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[–] myyass@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is an interesting one.

I applaud your mom for helping, she must be prepared at all times? I mean I carry an AFAK (Advanced Individual First Aid Kit) to work or to the range for example. But I would be totally useless in a traffic accident. Like okay, maybe I can tourniquet a limb, put a splint on (high risk), or use a homeostatic bandage and maybe that will get you by until EMS shows up. Really, unless you know exactly what you're doing, you could kill someone.

And your sister is completely correct. You don't have to be right to sue someone, odds are it's a wasted expense on both parties. Anecdotally, when my sister got into a car accident with my car, the stupid cunt my sister had ran into had the gall to try and sue my mom as well as myself. They couldn't get to me at all, I was 2000 miles away. If only I had my personal attorney that I do today, I would have sued right back.

It depends on what kind of a nurse your sister is. Not all nurses have the same experiences and well it could traumatize them for life. I would trust a combat medic over most nurses. I mean I had a nurse that fucked up an IV 4 times before I told him hey do it like this, I need to be mobile, tape here, tape there. My mom was a head nurse, and when she had surgery it was funny to hear how many times she had to correct the nurses.

Another thing is your mom might have the eye of who's viable and who's a casualty. And that's a hard thing to accept. I mean going home one time, I saw a guy on the road from a motorcycle crash and people trying to help him. He's screaming in agony, blood is everywhere. No helmet. Think, a peak time parking lot of cars you see in California traffic surrounding the area. I was like, yeah he's dead, I think I saw it the news actually creepy. At least my brain mostly blocked out that one except the screams.

So yeah, your sister might not want to experience that nor has the confidence to mend a situation like that.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But I would be totally useless in a traffic accident. Like okay, maybe I can tourniquet a limb, put a splint on (high risk), or use a homeostatic bandage and maybe that will get you by until EMS shows up.

don't underestimate how important it is to be able to evaluate a casualty. your training and skills will stop those 'oh I'm fine' 0.o pupils dilated types that want to go home, or knowing what shock looks like, knowing that feeling clammy and sick to one's stomach might indicate a cardiac event etc., I hope people don't give up on helping others, stuff like this saves lives.

[–] myyass@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I know, I help when I can. Part of why I carry an AFAK to work, had a coworker step on a nail. He didn't notice because he's diabetic. I noticed bloody shoe prints everywhere, at least the first aid kit had homeostatic powder. He was good enough to go home with a wrap. While he didn't panic, I know there are plenty of people that would.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

. He didn’t notice because he’s diabetic.

ah fuck. the recovery on those kinds of wounds is awful too, takes forever. good catch tho, probably saved his life or his foot