MUSC surgeons treat bike week traumaBy Jill Coley (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Friday, May 16, 2008
Bikers know Myrtle Beach Bike Week by the crowds and roaring street machines. Trauma surgeons at Medical University of South Carolina know bike week by the wounds. As the only Level 1 Trauma Center in the Lowcountry, and one of only four in the state, MUSC handles the most severe motorcycle accidents. "You know when bike week is, and you see more accidents," said Dr. Keith Borg, professor and research director of emergency medicine. "There are a lot of head injuries and injuries to extremities. We certainly see amputations, head injuries and people die." South Carolina law does not require riders to wear a helmet unless they are age 21 or younger. "Roach" Mercer of Georgetown sat on a corner in Myrtle Beach and watched the bikers go by. "They're being stupid, revving up, acting like they're racing from red lights. That's what kills bikers," he said by telephone. Read more in Saturday's edition of The Post and Courier. |
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