It was cold. It was raining. Perfect night for car accidents. Samantha and her partner James had already been to four of them. She hoped it would be a bit calmer the later it got. The redhead sat in the driver’s seat of the rig, leaning against the door with her arms crossed, head against the window. Her blue eyes were closed and she was drifting along that threshold between consciousness and slumber. That was until she was jolted by the radio buzzing and dispatch informing them of a traffic collision on the freeway. Two cars, two drivers. Police and fire were on scene.
The ambulance pulled up within just a few minutes to the scene where two fire trucks and another ambulance and a couple cop cars were all staged - the fire trucks to block the closest lane of traffic to help protect the scene, the ambulance was pulled in front for easier load up of a patient, and the cops... Well, they were doing what they needed to do. A blue Honda Civic was sitting with the front crumpled inward, and a red Ford Focus that had extensive damage to the driver’s side, and obviously encroached upon the passenger space in the car. Sam and her partner exited the large vehicle and got the gurney ready as well as other medical supplies that could be needed. Fire informed them that the Civic had spun out, slamming into the Focus and both cars hit the sound wall. The driver of the Focus was being taken care of another ambulance crew that was already on scene just before them. Fire crew members were using the Jaws of Life to remove the roof of the car to get her extricated.
Sam and her partner went to the driver of the Honda, who was sitting against the sound wall with another fire fighter. He was bleeding from the head and holding his arm which had some obvious deformities. “Let’s get him out of the rain,” she suggested to her partner, though she mainly did it because she didn’t want to be completely soaked for the last two hours of their shift. Once in the rig, James began assessing the patient while she talked with the fire fighter to get the information that he had gathered before they got there. Sam then began some of the vitals on the patient while her partner talked to him. She could smell alcohol on him.
The ambulance pulled up within just a few minutes to the scene where two fire trucks and another ambulance and a couple cop cars were all staged - the fire trucks to block the closest lane of traffic to help protect the scene, the ambulance was pulled in front for easier load up of a patient, and the cops... Well, they were doing what they needed to do. A blue Honda Civic was sitting with the front crumpled inward, and a red Ford Focus that had extensive damage to the driver’s side, and obviously encroached upon the passenger space in the car. Sam and her partner exited the large vehicle and got the gurney ready as well as other medical supplies that could be needed. Fire informed them that the Civic had spun out, slamming into the Focus and both cars hit the sound wall. The driver of the Focus was being taken care of another ambulance crew that was already on scene just before them. Fire crew members were using the Jaws of Life to remove the roof of the car to get her extricated.
Sam and her partner went to the driver of the Honda, who was sitting against the sound wall with another fire fighter. He was bleeding from the head and holding his arm which had some obvious deformities. “Let’s get him out of the rain,” she suggested to her partner, though she mainly did it because she didn’t want to be completely soaked for the last two hours of their shift. Once in the rig, James began assessing the patient while she talked with the fire fighter to get the information that he had gathered before they got there. Sam then began some of the vitals on the patient while her partner talked to him. She could smell alcohol on him.