TrueGreenMarine:
True courage is not the absence of fear, but realizing the fear and going through it anyway.
I don't know if you have had any training but I will have to say that you did a great job saving that girls life. I was a Medic in the Marine Corps. and you did everything right.
Thank God that you were there. Many people just don't want to risk "ANYTHING" for other human beings and you demonstrated true compassion, courage and willingness that saved a persons life. My hat goes off to you.
Please follow through with getting counsel for I have experienced things in my own life that I never dealt with until recently and paid a heavy price for it. Good luck and God bless.
Seamus AKA TrueGreenMarine.
the only training i have had was my rescue diver and medic first aid a couple of years ago.
and lets face it that doesn't equip you for this sort of thing, i don't think any thing does.
i wasn't sure if the oxygen was a good thing to do at the time, but it seemed right.
she had lost a lot of blood and logic said that if she had lost a lot of blood then her oxygen levels would be low.
again i didn't know what to set it too, so i thought it was better to have a little too much rather than not enough, so i set it to half on the delivery guage.
would be nice if some one medically trained said it was the right thing or did no harm.
rang the number they gave me and they weren't much use, and the guy quickly changed the subject when i started talking about her injuries.
i am going to see my doctor this afternoon, hopefully he can help.
i haven't been sleeping too well and have been getting headaches, as well as the tears.
my wife said i was a hero for saving the girls life, what i did wasn't brave or heroic, i just did what i had to.
thanks everyone for your kind words