That can't be true. My gut feeling is that you don't consider things first, therefore you must not.<br/><br/>Science!<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">First person version, for funsies</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Ruth</strong><br/><br/>All things considered, it could be worse. Head wounds always look horrendous but after you've seen a few you get used to the excessive bleeding and you either stop getting so worried about it or you find a different line of work. I let John take care of the disrobing while I carefully sift through Anise's hair to look for the source, or sources, of the bleeding. That my assistant's eye appears intact is a godsend; no way in hell to replace that. A little blood donation's not nearly as big a deal.<br/><br/>"Shit," says John.<br/><br/>I blot the blood off her fingers on a clean rag. "Keep breathing, both of you. Anise, give me a deep breath - slow and careful. It's gonna hurt, but I need you to try. Just one deep breath in and out." While Anise deals with that I send John on an errand to get his mind off the bio wreckage: "Stitches, ice, gloves, painkiller. Go."<br/><br/>There's not a whole lot can be done about the ribs. Injuries like this it's good to have John - or Anise, when she's not the patient - around to do the monitoring duty so I don't have to babysit all the time myself. Just need to close up the lacerations on the scalp, get a feel for how many ribs are broken, roll Anise over to rest on the injured side - on some ice at first, take the cold away when the swelling goes down a bit - and set that clavicle. After that it's pretty much a watch and wait type situation, make sure things don't get worse while they heal on their own. She's gonna be bedridden for at least a week, probably longer.<br/><br/>The collarbone's the hard part. Before we can find a semi-permanent resting position for Anise I need to know how bad that bone's gone. Which means making some hurt happen. If I wait for the painkillers to kick in it will be a little harder to gauge the extent of the injury. Better to be sure and unpleasant than maybe miss something being merciful.<br/><br/>So I've gotta check the range of motion on Anise's injured arm, feel my way around the bone to check for complications, all that fun stuff. Expect some squealing.</div></div>