I am Medic First-Aid Certified

This morning, as I had made the turn in to the medium to cross the highway, I heard a loud bang, looked to my right and saw a little grey car spinning and come to a stop in the medium beside me, and at the instant I saw a white car spin to a stop in the opposite direction. It seems it all happened in maybe five seconds. Ariana was still in the van with me cause I was just about at her day care. I immediately pulled out my cell phone and called 911. I told her there was a two car accident on Hwy 76 in front of Kiddie College. She asked about injuries and I ran and looked in both cars, and then she asked me what kind of cars they were. I said, "What kind of CARS are they??" I thought that was strange.

So, the lady in the little grey car was laid over sideways and both air bags were deployed. She was unconscious. A man came over and opened her car door so I ran back to the white car that was in the middle of the two lanes going towards Clarksville. I opened his door and saw that his head, right at his right eyebrow was bleeding. I ran back to my van and got a bunch of napkin, which I always keep in the car. I went back to him, pressed them against his head. I said, "Hi, my name is Robina and I've called 911. What's your name?" His name was Joe. Looked to be in his early 60's. He asked me to call his wife, which I did, and he kept asking for his glasses. I searched that car over and could never find them and he kept taking the napkins off his head and just staring at me and I had to put them back on.

Another man came up to Joe's car who happened to be his neighbor and I informed him I had already called Joe's wife. Two fire trucks showed up, three police cars and two ambulances. When the paramedic came to Joe I saw that Joe's wife had showed up and I ran over to get her. I then went to the other car and the paramedics had her sitting up and were putting a neck brace on her. I asked if I should call anyone for her and she just keep saying "I don't know. I don't know". But I didn't see any blood on her at all. They were also asking Joe things like "Where do you live? Do you know who the president is?" And every question they asked, he responded with "It's Thursday".

For some reason I had an instant caring feeling for Joe. He was so sweet, and so dazed. He wasn't bleeding really bad, but he had hit his head on the steering wheel and the air bags didn't deploy. When both victims were getting removed from the cars I asked an office if he needed me to stay. Since I didn't see exactly what happened they let me go.

I have to say, (and Mr. Nighttime, I'm sure you have seen WAY more than your share of accidents so this won't surprise you), I can't believe how much debris there was EVERYWHERE. Pieces of the car, the tires, liquid, smoke, glass, hub caps, bumper all over the place. The grey car had been smoking and was just smashed in on the front driver's side, and Joe's car had leaked what looked like anti-freeze. The grass area where the grey car stopped was just torn up, too. And it all happened about six feet from me. Like I said, I have no idea HOW it happened, but thank God everyone at our company has to be certified in first-aid and CPR. In those classes, they always say "You have a choice whether you want to help or not, and the victim has a choice to deny help, unless they are unconscious, and then it's implied consent." But you know what? The thought never once entered my mind as to should I help. I just did it. And I cared about those passengers.

Another thing that amazed me? There were cars that just kept going. I just stopped where I was when I got out of my van, but I saw other cars keep going by. The speed limit on that road is 55 and Joe's car was in the MIDDLE of the two Clarksville bound lanes, but people were going past him. I just don't know what the hell is wrong with people. But hopefully I made things just a little bit better for Joe. I have found out that his a lawyer for the State of TN!