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Thanks for the update M_M_T_M.
Apparently the ambulance from Lancaster to Blackpool went all the way on footpaths
I'm guessing they wanted to avoid him spinning [s]in his grave[/s] on the stretcher 🙂
Best wishes for a full recovery to one of the more insightful posters here.
Best wishes.
Best wishes.
Crikey. 🙁
Speedy recovery to you SFB.
what everyone else has already said
Always enjoyed your photo's. Wish you well and amen to the to people that kept you going.
Well done to the Bogtrotters, their actions further underscore the value of some proper first aid training.
And of course here's hoping all turns out for the best for Simon and I look forward to some photos of nurse's arses
For those asking about CPR and "what would I do", there is a great free app for smartphones by St John's Ambulance. Contains lots of scenarios you might encounter (including CPR) and has visual and audio information as what to do. If you own a smartphone and take it out riding than worth a look IMO.
Apple
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/st-john-ambulance-first-aid/id347574230?mt=8
Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=an.sc.sja&hl=en
Best wishes
Best wishes from afar, never good to hear but sounds like you had the right people at the right time.
Hats off to the people who kept him going until the paramedics arrived and best wishes on a swift recovery
Is it appropriate to have a cheeky bum shots thread in his honour? 😀
Get well soon sfb.
wow - very sobering to read.
Well done to all those involved.
Best wishes and fingers crossed for a full and speedy recovery.
Great big get well soon thoughts!!
And great big thumbs up to those who did the CPR course!
Good luck Simon and best wishes for a speedy recovery.
And great big thumbs up to those who did the CPR course!
You know what, it wouldn't hurt to go on such a course. I might look into it.
Get well soon Simon
Get well soon .
never met you , but enjoyed looking at your photos & routes many times.
Shamefully ,I have also s****ed at the bum shots too.
Get well soon Simon.
I've enjoyed your pics and liberal views on cheeky trails over the years:-)
A mate (40yrs old) had a heart attack a couple of months ago and has been getting on v well having had a stent put in. Excellent course of rehab and a couple of stones lighter.
Healing vibes fella.
Earlier this year I attended a boggies ride after an absense of a year or 2, Simon gave me the biggest hug which says a lot about the guy he is.
Theres no one I respect more for putting time into his sport for the benefit of many over the years.
I hope we see him back on the trails and footpaths very soon
Plum
PS its been great to see the bogtrotters expertise and spirit pull everthing together at this time so well done all of you
Healing vibes.
Damn. Good luck SFB, get well soon.
Best wishes to SFB and his family
I've enjoyed your pics
+1,000. SFB's innocent Ladies on bikes always makes me grin.
Hope you make a speedy and total recovery SFB. I remember when I first signed up to STW I enjoyed reading his ride threads and the photos.
get well soon SFB, one of the original, and one of the best contributors to this forum over the years.
well done to those that were with him, great work
hoping for a speedy recovery SFB.
Get well soon
Get well soon SBF
Well done to the guys that treated him
I bet that 30 mins was hard work and felt a lot longer (No disrespect to the emergency service, you were no doubt in the middle of nowhere)
so good he wasn't alone and you knew what to do
I hope you make a full recovery Simon. You've always seemed to have the right attitude, this news has jolted me and I hope you come through fine.
All the best for a speedy recovery SFB
I hope that all those messages lead you to a very rapid recovery.
Get well soon. TH.
Simon, best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Hope to see you back across the top of Stanage or some other cheeky trail!
Just read this news, very best wishes for a full and speedy recovery SFB; hopefully you'll be out again before too long with more photos of cheeks on cheeky trails.
Blimey - all the best for a speedy and full recovery Simon. And well done to those with him, having faced a similar situation I know how hard it can be to do the right thing.
best wishes from me as well Simon.
definitely makes me think that I should do a CPR course...
All the best Simon, hoping you make a full and speedy recovery!
Well done the Boggies!
Looking forward to more inspirational pics and routes in the near future, so best wishes for your recovery Simon.
All the best Simon. Hope you make a full recovery and are up on you feet before too long.
Best wishes to Simon. Hoping for a speedy recovery
Speedy recovery Simon
All the best, hope everything goes in your favour and you're back out and about soon.
Also well done to the folk that administered CPR.
I've been a long time lurker of the Bogtrotters pictures , get well soon and keep them coming.
I joined STW about 5 years ago and in reply to my very first post somebody asked me if i was Simon F Barnes....I couldn't lie, I am not!
