ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the details of the immediate aftermath of the crash. It examines the description of the various injuries and the subsequent emergency treatment. The chapter discusses the major issue with the author's injury: damage to memory. As he laid there on the road with various fluids oozing out of him and his face a bloody, mangled mess, he must have presented a rather dramatic picture. In such a sensational setting, with his various pieces of protective equipment now scattered in a more haphazard fashion than intended all over the road, began the most exciting day of his life. Once he had been disembarked from the helicopter at Jean Minjoz, the doctors' main concern was treatment of the most critical problem, the fact that his brain was getting bigger and bigger. The memory issue would not be solved while he was in France, and doctors decided that what was most important was to deal with basic physical function first.
