As you know by now, the last story I wrote to post here got pretty long, and I decided to break it up. In a future episode of that story you will learn of a 9-victim MVA (motor vehicle accident) that occurred early Saturday morning. I was only involved in the care of those folks tangentially; Erin Meier did most of it all herself. Well, this past Tuesday afternoon we had another multiple-victim MVA. They were literally (and I only use that word literally) filing into the ER. We don't know how many there were. Before the last of them arrived, we had moved the first ones off to other areas. The first victims arrived at about 2:30; Scott Dooley and I took care of them while Erin saw all the regular outpatient department patients. We all worked until between 6:00 and 6:30. Visiting surgeon Salim Wahab took the most seriously injured patient to the operating room that day, and two others the next.
Surprisingly, there were no fatalities. Most of the injuries were abrasions (scrapes) and avulsions (skin or other tissue being torn away) from sliding down the pavement at high speed after being thrown out of a vehicle. One little girl and her mom both had parts of their wrists torn away, but neither will likely lose their hand. Many had "road burns" on their faces, trunks and arms. Two had skull fractures, but have not had serious neurological problems. Several had serious facial lacerations.
Andy
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