Dialing “911” is worse than dialing “Dial A Prayer.”
It took five minutes for paramedics to arrive to the scene when my son was hit by a car. That made all the difference in the world. Also, an off duty police officer was on the scene quicker than that because he was outside when it happened, and he ran to the scene and held my son still as he was bleeding profusely. The paramedics’ notes from the drive to the hospital stated that they did not think son would make it and questioned whether or not to give him the needed IVs because they thought he would be dead on arrival. Alas, he lived. The trauma unit provided excellent care. Timing is everything. Well, help from Above is everything.