Bright Side!
Be happy! Think positive! Look on the bright side! It’s not as bad as all that! These are all things which work well when you’re having a bad day at the office, but have a negative effect in times of great stress that look set to have a dubious outcome.
Take what happened to me when I used to work on a farm. I was operating some heavy machinery when I got my leg stuck in a machine (a fold in my jeans had been sucked in; my calf was heading towards an extremely dangerous piece of spinning metal equipment).
I tried not to panic, which, as anyone who has been in such a situation knows, is quite hard when staring certain loss of limb in the face. Somehow I managed to reach the emergency button, and the machinery stopped. But by that time my leg had been clamped and squashed in the machine. It wasn’t particularly painful, but I could feel warm blood running down my leg.
When the ambulance arrived I was relieved. But if I’d have known what was to come I might have not bothered pushing the button after all: I was that annoyed.
One paramedic was older and suffering from the evilest stages of hair loss — he kept his mouth shut. The other was younger and kept saying things like “we’ll have you out of there in a jiffy!” and “Ouch, that must be painful, but don’t worry, it could be worse!” When I asked “How could it?” he pointed to his head and winced.
So if you’re a paramedic then here’s some advice. If you find someone with their leg trapped in a machine then be kind, but be realistic. It’s what someone who is about to lose a chunk of their leg would rather hear.
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