Life. What's it all about?

[Missy_Moo]

When I was 15 I watched a guy die right in front of me......

He was the driver in a car crash & I was one of the people who rushed over to help get him out of the car.
He was looking at me & gasping. Asking us to get him out. We were trying to pry the door open with a crow-bar.

He lasted about 3 mins.........
You could clearly see the skin on his face turning pale as the blood drained out the moment his heart stopped pumping.

Totally amazing..... a vision I will never forget. For many reasons....

A big killer is the deceleration or shear factor in crashes. Rupture or rather the sudden stop 'shears' the aorta from the heart & its over, it will be over in a matter of minutes (to heartbeats) & being outside the ED won't save your life.

burned into your memory forever.