*An ICU nurse took to TikTok to warn about serious injury and/or death from using motorized scooters.
According to U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), “[f]rom 2017 to 2021, [ER] injuries spiked 127 percent to 77,200 for micromobility devices.”
In a July 15, 2023, TikTok video, creator Chenedy (@nurse.chen) shared her position on a motorized scooters. “I’m literally begging you,” the video caption reads, Distractify reports.
“Please don’t do this. From an ICU nurse,” the text on the video reads.
“If you have never seen me, if you have never listened to a single word I have ever said, please remember this,” Chenedy said. “I’m an ICU nurse and I was working in neural trauma last night. I cannot stress this enough. Do not get on these motorized scooters.”
@nurse.chen Im literally begging you #icunurse #traumanurse #birdscooter #themoreyouknow #nursesoftiktok #foryoy #fyp ♬ original sound – Chenedy
She continued: “You guys, they’re so freaking dangerous. I had a patient a little while ago, who was younger than me … I’m 26 … on a motorized scooter that fell, broke their back, and now they’re paralyzed.”
She also described the experience of another patient.
“I had another patient who was riding a motorized scooter,” Chenedy said. “They fell and had a traumatic brain injury with a midline shift. They had to go to the O.R. to get their skull removed — a craniotomy.”
Chenedy noted that it was a hemi-craniotomy, which is less severe, but still eye-opening.
“No bone flap. No bone flap here, just brain,” Chenedy said while pointing to her head. “They can’t talk, can’t walk and all because of a damn motorized scooter. Y’all, those are freaking death traps.”
Chenedy understands wanting to “ride around the city with your friends” but urged folks not to do it.
“I promise you, it’s not worth it,” Chenedy said. “And while we’re on the topic, why are we still riding motorcycles in 2023? Even if you have a helmet on, you could crash it. Do you know what happens when you crash it? You shatter your freaking pelvis.”
She continued: That’s what happens. You shatter your pelvis, you almost bleed out twice, you may die, you may survive. You may not be able to walk again. Like y’all leave these motorized vehicles alone. Love, a tired ICU nurse.”
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