I guess I am hoping no one reads this. I am really frustrated with myself. On my way home from work today a minivan flipped in front of me & landed on its side. Idiot SUV ran a red light dinged her (I get this info from other people on scene) and she flipped. I had the presence of mind to call 911 & give the supervisor pretty good info, but that’s about it. I got on the ground next to her & determined the expanding pool of blood was only coming from her completely crushed finger. What I’m kicking myself for is that I didn’t even try to stop the blood. Now I could try to justify this & say well I was crouched next to a minivan laying on the drivers side sort of wondering if it was stable or going to fall over on me. I didnt want to damage the finger any more by touching it…she wasn’t bleeding to death…What exactly do I think I was going to stop the blood with??? I didn’t have a clean dry cloth (nor did I ask if any1 else had one)…LAMMMMMMEEEE. I just dropped the ball. When the officers arrived I quickly excused myself & ran off. Then I realized oh duh..blood..stop bleeding. crap. Okay I am done w/ the self-loathing. Must move on.
Beating Myself Up
February 16, 2008 by justadispatcher