I'm curious, Tom...... Did the kid do the right thing in calling for the ambulance for what he believed to be wrist-cutting by his mum? Should he maybe have tried to ascertain if it was real before calling? Should he in fact have called the police first, who could then call you (well, a medical response person!), since this might fall under "self-harm" and therefore in an extreme case a sectioning under the Mental Health Act? Also, given the nature of what the child had experienced, do you have any knowledge on / opinion of whether it falls under any "abuse" category? Poor kid though......... Oh - I did like your CSI reference - I watch that a lot here and have recently started buying the box sets. Which one are you? Grissom? Stokes? Warrick? Greg?! Heh............Sidle? *runs*