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North Central Kansas | The worst one I have been involved with was one of my friends, the husband of a coworker and fellow firefighter. We were dispatched to a two vehicle accident with one confirmed fatality. I was first on scene with the rescue. The victims uncle, who is an EMT was the person who found the accident. I can still remember that day and all the events that took place that day and the days that followed. We did a crisis team debriefing. It helped to work thru the process. We flew the other victim out from the scene. The bad thing was that 10 minutes before this call came in we had another ambulance call for a person having a heart attack. #1 ambulance was in route to the hospital when the second call came in. Resources were stretched thin on top of everyone knowing the victims.
As far as calling too many resources it is always better to error on the side of caution. Send them all and turn them back. It is too late when you get to the scene and realize you need a second ambulance or a helicopter. Best to call the calvary early. When we flew the victim from the scene we called for lifestar as soon as we rolled knowing that there was a fatality and the probability of the second victim being severely injured was high. Lifestar radiod that they were inbound just as we were finishing the extrication and stabilizing the patient. Time on the ground was less than 15 minutes.
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It's not a good day in the neighborhood
