Posted on 06/15/2005 5:46:46 PM PDT by SandRat
Maybe sometimes, but not always. I was witness to, or perhaps marginally involved in, a moderately gruesome auto accident. A pickup going about 45, T-boned a mid size Mercury (the old heavy built style). The young lady driving the Mercury was knocked unconcious, and probably had a significant concussion. I was so close I was first to the side of her vehicle, and began observing her vital signs. She was breathing and her was beating, so I figured best to leave her alone. She was upright , so her airway was clear, and was only bleeding from an ear (not good I know). Before I could turn around to request someone to call 911 (this was before cell phones) someone reported that they already had. Ditto with asking for a blanket to cover her up, one was already out of a nearby home and on the way. Basically I just talked to her, continued monitoring her breathing and heartbeat (by observation of the pulse in her neck) until the fire truck and ambulance arrived. Then I removed my upper half from her car window, and backed away. A guy in the crowd said, "you did the right things, I'm a former Vietnam era Army medic". I wanted to punch him right in the face, but I just asked "Why weren't you up there" his answer, "You were already doing what I could have done".
Bottom line, no everyone are sheeple, at least in Texas.
Bottom line, no everyone are sheeple, at least in Texas
Bottom line, not everyone is a sheeple, at least in Texas
People who have a medical ticket tend to stay out of the blood because they can be sued much easier than a common person. I've had doctors whisper to me what to do but they wouldn't touch the injured person. Just knelt beside me and when the fire truck or ambulance arrived, zing gone like a ghost.
Rotating his entire body might have been difficult with two broken femurs. This might have caused him to thrash around from the pain, causing even more injuries.
A number of years ago I stopped to help a motorcycle rider who was hit by a car and was lying in the middle of the street. Although he had a compound fracture of his right leg and a fractured arm, he would not/could not lay still, because he was lying on broiling-hot asphalt in August in Houston. He had a helmet on, but the faceplate was broken so I could not his face. But he was screaming in pain and throwing himself around.
I was about to the point of moving him to the grass on the shoulder, when someone came up with a large piece of heavy cardboard. Holding his helmet as still as possible, we moved him to the cardboard and he settled down.
When the EMT's got there, they started yelling at me for moving him. But the cardboard guy came to my rescue. Turns out he was an off-duty EMT, and he explained to them that I had done the right thing and why.
We do what we can with what little knowledge we have.
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