Mr Bill had a talk today about dealing with sudden death - another form to fill in. He was a bit shocked that the others, including the tutor, did not see the importance of looking smart to deliver bad news to someone. It seems to us that if you are going to hear bad news it somehow shows more respect to look smart when you deliver the news - I know it does not make it any easier or reduce the grief - but it is a mark of respect.
Over the next few days Mr Bill is going to learn about autopsies and perhaps see one if he wants - apparently the smell is so distinctive if you ever smell it again your memory will take you back to the mortuary.
He will also hear about the Coroner and his work and find out how scary they are – they like to terrorise police officers. There should be tutorials about dealing with a missing person situation and searching a room too – he should always be able to find his keys and phone after that!
There probably will not be a blog tomorrow as Mr Bill’s schedule had been changed because of an incident locally so they are going to do computer based stuff which Mr Bill has already finished.
2 comments:
Of course it's important to look smart when delivering bad news.
In your grief you wouldn't want to see someone dressed casually because you would think that you weren't worth dressing up for. If you get my drift!!
It must be one of the worst parts of the job to deal with this sort of things.
Yes, it is not something Mr Bill will find easy to do
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