#open fractures

You probably wonder why I share this photo. Well... A few fays ago, I left to work in the market of a neighbouring village. The road was not long. Fifteen minutes by car. The night before, it had rained. Making this road slippery. We often forget that it is the routine journeys that become dangerous. I was just driving. Maybe five or even three minutes... when at the next turn I saw this vehicle stopped. An accident had just occurred.

I still wonder how I managed to stay calm and not faint, because I had to reassure the direct witness of the accident and the injured young girl and inform the emergency services in a same time. My phone not receiving any network and that of the direct witness being discharged, we had to borrow the girl’s phone. I can’t thank enough the other two men who arrived after that to make the conversation with the young girl while I reassured the live witness still in shock and that I inform the emergency services about the condition of the injuries and the location of the accident. Then... while waiting for another call of emergencys on the way, I put myself in the place of the girl: injured, panicked, surrounded by unknown faces and waiting emergency services in pain... I figured he needed a familiar face.

My first thought was to call her parents. Then I put myself in the shoes of the girl’s parents... What call would they have preferred to receive ? The one at the hospital, telling them that their daughter is far away from them and lies far from them within their walls ? Or knowing from someone that she had an accident not far from home ? After asking the girl what She wanted (whom I call her mother), another realization made me sick... I was calling a mom with her daughter’s cell phone to tell her that her daughter had just had an accident with her motorcycle. I didn’t feel well when the mother picked up thinking she had her daughter... and instead, she hears the voice of a stranger (mine). Some would have thought I was really stupid to call the parents of a girl in bad shape.. But the girl was in pain and scared. She needed her parents. I didn’t have time to warn his parents to pay attention to his injuries when they arrived... But the girl was able to relax. Emergencys arrived one minute later.