Have you ever seen a dead person?
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I was on an ambulance ride along for my emt license. We got to this house an a young man of 19 who had aids heart had stopped. He was so sick, so pale, so horribly thin. The perimedic held the paddles up and looked at the parents. Mom was crying, Dad was crying. They didn't want to turn loose, but they didn't want to go forward. It seemed as if time had stopped. No one did anything. No one said anything. I had done the kennel work at 5 am so It would be done before I had to do this shift. Their little dog jumped up and up and up on my legs. I coudln't tell the dog to stop, I couldn't even hardly breathe. Finally it was too late. The things were put away, and the parents left crying. It was the saddest situation I have ever been in. I am glad they let him go, he didn't need to suffer anymore. It is hard to remember when the panic sets in that if you call the ambulance they are suppose to do whatever they can to restore life, even if it is the wrong thing to do. That was my first dead body and the color of his skin really shocked me. AFter that I worked in a nursing home and saw several people who had passed away because I worked a double always and always the night shift to morning which is when most people do die when they are chronically ill.
Close to me I saw my grandmother and grandfather in their caskets, and my infant niece. Jim had already been cremated and it was a shock to me to see that his big 6 ft body had been reduced to such a small box. I did not attend my Father's service. A friend had also had a closed casket.
Close to me I saw my grandmother and grandfather in their caskets, and my infant niece. Jim had already been cremated and it was a shock to me to see that his big 6 ft body had been reduced to such a small box. I did not attend my Father's service. A friend had also had a closed casket.
I may have seen some at a distance but none that register right now.
However earlier this year a co worker, K, died. I went out for a smoke after he lined out what he wanted me to do for the morning and less then 5 minutes later I came back and he was face down on the floor of the server room. I yelled his name and got no response. I yelled to J who was outside the room to dial 911 as I rolled K over to check for vitals. I couldnt find a pulse and J was floundering dialing 911 on his iPhone so he started CPR while I got 911 on the land line.
I gotta say being the last person to talk to K and being the one to find him really messed with my head, and I mean freaked out shaking in shock messed with.
When I worked at the warehouse I watched a guy get his hand crushed in a forklift. I was the only one who didnt freak out and started first aid. I found out later he could have bled to death and or completely lost his hand if I hadnt gone on auto pilot. With K my auto pilot didnt kick in and I started freaking out, I will be forever grateful J was their to start CPR even though it was likely K was dead and nothing could change that when I found him.
However earlier this year a co worker, K, died. I went out for a smoke after he lined out what he wanted me to do for the morning and less then 5 minutes later I came back and he was face down on the floor of the server room. I yelled his name and got no response. I yelled to J who was outside the room to dial 911 as I rolled K over to check for vitals. I couldnt find a pulse and J was floundering dialing 911 on his iPhone so he started CPR while I got 911 on the land line.
I gotta say being the last person to talk to K and being the one to find him really messed with my head, and I mean freaked out shaking in shock messed with.
When I worked at the warehouse I watched a guy get his hand crushed in a forklift. I was the only one who didnt freak out and started first aid. I found out later he could have bled to death and or completely lost his hand if I hadnt gone on auto pilot. With K my auto pilot didnt kick in and I started freaking out, I will be forever grateful J was their to start CPR even though it was likely K was dead and nothing could change that when I found him.
Ive seen tons, and ive had the displeasure of cleaning them up for the mortuary.
I'm a CNA and work in a nursing home, people die quite often. You get used to it, my moms a nurse and ive been around nursing facilities my entire life.
I also witnessed my father die when I was 7. He lived with us while he was dying, and my mom took care of him. I emptied catheters as a kid sometimes for my dad.
As for animals.... Ive seen death way too many times to count.
I'm a CNA and work in a nursing home, people die quite often. You get used to it, my moms a nurse and ive been around nursing facilities my entire life.
I also witnessed my father die when I was 7. He lived with us while he was dying, and my mom took care of him. I emptied catheters as a kid sometimes for my dad.
As for animals.... Ive seen death way too many times to count.
I watched an autopsy as part of an outside credit I was doing for my A&P class in high school, which was actually kind of neat.
I came across a guy who had decided to try and cross I-25 on foot and was hit by a semi-truck. The cops hadn't gotten there yet, so there was just a huge backup of traffic starting as everyone got as far over as possible and the body was just lying twisted in the middle of the highway.
