I was out enjoying the sunny day with a friend when we noticed an unconcious man lying facedown on the sidewalk of a deserted street in the old part of Vevey. Just as I was starting to think about what I should do, a woman came out of a store and told me that they had just phoned the ambulance. What was rather strange and unsettling is that no one wanted to go near the man. I'm annoyed with myself because I didn't react in the way that I would have in the States and deferred to the two Swiss people on the scene, who kept their distance and remarked that the man must still be alive because he was breathing. After what felt like an eternity, someone went over and turned the man, whose face was covered in blood, over on his side. Realizing that the ambulance was on its way and that someone was sitting with the man, my friend and I left.

Upset with myself and thinking about what I should have done has made me realize that the first step is knowing the emergency numbers in Switzerland. Hopefully you won't need them, but I'm posting them here:

Ambulance: 144
Police: 117