“A bike helmet saved me”

Parking & Transportation Services (P&TS) has posted videos on its website featuring testimonials by RANDY LIVINGSTON and DAVID SPAIN. Livingston, vice president for business affairs and chief financial officer, shares a story about a bike accident that landed him in the hospital with a fractured femur.

“I also smashed my head on the pavement,” Livingston adds, “and the helmet did exactly what it’s supposed to do. It actually splintered into several pieces, and I came out without a concussion or any kind of severe injury. But I am absolutely convinced that had I not been wearing a helmet at that point, I would either be dead or permanently disabled.”

Dr. Spain, chief of trauma and critical care surgery at the medical center, offers a clinical perspective: “We can fix ruptured spleens, we can fix ruptured diaphragms, we can fix broken legs, we can fix broken arms. We can fix everything else, except the brain.”

To see the videos, visit the P&TS website.