First aid can save lives and significantly reduce the severity of injuries, and it’s good knowledge to have. But what happens if the patient doesn’t want first aid…or any other kind of aid? What happens then?
Most riders would have had some level of instruction in administering first aid, whether it’s keeping an accident victim warm, clearing an airway or administering CPR. Usually that instruction is done in a nice, clean, controlled environment, perhaps a first-aid or ambulance station. The patient is either a mannequin or another student on the course who does their best to lie still and play injured.