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Originally Posted by VaFish
While the right thing to do would be hold him down until the paramedics get there, I don't think you can legally do that.
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If the guy had spinal damage and wasn't aware of it due to adrenalin, do you think the act of holding him down would be worse for his spine than just letting him wonder around? Intuitively, I'd guess holding him down would be worse because he would likely resist and would be using a lot of force to try and get up. Walking around wouldn't be good for him, but I'd guess the net force applied to his spinal injury would be less. There would also be less sudden/shock force applied to his spin if he was just wondering around vs if he was struggling to get up.
I also had a similar thought to the above related to picking his bike up. If people left this guy to pick the bike up on his own, the guy could be doing a lot of additional damage to his spine if he had a spinal injury.