though, I could have died apparently.

I hit my head ollieng off a curb a few years ago ,,,,,, I was bleeding and dizzy,, I never got it checked out,,but im pretty sure I had a concussion because it hurt for weeks.

thats ****ty. last year i got a concussion in hockey, and i was puking and everything

helmets yall, my mother makes me wear a helmet and pads, she wont allow me to leave the house unless i have them on and she looks out the window constantly to make sure i dont take them off.

Well, as mentioned above, better safe than sorry, dude i hope you get better, i've been fortunate never to hit my head, i don't wear a helmet, just a hat (sometimes). i dont skate sets much though, just small ones, 1-5. I'ts really dangerous, you can get hurt SO bad...handrails scare me haha but i try anyways ^^

regards

agreed

u should prob go to the hospital incase ur a bit concust

my sister is 13. my mom said to put a rag on it to stop the bleeding. she will be home soon

What are you doing home at 11 or 12 on a school day!!

haha, another thread where someone gets hurt, and what do they do? go post a thread on skaterscafe about it asking for help instead of getting medical attention.

Schools out dude.

I would post on here to. Since most everyone here has probably done this one time or another and would know what to ddo.

My friends in i were just at the skatepark and my friend did the six stair and sliped out whacked his head and passed out. About an hour later he was skating again lol.