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On The Scene II

Status Check

George O. (Pete) Love

Excerpt from "On The Scene II: Status Check"

“Mom!” yelled Stacy.

Kevin quickly got to his feet but Stacy had gotten to her feet quicker and was already running toward her mother. 

“Dad, Mom’s hurt!” Stacy yelled over her shoulder as she ran to her mother’s aid.

Kevin ran to Helen’s side.  In the short time it took Kevin to cover this distance, he was changing his personae to the Paramedic and trying to put the husband part of him aside.  Must be totally objective, he was thinking to himself.   Can’t let emotions get in the way here.

But there were emotions and they were running high.  This was the mother of his children, this was his wife.  If both people were injured, he had to triage them 100% based on the injuries and survivability factors, not on how they were related to him or what the emotions of the moment might be at the time.

Greg was right behind Kevin.  Kevin could hear his footsteps behind him as they made their way towards the two patients.  Another problem, Stacy was slightly ahead of them, and there was no way Kevin could shield her from this scene without jeopardizing patient care.

In fewer words, this sucked rocks in a big way, but Stacy surprised her Dad as she quickly placed her hand over the most severe wound.  She looked up to her father for her next move.  He grabbed a large piece of gauze, an ABD pad, and placed it under her hand.  She pressed as hard as she dared, and she could feel the bleeding begin to slow.  She was helping save a life, her mother’s life, and it felt great. Kevin’s crew was already mobilizing to assist him treat these two patients.  The instant his crew left the helipad, the Life Flight helicopter began its descent to the landing pad.  In this situation, the more help, the better. The Life Guard helicopter had lifted off to make room for Laura’s Life Flight helicopter to land and was hovering, ready to land and transport at a moment’s notice.  The scene was becoming very crowded with police and medical personnel.