Most assuredly a "better safe than sorry" job, then. Many years ago my brother came close to being paralysed after a motorcycle accident. Had a passing off-duty firefighter not stopped them, two witnesses to the accident were about to remove his helmet, which was badly damaged. The paramedics who attended did everything by the book, the helmet was removed (by some green-suit magic trick) without causing further damage and after he'd spent three months in hospital, he was eventually as good as new. The other possible outcome didn't bear thinking about.