I Saw Something Bad
I was talking to the ER nurses one late night when I noticed one of the nurses went white. Her jaw dropped and she turned white. ![]()
We all turned to see what she was looking at and saw a large man walking up the ramp with a little girl in his arms. He was black and pink with sheets of skin hanging off of him. I rushed to him and took the girl to transfer her to a gurney. Parts of her skin stuck to my hand.
Code Blue was hit and people were coming to help. Others helped the mother and three other children. They were all severely burnt. Someone took the little girl and asked me to get the father.
He nearly fell on me and was making a loud moaning sound. All the gurneys were taken so I walked him to a vacant room. He leaned heavily on me and I was covered in burnt skin.
His arms were pink were the skin came off. The remaining skin looked like dark pantyhose several sizes to large. The ER Head nurse told me he was to far gone but for me to make him comfortable with cool water. I got some help and we got buckets of water and gently swished him using 50cc syringes. In our rush we had forgotten to cover the mirror and he saw himself. I had to lay across his chest to hold him down until he just gave up.
When I was finally relived I through away my uniform, took a long shower and put on scrubs. The head nurse said for everyone to come over to her house for a blow out party.
It was the best party I ever went to with the nurses. I was only one out of three males and a dozen nurses. I got laid twice that day.