I Had Fun At Trauma Management Class, And Was Only Mildly Impaled

By Bob Owens

Since I was in my teens I’ve developed a disturbing talent for either being at the site of accidents as they take place, or arriving just seconds afterward.

I’ve witnessed motorcyclists “straighten out” a curve flipping multiple times, and another incident where a distracted biker run headlong into the the rear of a stopped work van. I’ve watched a college coed fly over the hood of my car when she ran out into traffic and was hit broadside by a little old lady a a large sedan. Car crashes? I’ve seen them from almost every angle, and have been involved in a few as well.

When I add them up, I’ve had to play the role of “first responder” until actual police, fire, or paramedics arrived at least a dozen times, with the most recent one coming just three weeks ago as a red SUV that was going well over the speed limit outside of my neighborhood hit another vehicle, and rolled four times in a crash I heard from a block away.

Fortunately, no one was in immediate danger of dying before an ambulance arrived in any of these instances. Considering my “talent,” however, I can’t count on always being that …Read the Rest

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