G-Force injury
The mother of a boy left with G-force injuries after being forced to recreate the 'Roundabout of Death' playground stunt said her son's vision is still blurred. Tyler Broome, 11, was left with possible damage to his brain and vision and with bulging eyes after being found unconscious near a playground roundabout The young boy had been told to sit in the middle of the roundabout as it was spun at high speed using the rear wheel of a motorcycle by a group of teenagers. Tyler's mother, Dawn Hollingworth, said he is still in hospital with blurred vision, but confirmed he is recovering well. She said: 'Tyler's eyes are very painful and he has pains across his head. He is on anti inflammatory medication. 'He is alert and the swelling is going down but he still has blurred vision. Doctors said his injuries are the result of being subjected to extreme levels of gravitational force (known as G-force) normally only experienced by pilots and astronauts. Medics told his devastated mother, from Tuxford in Nottinghamshire, the G-force has sent blood and other fluids rushing to the youngster's brain, which could leave him vulnerable to a stroke.
Jet pilots experiences 5-7G force constantly along their entire flight. While a rugby or football player takes blows of upto 40G from their opponents when they crash.. so what is the limitation of our body.. what is the determining factor
That's what I'm looking for.. Dr. Pieter.. what was the breaking point.. the constant rotation or the impact when he fell on the ground
Just to clarify did the mother initiate the stunt that injured the boy?
Can anyone tell me how much G-Force the boy was suffering from ? And when the boy passed out he should have just fallen from the spinning wheel ? Was the boy tired?
A very informative case. Just one question, are there any proir conditions that would have made the boy ,or others,more suseptible to even a lower G force?
The information given states that the blood rushed to his head, the equivalent would be negative G experienced by fighter pilots, and in that case the G levels are much lower. Usually 3 to 4 G. Also due to the force he would red out instead of black out which may have caused the extensive damage as he would not have lost consciousness as experienced during positive G. In regards to human tolerance I believe 5 to7 with out a G suit for positive G 14 to 20 if parallel to the force. Damage to rugby player is an instantaneous deceleration which humans can take much more of, prolonged duration of say a couple of seconds to minutes human tolerance becomes much less.
So, you're saying that sudden deceleration caused the negative G force which pumped blood into his head and made the vessels of eyes burst.. the red out.. that's more like it. Thankyou Dr.Ricardo