Domenico Pozzovivo Giro

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In this kind of situation it is better to sit back for 5s and do the right thing than rush in and cause potential further harm.

Yes, but you weren't there.

I have been there, I also have 30 years experience of dealing with emergency airway issues. I found it difficult to do exactly the right thing and so wouldn't condemn anyone in that situation.
It's easy in a controlled situation, it's a lot harder when you are confronted with someone with obvious, serious injury and you feel you need to act.

There are very specific ways to roll people over to assess breathing and potentially give rescue breaths etc, if he was breathing then rescue breaths should not have been given.
In this kind of situation it is better to sit back for 5s and do the right thing than rush in and cause potential further harm.

It's always easier to comment after the fact; I've been in a similar situation, and it's harder than it looks to be calm and collected and do everything by the book. I wouldn't criticise anyone attempting to help.

It's a tough call, but 'face down and unconscious' means that he needs to be moved to allow an assessment of his airway and whether or not he is breathing. If his airway is compromised or he's not breathing, anything else is a secondary consideration. It looks like the guy on the scene attempts a couple of rescue breaths, in a somewhat unconventional way admittedly, but given the situation...

You could argue that he could have taken more care in moving him, and protected his cervical spine better, but he's first there, and stressed, and trying to stop a young man being dead.

I've just seen the crash a few moments ago, what the hell was the guy playing at?

Face down and unconscious and he decides to yank him up off the floor and flip him round. My stomach turned when I saw him being manhandled like that.

If he turns out to be a doctor or medical professional who knew what he was doing I'll hold my hands up but that was truly fucking stupid.

Good to see he is smiling!

thoughts go out to pozzo and his family ... get well soon.

He is expected to "O.K.", none of his injuries are "life threatening", but I was disturbed by the doctors statement that he was conscious and breathing on his own. Hoping for a quick return to the peloton.