emergency prepared

Published Aug 29, 2013

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Hi!

I am in no way an emergency nurse - I am an RN and have lots of medical and i have a degree in psych. Yesterday as i was accelerating onto a freeway from another (50 - 60 mph) a motorcycle flipped right in front of me - his bike landed and then he flipped several times (no helmet). I absolutely do not know how he is alive but I stopped my car and hung out with him until an ambulance came which seemed like forever. Other folks called 911 and some people got his bike off the rode etc. He told me he was having chest pain and left arm felt funny etc. I asked his name, got a strong pulse and inquired about cardiac issues. He stated he had high blood pressure but not on meds and was 38 and smoked - he was a large guy but looked healthy other than his head which had a steady stream of blood coming from an abrasion (didn't look deeper). He kept asking me to get out of the rode and was sitting up with my help (also said he was short of breath). I told him we were blocked by a car and safe where we were and were not moving until the ambulance arrived (clearly hit his head since there was blood all over) and it was 97 degrees with very high humidity and we were sitting on the asphalt with rush hour traffic so breathing etc could have been related to that. I used my fone to call his gf while we waited and got stuff from his bike for him etc but found myself very ill-prepared to help him other than talking to him and trying to reassure him. Before I stopped he had tried to get himself up several times and kept falling. Some work men came and gave him some water. Sorry about the essay - my question is can someone help me prepare an emergency kit for my car and truly even an er nurse couldn't do much without some equipment. And - would I be a bad nurse because if I had had some aspirin I would have given them to him - PERIOD. His only allergy was iodine and he was able to take asa if we had had some. I am simply wondering the best action legally and otherwise (minnesota) if i did anything like asa (as a human being I don't care about the law if it would have saved him) ADVISE PLEASE. I felt completely helpless. He went off to the er so I hope he was fine. The were putting a collar on him when I left. Suggestions for car stuff? THANK YOU SO MUCH!

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