Good luck fella on your speedy full recovery, have enjoyed your style of photos over the years, looking forward to the next set 😉
F-in-L had CPR performed on him no more than a couple of months ago....found it hard to keep up with him a fortnight ago on a good speed ride! Thumbs up to the folk who can perform CPR
Good luck fella.
Excellent work by the boggies.
Latest from his son on FB is that he's beginning to come round out of his anaesthetic and has been moved to a general ward rather than ICU which sounds like good news.
Heal quick fella
Certainly a lot better than "critical", crazy-legs.
I suspect SFB will be thoroughly baffled by the outpouring of adulation when he discovers this thread!
glad to hear that the signs are promising! 🙂
I can't help thinking that 7 pages into an SFB thread with no arguing is some sort of record.
Glad he's improving.
I can't help thinking that 7 pages into an SFB thread with no arguing is some sort of record.
I've seen more
That's great news Crazy-legs!.
Hopefully someone's taken his camera in for all those Nurse's bottoms.
indeed, great to hear some positive news 😀
I hope in the circumstances the mods will forgive me for making a post just in order to add a tag (inspired by comments above)
Good news (expects pics of nurses bums in the very near future)
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Get well soon Simon, hope to randomly encounter you out on the trails sometime soon.
Would somebody please post a bit of foul invective as I fear that if Simon reads all this outpouring of affection it might give him a ...
Oh, hang on, he's just had one of those.
glad to hear that the signs are promising!
+1
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Everyone can do CPR...watch this. It's quite funny and very informative 😀
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Don't know you sfb, but like your interactions on here. Get back soon.
Thoughts with all f&f
Glad to hear there's improvement, healing vibes being sent!
Shocked, but glad to hear he's on the mend.
How long before we hear of a patient banned from Blackpool Victoria Hospital for arguing with everyone.... 😀
Get well soon.
Just read this hope the recovery continues apace.
Really relieved to hear the latest about Simon. I was just in front of him when it occurred.
I called for the ambulance and a guy who had come along for the day arrived on the scene. I was in the process of giving a location to the 999 operator when this guy started administering CPR. He worked for the fire service in Bolton. I think he was called James. He and Jo (lady cyclist) combined brilliantly to keep Simon going for 20 minutes until the first responders arrived with a defibrillator. 10 mins later the ambulance and paramedics arrived. I've only ridden with the group twice but in this short time it's clear that Simon is a great MTB man and enthusiastic group leader.
My thoughts are very much with him and his family and I wish him a speedy recovery. I just want you all to know that James & Jo deserve massive credit for their actions.
has been moved to a general ward
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Get well.
Good job nickdavis2013, I hope your OK to, not a nice situation to be in.
Good work it's good CPR that makes the difference.
All the best SFB and co.
Hats (helmets) off to CPR'ers 30 mins is tough work and must have been good quality work for him to make the Hospital!
Splendid work James and Jo. Glad to hear SFB is out of the critical ward. Fingers crossed for a full and speedy recovery.
Glad things are looking up.
This thread needs a good barney about riding on footpaths.
Oh no it doesn't .........
Hats off to the CPR's really good going and you should be very proud of yourselves.
Any new news at all?
[quote=nickdavis2013 said]I just want you all to know that James & Jo deserve massive credit for their actions.
By the sounds of it, they saved his life. Can't get more awesome than that!
Posted by his son James yesterday on FB
Dad was awake for several hours ( on and off). He's confused but was able to recognise me and smiled when I told him his bike was fine. Still on ventilator but that may change tomorrow. I told him how everyone is rooting for him, he seemed to understand. He's been sedated again so he can sleep as lung infection is making breathing difficult and he was quite distressed, but otherwise positive.
Rich
Wow shocking news. Like many on here I have not met him but I've admired his photographs a lot and enjoyed his contributions. Hope you're back on you bike soon Simon.
Can any medics comment on the nature of a heart attack in someone who is a regular cyclist and therefore likely to be pretty fit? I think it would be a useful discussion here and help raise awareness of potential heart conditions that fitness won't prevent but could help reduce the impact of.
I remember as a youth riding the road, that the fittest and fastest vet in the club suffered a heart attack while on a Sunday club run in the hills and the doctors said it was because he was only because he was so fit that he survived.
Thanks for the great news Rich.
Maybe time for a separate thread to discuss our general heart worries further? Or perhaps something Singletrack and Dr Jon could cover in an article (together with CPR advice)?