Saturday, June 16, 2007

I almost got hit by a semi

While at work, late one night, I was transporting a patient to a hospital on the interstate. While in my zone, I noticed two head lights facing me. It looked like it was on the side of the interstate until I changed lanes to give some space to pass safely. The headlights followed me.
I turned on the emergency lights and siren and air horn. I yelled a few things also but I don't think the guy heard me. As I changed lanes again, the headlights followed... As the semi barely missed the front of the ambulance.
All I said over the radio was, "There is a semi on the interstate!" To which was replied, "10-4." I thought I had said more but I didn't.
As I got on a different interstate there was a state trooper so I stopped and told him, "There is a semi heading the wrong way on interstate ## south bound!"
He CALMLY replied, "We know." And there he sat.
Soon I heard the call over the radio for semi vs. cars on interstate with fire. Several other units were sent to the call to help. And I finished my little hospital to hospital transfer. But that's not the end. I then ran a stabbing, who died, but that's another bloggy story. After clearing the stabbing. I was sent on the call with the semi. HEE HEE HEE!
I drove down about a mile of car carnage before I saw the big one.
The semi, a van, and several cars burned up. I got a patient who did not initially want to go. Probably because of all the excitement. Decided to go for the neck pain. You'd figure rubber neckers wouldn't have any neck pain, but they do.
Before I left the scene I walked around the wreck. One of our medics, who works for the local fire department, called me over to look in the van.
He opened the door and there sat, literally, a rib cage on the seat. I think there was still some lung inside, and THREE humorises... YOU DO THE MATH.