Thank you for posting... great lessons here!
As an RN, I totally agree that the doctor's taking your helmet off was WRONG! I even put a Dymo label on all my helmets, just above the front opening: DO NOT REMOVE EXCEPT IN ER. I read about this years ago; a lot of EMT's don't know it either.
In looking at the turn on the map, one thing that struck me was how much tighter it is than any of the other hairpins on that stretch of highway.
Another skill that may have helped you assess it sooner and more accurately: practice keeping your awareness on your peripheral vision. Besides reducing target fixation, the habit lets your brain take in more information and sooner. It also, psychologically, allows your ride have more ROOM and more TIME, so panic doesn't take over so quickly.
Without panic, all the great advice about setting up for a late apex track, looking where you want to go, shoving that inside handlebar grip to get you there (counter-steering), and staying off the brake in the turn or in gravel, has a better chance of succeeding.
And for godsake, don't ride like your friend in the start of the video! I cringed to see the DY violations... that'll get you plain dead!
Having gotten off and gotten hurt myself, I wish you all the best: fast healing, fast learning, and may you ride for a long long time with lots of slow joy.
