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14 Victims: Doctor Controls Chaos After Fatal Backroad Crash -- Medscape
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/14-victims-doctor-controls-chaos-after-fatal-backroad-crash-2025a1000698Good human beings.
My fiancé and I were driving back from a wedding in Vermont. We were on one of those fast, two-lane roads in the middle of nowhere. Suddenly, we watched the SUV in front of us veer over the midline and hit two oncoming SUVs essentially straight on.
It was horrifying. We slammed on the brakes and thankfully, avoided being part of the accident. My fiancé called 911. I jumped out of the car to see if I could help.
The first vehicle was pushed up against a guardrail. I couldn't open any of the doors on either side. I opened the back, and it was like a wave of screaming kids. There were multiple children inside. I was able to say, “Hi, I'm Kiley. I'm an ER doctor. It's going to be okay. Can you unbuckle and climb out?”
. . .
Watching that scene, I said, “I'm going to be an EMT. I want to know what to do in these situations.” So, I became an EMT. And then I said, “I’m going to be a doctor. I want to know more about what to do in these situations.” I want to help people on the worst day of their lives and to hopefully make things a little bit better: like how that little girl can remember one peaceful moment out of a horrible, horrible day.
When these things happen, there’s a switch that flips. You instantly revert back to your training. You also revert back to just being a good human being.
It was horrifying. We slammed on the brakes and thankfully, avoided being part of the accident. My fiancé called 911. I jumped out of the car to see if I could help.
The first vehicle was pushed up against a guardrail. I couldn't open any of the doors on either side. I opened the back, and it was like a wave of screaming kids. There were multiple children inside. I was able to say, “Hi, I'm Kiley. I'm an ER doctor. It's going to be okay. Can you unbuckle and climb out?”
. . .
Watching that scene, I said, “I'm going to be an EMT. I want to know what to do in these situations.” So, I became an EMT. And then I said, “I’m going to be a doctor. I want to know more about what to do in these situations.” I want to help people on the worst day of their lives and to hopefully make things a little bit better: like how that little girl can remember one peaceful moment out of a horrible, horrible day.
When these things happen, there’s a switch that flips. You instantly revert back to your training. You also revert back to just being a good human being.
Kiley Nygren, DO, and fiancé
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