Nasty Medical Examiners

Ambulance call for a vehicle roll over. The rig is gone before I can slip a leg into my pants as it's Sunday morning. Another ambulance is requested for multiple patients. On that note I finish dressing and start to get a little excited, maybe they'll need an engine. Now extrication is toned out and I'm on the run to the station. I arrived first, which given my proximity to the station is business as usual. As I wait for my crew, a third ambulance is called out. Sweet, this will be a "good" call. With my crew aboard we start out to the big bad grinder. On scene a single SUV has rolled multiple times, with a total of six passengers. Two critical, one minor and two walking wounded. When the request for a tarp came in to cover the vehicle it became very apparent that the sixth and final patient was not going to the hospital. She being an unrestrained passenger sitting in the trunk space of the SUV had bounced around the compartment and suffered massive head injuries no longer conducive to life. She laid somewhat tangled in the backseat, half on the pavement and half still under the over turned vehicle. DOA. The tarp was to cover her until the M.E. could arrive. Keeping the interstate closed the entire time created a lot of rubber neckers and this little girl deserved better than that. The M.E. arrived, maybe not quite enjoying his wake up call on a sunny Sunday morning such as it was. Now I've man-handled a few patients in my time, but this man was slightly more morose than I have ever been. Using the tow truck to lift the vehicle slightly she slipped out very nicely with the M.E. tugging like he was pulling a nasty weed from the garden. Slopping bodily fluids left and right along the way. Into the bag, onto the cot and into a station wagon. This little girl maybe 15 or 16, snuffed out and this chump tosses her around like a piece of meat. Damn man, alright you hate your job, got a phone call at seven on a Sunday morning, missed breakfast, didn't get to bang the wife, whatever. But for Christ's sake try to have an ounce of respect for the dead. The only upside was that she was not outwardly damaged. The family will be able to have a very nice funeral for her, leaving them with a better memory of her than I have.