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February 09, 2004
First Do No Harm
While reading this article about how funding for first responders is being tied up, I couldn't help but think of the time my hometown first responders worked their first traffic accident.
A lady had had a one-vehicle accident, and the first responders arrived quickly. She was injured, but her door was jammed by the wreck and they couldn't get her out. Someone arrived with the 'Jaws of Life', and the first responders were hard at work peeling the roof off the car like a can of sardines.
Then the local police got to the scene, made them stop.....and opened the passenger side door so the EMT's could get the lady out.
Y'all prolly think I make this stuff up, don't you?
My imagination's not that good.
Posted by Rita at February 9, 2004 06:02 AM
Comments
You heard about the Polack who was frantically trying to wave down a cop?
It was a hundred degrees in the blazing sun and he'd locked his keys in the car with all the windows rolled up. He needed a cop to help him jimmy the lock.
It wouldn't have been so bad but his wife and kids were inside the car.
Posted by: Ralph Gizzip at February 9, 2004 08:11 PM
My kids used to lock me out of the car all the time.....until they figured out I enjoyed the peace & quiet while they were cooped up in the hot car.
Posted by: Rita at February 10, 2004 07:58 AM