CPR caution
 

The operator asked you if you could do CPR on this person, a stranger to you.

If you perform rescue breathing you may be exposing yourself to communicable diseases.

Someone wrote above about assessing the scene for safety to ensure no one else gets hurt. That includes the good samaritan. You don't know if this person abuses drugs, has TB, Hepatitus, AIDS, or whatever.

I'm not encouraging people not to help--it is a moral decision you have to make yourself. But it may be that you just do compressions, and not rescue breathing. Or you may go out and purchase products that you can use to protect yourself while administering aid.

Remeber, it is not TV. I guarantee that the EMS people, when they arrive, will be using gloves and other barriers to protect themselves, you are entitled to the same protection.

Many stores now sell protective barriers. Its prudent to keep them in your vehicle / work on / near the First Aid board. Talk to your safety NCO or Officer about getting one for you.

You never want to walk away from helping someone if you can.

-LAFF

So sorry you witnessed what happened. I myself have seen a few and I hate to say this but I relived them whenever I closed my eyes. Believe it or not, it fades with time but it will never be forgotten. I agree with the guy that said perhaps you should use an employee assistance program that deals with psychological trauma, if your company offers one.
I too live in that area and have driven that route several times. I've had to put up with the fright those bikes cause me when they go roaring off at the speed of light and other annoying blowers (those idiots with the train horns). Sometimes I wish I had one of those jet engines to just blow some people off my tail or out of my way.
Thanks for the link to the sun-sentinel report as I am going to send it to a friend. She rides a bike with her husband and they had a terrible wipe out. Amazingly, the a**hole talked her into buying another bike on which they almost wiped out again. She is still riding with it with him. How many warnings does one need to get a clue?
You and your significant other both have amazing strengths inside you and you will get through this.

Carla.