Stay with someone who has fallen
Most people who fall in public are surrounded by people who assume someone else is handling it.
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Why it lands
The more people who are watching, the less likely any one of them steps in — everybody assumes somebody better qualified already has. The fix is not courage but specificity — one person staying, and naming individuals to do particular tasks, breaks the pattern immediately. The staying matters as much as the helping; being on the ground while people step round you is its own injury.
How
Crouch to their level and ask before touching anything. Do not haul them up — many falls involve fractures, and lifting causes further damage. Point at one person and give them a job: “You, in the blue coat, call an ambulance.” Stay until someone qualified takes over.
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