PEOPLE AS A PAST EMT-A, take the time to watch this video. You will understand WHY PROTOCOL ATTEMPTS TO DICTATE when in an accident the safest place is in your vehicle lest you wish to become one of the injured/fatalaty. The injured will remain as such until TRAINED PERSONNEL ARRIVE AND TRAFFIC FLOW IS HALTED MAKING IT SAFE TO BE WALKING. VISIBILITY IS MINIMAL EVEN FOR THE ONGOING TRAFFIC AND THE WALKING CANNOT OUT MANEUVER A CATAPULTING VEHICLE, as u see. Use this as a learning tool. Roll your window down and have stationary vehicles turn on emergency flashers, inquire about injuries if any. Encourage all around to remain in vehicles.. Call 911 and advise visual on number of damaged vehicles. Observe with nose if you smell fuel/gasoline. If so YELL LOUDLY FOR ALL TO PASS AHEAD AND BEHIND THAT THERE IS A GASOLINE LEAK AND IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT NO ONE LIGHT UP A CIGARETTE. PUT OUT LIT SMOKES INSIDE VEHICLES. FUMES CAN IGNITE. MAKE SURE YOU HEAR THIS MESSAGE BEING PASSED ALONG. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE CLOSE TO BIG RIG. THEY MAY CAN USE THEIR CB RADIO AS LOUD SPEAKER. IF YOU ARE CLOSE TO a CAR WITH INJURIES...TELL THEM NOT TO MOVE. GET ALL INFO ABOUT INJURIES AND PASS ON TO 911. You stay calm for them. Get their names, contact names and phone numbers to call once at hospital. All info helpful for emergency crew. It just makes me cringe to see these flying vehicles coming upon mayhem unaware of people on foot in the midst of it all. Cars ricocheting off others around them. DID YOU NOTICE THE LOOKIE---LOOO RUBBER NECKERS IN A GROUP ON FOOT IN THE OTHER LANE. ??? And they wonder why we cannot fix stupid.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 03:38:08 +0000