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...seen someone die in front of you?

I imagine lolgaxe has, but how about the rest of you?

I could've have comfortably answered "no" until Tuesday. Now I can't say that anymore.

One of they guys living here (at the Mission) apparently suffered a ruptured aortic aneurysm. This is not a thing I ever wish to witness again. I mean, I'm not squeamish; that isn't the issue. What freaked me out was just seeing the process of sudden death.

Another staff member was doing what he could (which wasn't much, but still) and the ambulance crew was there in under 3 minutes, so I had nothing to do but observe until I directed the ambulance guys to the patient. While working here I've dealt with finding corpses, this was just...other-level weird.

Edited, Oct 1st 2015 6:47pm by Bijou

Not to be morbid, but...was it messy? Because this was messy.

We have such resources but given the type of place I work (Christian-based Rescue Mission, in case anyone forgot/didn't know) the usual suggestion for stress is prayer. That's nice and all but having a mental health guy here is nice, too.

What the frig comic are you reading that spans 80 years?



EDIT: Wait...does the story span 80 years or are you reading 80 years worth of a comic?

Edited, Oct 1st 2015 9:31pm by Bijou

What? No Secret Wars?

His was a brain aneurysm (so not EXACTLY the same I guess) and they managed to keep him alive for about a day before he was brain dead, so no, not messy, outside of the holes they drilled in his head to release pressure.