that requires the EMT to hang out until the 20th time you tell him you aren't injured. He'd better do a quick physical assessment and ask you to sign a waiver, too, if his company/service is smart. If you or someone else involved falls over dead five minutes after he drives off, it's his license and job, possibly his partner's, and the company's budget for a few years, all down the tubes. Not to mention possibly the license of the medical control physician for the service (and his new Range Rover).
This is to say nothing of the fact that changes in level of consciousness are a key indicator of possible internal injuries that aren't visually recognizable, so he wants to hang around and ask you questions to see if your mind changes -- literally. It's amazing how the adrenaline can tell you you're just fine for ten or twenty minutes, then drop you on your face as that brain bash you took asks for its share of attention.
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that requires the EMT to hang out until the 20th time you tell him you aren't injured. He'd better do a quick physical assessment and ask you to sign a waiver, too, if his company/service is smart. If you or someone else involved falls over dead five minutes after he drives off, it's his license and job, possibly his partner's, and the company's budget for a few years, all down the tubes. Not to mention possibly the license of the medical control physician for the service (and his new Range Rover).
This is to say nothing of the fact that changes in level of consciousness are a key indicator of possible internal injuries that aren't visually recognizable, so he wants to hang around and ask you questions to see if your mind changes -- literally. It's amazing how the adrenaline can tell you you're just fine for ten or twenty minutes, then drop you on your face as that brain bash you took asks for its share of attention.