I came across a guy who had decided to try and cross I-25 on foot and was hit by a semi-truck. The cops hadn't gotten there yet, so there was just a huge backup of traffic starting as everyone got as far over as possible and the body was just lying twisted in the middle of the highway.
Totally. My "adoptive dad" didn't make it to my wedding because he hit a deer on his bike the day before. He was thrown off and skidded about 200 feet facefirst in the gravel. Luckily he had a full face helmet and armored leathers on. Still crushed his ankle and messed up the arm that got skidded on though. 
I am from one of those families that drags kids to funerals as soon as they are born. Seen many a person in a casket.
Most were in the hospital in ICU doing terminal weanings or cleaning the bodies up as students. Working in the hospital you are kind of around death,walk in through the ER and it goes past you. The things you hear will break your heart.
When I was younger we stopped at a wreck with an old couple where the man had died and the women was just inconsolable. That will always be in my head-not so much him,but her.
Live in some apartments with a bad hill when I was in my teens,in bad weather you could sit and watch the cars slide off. Once a month or so the drunks would wreck,usually not to bad. This one was bad,girl upside down,blood had puddled and stopped, it was just creepy,knew she was gone. Seemed like hours before anyone got there. Her friends just wanted to get rid of the beer and pot Maybe they were in shock but I hope they got in some trouble for that.
In just a couple square miles of me we have had horrible deadly accidents this last year. I am not one to pray but am so thankful I have not seen some of this stuff first hand. We had a wreck here last week that killed a husband and wife and their eighteen month old girl. The wife was eight and a half months pregnant. They tried an emergency c section. I saw some of my friends coming back from the scene and can not even imagine. I could never be an EMT. I see motorcycles race past me and curse them because I do not have medical training to get PTSD because they are idiots
Most were in the hospital in ICU doing terminal weanings or cleaning the bodies up as students. Working in the hospital you are kind of around death,walk in through the ER and it goes past you. The things you hear will break your heart.
When I was younger we stopped at a wreck with an old couple where the man had died and the women was just inconsolable. That will always be in my head-not so much him,but her.
Live in some apartments with a bad hill when I was in my teens,in bad weather you could sit and watch the cars slide off. Once a month or so the drunks would wreck,usually not to bad. This one was bad,girl upside down,blood had puddled and stopped, it was just creepy,knew she was gone. Seemed like hours before anyone got there. Her friends just wanted to get rid of the beer and pot
Maybe they were in shock but I hope they got in some trouble for that. In just a couple square miles of me we have had horrible deadly accidents this last year. I am not one to pray but am so thankful I have not seen some of this stuff first hand. We had a wreck here last week that killed a husband and wife and their eighteen month old girl. The wife was eight and a half months pregnant. They tried an emergency c section. I saw some of my friends coming back from the scene and can not even imagine. I could never be an EMT. I see motorcycles race past me and curse them because I do not have medical training to get PTSD because they are idiots
used to be an older couple across the road, and I think everyone told him a million times...do not try pulling big tree stumps out with a farm tractor. one day we were just sitting having coffee and heard the wife screaming. we ran over to find him pinned under the tractor. she had called 911 immediately, but when you live in a rural area it takes a while. so..for 20 mins. we tried to lift that tractor, but couldn't. it was the worst experience of our lives. the tractor's weight was full on his chest, and we helplessly watched him die. so sad.
Yup...3 of em
1. I was about 13, walking home from a friends place...watched a drunk fly through his windshield and slide up the road quite a distance after hitting a tree
2. About 17 I was asked by a friend of mine to help him look for his best friend because they hadnt heard from him for 2 days...we went searching, found him hanging from a weeping willow tree.... apparently he was depressed a long time and decided to hang himself
3. At 20 my aunt and cousin were struck by a drunk guy driving a fully loaded 18 wheeler...was asked to identify the "bodies" couldnt really make out anything, they were more or less hamburger, but dental records confirmed it was them
1. I was about 13, walking home from a friends place...watched a drunk fly through his windshield and slide up the road quite a distance after hitting a tree
2. About 17 I was asked by a friend of mine to help him look for his best friend because they hadnt heard from him for 2 days...we went searching, found him hanging from a weeping willow tree.... apparently he was depressed a long time and decided to hang himself
3. At 20 my aunt and cousin were struck by a drunk guy driving a fully loaded 18 wheeler...was asked to identify the "bodies" couldnt really make out anything, they were more or less hamburger, but dental records confirmed it was them
