Someone asked me to share "work stories" (this one is NOT funny)

Taytee

https://www.kvue.com/news/One-killed-in-single-car-accident-133679508.html

 

You see how the back of the car is trying to touch the front? Yeah, that's bad. When people get pulled out of wrecks like that, they come to us. We do all we can and pray/hope for the best. I can't discuss details but they are young and it breaks my heart.

Some mommies are going to get very bad news this morning and at least one will never celebrate another Thanksgiving or Christmas with her son. 

Jess.O

I don't know how you do it but I'm thankful there are people like you. 

JayandJack

amyliisa

Jess.O:

I don't know how you do it but I'm thankful there are people like you. 

Yep.  I have people tell me this all the time, and I've seen some bad bad stuff, but I could NEVER be a paramedic or ER nurse/med staff.  Any hospital medical/nursing staff, actually.  Not for me.  As it is, I have had to do more notifications than I'd ever want to, and they are the.absolute.worst. 

joyco

amyliisa:

Jess.O:

I don't know how you do it but I'm thankful there are people like you. 

Yep.  I have people tell me this all the time, and I've seen some bad bad stuff, but I could NEVER be a paramedic or ER nurse/med staff.  Any hospital medical/nursing staff, actually.  Not for me.  As it is, I have had to do more notifications than I'd ever want to, and they are the.absolute.worst. 

I once had to tell a friend of my sister's mom that they'd been in a car accident (they were fine, just needed a tow and a ride--before the advent of cell phones) and she melted on me.  Flipped the eff out.  I guess I'm not good at breaking news to anyone.  But I couldn't do that on a daily basis.  No way, that is just too hard.    I'm sorry you have to.  I know it comes w/ the territory, but man, it's gotta be draining.  

rssnlvr

Geezus, Taytee, there should be a warning in the title of this post. I opened this thinking it was going to be another funny pregnancy test story.

august8080

rssnlvr:

Geezus, Taytee, there should be a warning in the title of this post. I opened this thinking it was going to be another funny pregnancy test story.

I did, too. SO sad.  Thanks for doing what you do--that is not an easy job.

AustinAggie01

Yep, I thought it was going to be a funny story about foreign objects stuck in weird places or something.  Not this sort of thing at all.  This sucks (but you don't suck, obvs.).

Taytee

eep! Sorry. I'll make it up to y'all. I swear.

It's just usually cases like this don't get to me. At all. I'm pretty numb about it. Which I guess can be unhealthy but I can't do what I do through tears so if I'm going to cry about something, it's gonna have to wait until later. This case bugs me for many different reasons. I'm starting to be old enough to be a mom of some of our Trauma patients and it's throwing me for a loop, even more than caring for sick kids of my daughter's ages.

I'm going to sleep now.

balihaigirl

So sad.  I don't know how you do it either.

FireChiefsBride

Well this line is odd: "?EMS had to cut them out of the vehicle,? said Cpl. Weathers."  Note to media: wrong group- there are only three trucks in Austin that carry those tools. I would be super impressed if they arrived before AFD, as well.  I do not doubt that EMS saves lives every single day, it just bothers me when media posts inaccurate info since they're the news and all...

Sorry, off topic. I had to check the time to make sure DH wasn't at work. It was a full moon last night- which always brings in the worst. That's a heartbreaking story, I don't think a person could ever get used to that.