Gents, I have come to a realization over the past 4 weeks...
I have been working on the Trauma Service here in Tacoma for the aformentioned time frame (30 on / 18 off) and have made a startling observation.
I have worked on people every shift from motor vehicle accidents...and EVERY ACCIDENT that someone has come in to the Trauma Service (meaning: really injured badly) there has been alcohol and or drugs in at least one of the drivers.
Pertaining to alcohol...it hasn't been just a little. The
LOWEST reading thus far has been .19. Some have been as high as .41
.
Meth seems to be the
drug de jour, but it is amazing to me that this commonality has been present in
every MVA victim incident that I have worked on in the past month.
Folks...they are out there. Driving the WRONG WAY on the interstate in the middle of the night. Cooking their drugs and shooting while they are sitting in traffic. Having a good ole time without a care in the world...and once the majority of them hit someone else...they still don't care.
Be careful folks...it is a dangerous world after dark.
Eagle