The most horrible car accident. Very GRAPHIC

[Timber020]

On a chainsaw course I did, at the start the instructor showed photos of chainsaw injuries, on average 1 out of every 30 people wont do the rest of the course or go near a saw

Smart guys.

[Kendog]

Yes unfortunately I looked and did the same as others, "that's not too bad. That's not too bad." Then "Ahh fuck, that's not nice at all". The imagae has been burnt into my brain all day and everytime I had to drive anywhere I thought of it and avoided large vehicles. So had the desired effect, slowed me down, that's for certain! (well, until tomorrow anyway).
The woman.
Oh yeah, and thank god for ambos, they are very much under paid heros!

[spudchucka]

Fresh brains slopping around in an open skull certainly does ruin your love of strawberry instant pudding and custard.

Suicide by shotgun is one of the best, it tends to lower the brains consistency to that of sloppy porridge. You have to be carefull when you move the body that it doesn't all slop out on your shoes.

[scumdog]

Fresh brains slopping around in an open skull certainly does ruin your love of strawberry instant pudding and custard.

Suicide by shotgun is one of the best, it tends to lower the brains consistency to that of sloppy porridge. You have to be carefull when you move the body that it doesn't all slop out on your shoes.

The dude that fired TWO shots from a shotgun into his head certainly saved my shoes from THAT risk, he kinda reminded me of the TV ad. for a toothbrush that mentions a 'flip-top head'!!

Gotta have a black sense of humour to see the funny' side of that kind of thing.

[SPman]

The dude that fired TWO shots from a shotgun into his head certainly saved my shoes from THAT risk, he kinda reminded me of the TV ad. for a toothbrush that mentions a 'flip-top head'!!

Gotta have a black sense of humour to see the funny' side of that kind of thing.

How the hell did he manage TWO shots! Had a mate who pulled the gun away at the last second - just took off his nose and associated bits! At least, in our family, they use rifles to top themselves - not quite as messy!

[terbang]

I recall bits that looked like 1/2 coconut shells lying all over the place that worried me..

[Sniper]

Seen a few gunshot wounds from 9mm and .38 in South Africa. Shotgun blasts seem to be the only thing that rivals a .38 special dum dum. Fuck they can make a mess

[Streetwise]

Fresh brains slopping around in an open skull certainly does ruin your love of strawberry instant pudding and custard.

Suicide by shotgun is one of the best, it tends to lower the brains consistency to that of sloppy porridge. You have to be carefull when you move the body that it doesn't all slop out on your shoes.

Now thats nice lol. fuck slop on your shoes, ooo what a thought

[onearmedbandit]

Fresh brains slopping around in an open skull certainly does ruin your love of strawberry instant pudding and custard.

Suicide by shotgun is one of the best, it tends to lower the brains consistency to that of sloppy porridge. You have to be carefull when you move the body that it doesn't all slop out on your shoes.

How in hell do you guys deal with that? I mean I've seen plenty of pics of dead bodies (thanks rotten.com and ogrish.com) but combine that with the smell, the effects of actually having to deal with it, man I'd lose my lunch every fucking time. I have heard that some paramedics award style points to people ejected from vehicles, sounds horrible but it allows themselves to distance thenmselves from the reality of the body actually being a real person, someones daughter/son/brother/sister/mother/father. Do you guys eventually get used to it or is it something you carry with you? If so how many people eventually collapse under the weight of all those memories?

[Krusti]

How in hell do you guys deal with that? I mean I've seen plenty of pics of dead bodies (thanks rotten.com and ogrish.com) but combine that with the smell, the effects of actually having to deal with it, man I'd lose my lunch every fucking time. I have heard that some paramedics award style points to people ejected from vehicles, sounds horrible but it allows themselves to distance thenmselves from the reality of the body actually being a real person, someones daughter/son/brother/sister/mother/father. Do you guys eventually get used to it or is it something you carry with you? If so how many people eventually collapse under the weight of all those memories?

From personal experiance and observations of others it is not till about 1-2 years after leaving the job that it really hits. Normally triggered by something seemingly meaningless.

During time in job the mind has its own coping methods. To outsiders people in Emergency Services may seem calous, uncaring even joking about injuries etc but these are stored deep in our sub concious only to resurface later in life.

Just my observation, experiance.

[onearmedbandit]

Thanks Krusti. Do you guys get offered counselling etc? Or are you mostly forgotten about. Like the undercover cop who had to 'partake' in drug taking who ends up a mess?

[RT527]

Yes we do see terrible things.
My time in the fire service has been split between a west auckland brigade in which we mainly went to false alarms/house and factory fires with the odd fatal usually involving burnt victimsand slow speed crashes with minimal injuries, to the brigade im in now... Ngatea,.
In this brigade my first fatal i went too is still vivid in my memory, however with an excellent crew and the support of the senior constable who was first on the scene, i coped.
since then fatals are something you never ever get used to but its the coping with the trauma thats most important.
To answer your question on assistance , we do have a very good bunch of people who are trained in realising if someone is suffering from critical incident stress and they then deal with it, they cant force you to seek help but they can be instrumental in setting you in the right direction.
Down here the police fire and ambulance know each other and each others familys and we work together for the same outcome and thats the wellbeing of the victims/patients and also the offenders (who sometimes you just want to smack them over the head with something solid).Thanks for the support on this thread guys and girls.
would like to add that ive seen worse than whats in those pics but the outcome is still the same , someones sister/cousin/daughter/granddaughter ...so on and so on isnt here right now ........and was it worth going just that little bit quicker?

[Streetwise]

Well i think you guys need a medal for the work you all do, Cant thank you enough. I know i couldnt do it.

[Skyryder]

Seen enough dead bodies. I just don't look. You made some good points Sniper.

Skyryder.

[Skyryder]

On a chainsaw course I did, at the start the instructor showed photos of chainsaw injuries, on average 1 out of every 30 people wont do the rest of the course or go near a saw

Smart guys.

Years ago I did a First aid course run by St Johns. On the last night they showed photos of injuries. Now I'm not that squeemsih but the photo of a baby that fell into a hot bath raised my hackles somewhat. My name was called out to get my certificate but before doing so I related the story of how I nearly fell into a pool of boiling water and that if I had known that to get my certificate I was to be subjected to to a slide show of burns, scalds and broken bones I would not have bothered to finish it. I left my certificate on the table and left.

Skyryder