"I'm in a job that deals a lot with medicine (and trauma and door kicking)."
Sounds like my job.
unk: I did one of these 'rotations' in Richmond, Virginia. While there I saw two motorcycle accidents. The first one was a single guy on his Harley vs. a big truck. Thankfully be was wearing his helmet or he'd be dead. He was still in bad shape, but we got him patched up pretty good.
The second accident boggles my mind to this day. :ummm: Guy comes in from a relatively slow speed accident on his bike. He's wearing shorts, t-shirt, no helmet, and tennis shoes. He's mostly fine, a little road rash on his leg and elbow/forearm. But his right shoe is bloody. The shoe is intact with a good scuff mark on the outside. Patient was complaining of pain in this foot, by the way. I cut the laces and part of the shoe and remove the shoe. The sock is completely soaked in blood. I cut off the sock. His foot was split right down the middle. The split was between the second and third toe and ran about four inches.
I wish I had pics to share with you guys, but I don't. Anyway, moral of all stories. All the gear, all the time.