Сегодня была СИТУАЦИЯ, в которой я МГНОВЕННО не только вспомнил, чему меня учили на "first responder" в универе, но и даже вошел в процесс - через пару-тройку шагов стало ясно, что к чему, и напряжения стало меньше. Блин, маленькая девочка, а напугала меня шо песец: идет ревет, как нормальный ребенок, который ударился - и вдруг коленки подкашиваются, и она так ме-е-едленно опадает на землю, прямой линией, сразу на спину... и ЗАМОЛКАЕТ. И не отзывалась на имя.
У меня не хватит русского языка, чтобы перечислить все то, что пронеслось в моей голове между тем, как она "приземлилась" и как я опустил её на скамейку (пришлось нести, ребенок был в шоке).
читать дальшеShe's walking to me, her friend is holding her hand: she's crying. Of course, another day, another bump - no big deal. She's walking, crying - and suddenly her knees bend under her and she slowly keels backwards and sinks to the ground - and goes QUIET.
I jawdrop - she was just walking and crying which are both perfectly normal, but now is 1) not walking, 2) NOT CRYING, that means PROBLEM. I notice that her right leg is bent as she went down, her left leg is straight. When I reach her, she's staring in front of her (up, as she's on her back), and QUIET.
Immediately I go into the "Step 1: get attention" - tap her hand, call her name (we were taught to check if the person is in fact in distress, for all you know someone could be on ground because they're sleeping or something). She gives no response. I take her hand, shake it a little - her friend is helping her to sit up from the ground, she sits up - I notice she's sitting up straight (immediately eliminating possibility of damaged spine - THANK GOD), and that she's straightened out her right leg also (no significant damage to the joints, then). She sits up, she begins to whimper, I keep calling her name - she starts crying softly. At least now I know she's still conscious and ABC are intact - which is all good. I ask her if she can walk (planning to get her to the bench) - she's not responding verbally, but bends legs to pull them closer as if to get ready to stand up from a crouching position. I am RELIEVED to see that movement - confirmation of no major damage to body structure, and that's when I realize that she's only unresponsive because she's in shock, and the concerned friends, gathering around with suggestions and support, are only making her more worried and scared (because they're scared too). So I tell her to put her arm on my shoulder (pulling her arm over my shoulder as I speak), put the other arm under her bent knees, say "Up we go", and lift her. Holding her, I realize that her entire body is frozen in tension. She turns out to be so much lighter than I thought.
I carry her to the bench, with her worried friends following me like dolphins around a ship. I land her on the bench, she's crying softly again - I think while I carried her, she was silent...
And it was after I sent away some of the friends, that she finally started talking and cried properly.
It was my luck that she only needed a couple of ice packs.