This Badass Canadian Nurse Set Her Own Broken Legs To Prevent Them From Being Amputated

The crash broke both of her legs, as well as her sternum and pelvis. Her heart and lungs suffered contusions. Other parts of her body were fractured.

Reis is a nurse at the University Hospital of Northern BC. She knew from her training that her legs were seriously injured and needed to be set quickly or face amputation.

"The way they were pinned, it wasn't natural," she told the Prince George Citizen. "The nurse in me was like, 'You need to straighten these out otherwise you're going to cut off your blood supply, you'll lose your legs."

She spent the next 14 hours praying, thinking, and sleeping as she waited to be found.

The accident happened around 6:30 p.m. on July 4, when Reis was on her way back from visiting her dying grandfather. He died at 1 a.m. that night.

A group of friends finally found her around 8 a.m. the next morning, the Citizen reported.

Here's Reis and an adorable visitor who will eventually realize she was in the presence of Canada's Most Badass Nurse.