Hello All
On Sunday the 17th I had an incident at work. One of my employees slipped and fell on her back pretty hard. I was in another part of the store when I heard her scream. I put down what I was doing and came to see what the problem was, and I found her on the floor with a few others gathered around her. I asked her how she felt, and she told me there was a shooting pain down her left arm, her shoulder blade hurt and she might have hit her head. She is pregnant, so I immediately called an ambulance. While we waited for EMT's to arrive, I tried to keep her mind off the pain by asking about the baby, ultrasounds and all that. A few minutes later, paramedics showed up and took her away. She and the baby are fine, she ended up having a deep bruise on her shoulder blade and a swollen wrist from trying to catch herself on the way down.
Looking back and having had VERY basic medical training, I felt like I froze, and there was more I could have done. Am I being too hard on myself? Medical people: was there more I could have done? I ask because I want to be better prepared in case I need to help someone later.
Thanks
Pilot
On Sunday the 17th I had an incident at work. One of my employees slipped and fell on her back pretty hard. I was in another part of the store when I heard her scream. I put down what I was doing and came to see what the problem was, and I found her on the floor with a few others gathered around her. I asked her how she felt, and she told me there was a shooting pain down her left arm, her shoulder blade hurt and she might have hit her head. She is pregnant, so I immediately called an ambulance. While we waited for EMT's to arrive, I tried to keep her mind off the pain by asking about the baby, ultrasounds and all that. A few minutes later, paramedics showed up and took her away. She and the baby are fine, she ended up having a deep bruise on her shoulder blade and a swollen wrist from trying to catch herself on the way down.
Looking back and having had VERY basic medical training, I felt like I froze, and there was more I could have done. Am I being too hard on myself? Medical people: was there more I could have done? I ask because I want to be better prepared in case I need to help someone later.
Thanks
Pilot