redundantbassist
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Ok, so yesterday night at around 11:30, a group of teenage skateboarders were skating in the street outside my house. I heard the sound of a skateboard hitting the pavement followed by a loud scream. I went outside to check it out. A 16 y/o male skater hit the curb and had a really nasty abrasion on his lower leg with bruising around it, and had minor injuries on his hands. No obvious deformities or any other injuries. I offered to help, and he accepted. I got my walmart basic first aid kit and rinsed his wound with water, bandaged it and gave him an ice pack. However, when he got up, he had extreme pain in his leg, and could barely walk. I told him that he probably fractured his tibia, and offered to call an ambulance, call someone to pick him up, or even to drive him to the hospital myself, all of which he refused. He insisted that he only lived 5 blocks away and could make it home. I kept trying to persuade him to call his parents to take him to the hospital, but he was stubborn and refused. His friends ended up doing a really crappy two person walking-assist, and he was yelling in pain as he was practically dragged down the road.
I feel really really bad about how I handled this. But I don't know what else I could have done.
What would you have done if you were in this situation?
I feel really really bad about how I handled this. But I don't know what else I could have done.
What would you have done if you were in this situation?