Tough evening. Prayers please

[tooge]

On the way home from work, I was first on scene of a auto vs motorcycle head on. Motorcycle had a twenty something male rider and his 10ish year old little brother. Kid flew into a ditch and guy was in the street bleeding from his rear waist and arm. Both had helmets. Kid was pretty skinned up and I applied pressure to the riders wounds. Shooke up. Ambulance came five or six mins later. I don't know these guys but I have a ten year old boy so it hit home. The boy had baseball pants on and there is a batting cage up the street. My son and I go there all the time. Anyhow, prayers to these guys

[BoneKrusher]

Originally Posted by tooge

Yeah. He always looked sorta funny to me

makes a good avatar too.

[TLO]

Tough sounding situation. Sounds like you handled it well though!

[Buehler445]

That's tough man. Glad you were able to keep your head and help.

[Rain Man]

Nice work. Hopefully everyone's injuries are only temporary.

[Bump]

nice of you to stop and help. I hope they don't sue you.

But that's why I don't ride motorcycles.

[Lumpy]

Damn, that's horrible. I hope they're ok. Nice work w/ helping them until the EMT's got there.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Dave

I've never been in this position before.

I don't think I would handle it well.

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.

[Frankie]

Originally Posted by tooge

On the way home from work, I was first on scene of a auto vs motorcycle head on. Motorcycle had a twenty something male rider and his 10ish year old little brother. Kid flew into a ditch and guy was in the street bleeding from his rear waist and arm. Both had helmets. Kid was pretty skinned up and I applied pressure to the riders wounds. Shooke up. Ambulance came five or six mins later. I don't know these guys but I have a ten year old boy so it hit home. The boy had baseball pants on and there is a batting cage up the street. My son and I go there all the time. Anyhow, prayers to these guys

That's awful. Hope they'll be OK. Good for you for helping out.