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This one hurts. We were short handed anyway, I was in command. The two other FRs with me (one a medic, the other an EMT in nursing school) were tending to the other kids who had crawled from the car. I waited for fire to arrive with Jaws tools so three of us (short handed) could extricate.
She was unrestrained in the back of a two door sedan, rolled over 3 1/2 times. Upon my 360, I had a difficult time determining front and back, as the car was very wrenched. After popping the door we pulled her out and began CPR as the medics arrived. Due to a snafu with Law, unfortunately her father watched us begin CPR before he could be taken aside.
The copter couldn't fly, not that we could continue CPR on it anyway, tho. My team of three rode in the ambulance with the medics for the 15 min. transport. She was pronounced not long after arrival at ER.
This was on a "roller coaster" rural road with a couple peaks and valleys where folks can get going very fast. There is a cross directly across the road from another teenage girl that was ejected in the same type of crash. The driver suffered a broken leg. 5 years ago. I remember that one well also.
Past couple days have been tough. Theraputic typing now, I guess. Bless my wife's heart, but I was almost asleep tonight and she brought this up, about the visitation being earlier and asking about the other kids. That sucked.
This one hurts. We were short handed anyway, I was in command. The two other FRs with me (one a medic, the other an EMT in nursing school) were tending to the other kids who had crawled from the car. I waited for fire to arrive with Jaws tools so three of us (short handed) could extricate.
She was unrestrained in the back of a two door sedan, rolled over 3 1/2 times. Upon my 360, I had a difficult time determining front and back, as the car was very wrenched. After popping the door we pulled her out and began CPR as the medics arrived. Due to a snafu with Law, unfortunately her father watched us begin CPR before he could be taken aside.
The copter couldn't fly, not that we could continue CPR on it anyway, tho. My team of three rode in the ambulance with the medics for the 15 min. transport. She was pronounced not long after arrival at ER.
This was on a "roller coaster" rural road with a couple peaks and valleys where folks can get going very fast. There is a cross directly across the road from another teenage girl that was ejected in the same type of crash. The driver suffered a broken leg. 5 years ago. I remember that one well also.
Past couple days have been tough. Theraputic typing now, I guess. Bless my wife's heart, but I was almost asleep tonight and she brought this up, about the visitation being earlier and asking about the other kids. That sucked.
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