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Originally Posted by Dave
I've never been in this position before.
I don't think I would handle it well.
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You'd be surprised what you can learn to live with.
My first day of residency as a Respiratory Therapist at a level 1 tramua center a guy had tried to commit suicide by placing a sawed off shotgun under his chin. He pulled both barrells but it only blew off the front part of his face. He had no chin, mouth and nose, most of his cheeks was gone. We put the tube down his throat by looking at where the air is bubbling up through the red mass of goo where his face use to be.
We have a major car accident come in at the same time. They didn't expect the guy to live so they put the noobie RT resident bagging the guy for two hours to keep him alive until he died momentarily. They brought in his family to say goodbye etc. He ended up living after a couple of months in ICU.