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WHAT NOT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY (victim not breathing)
11 years ago
Okay so I came across an emergency today. I've been trained as a nurse and in CPR... But have never responded to an emergency that isn't in the hospital.
Things NOT to do while I am trying to secure an airway:
- Yell "He's dying!!!"
- Yell "oh my god he can't breathe!!"
- Make snarky comments about how "It's an overdose."
- Yell random things for me to do that you've heard about on the TV or something that are NOT life saving measures
- PANIC and cause chaos!
- stand there and watch like it's a TV drama. if you are standing around, it's cause you might be able to help in some way, if not, make room for us to breathe
Guy was vomiting blood outside the grocery store.. then became unconcious, stopped breathing and turned purple.
people of course pretend they don't see him or just keep walking.. I call 911, wait for gloves then get him in a recovery position.. He may have seized, cause i could barely get his teeth apart to clear the airway.. finally did and he started sputtering and making snorting sounds.. not adequate breathing..
a bystander happened to be a fellow nurse and we put him in a jaw thrust, he's still sputtering at this point. some color coming back.
and still.. fucking people are yelling "PUT HIM ON HIS SIDE" when his airway was secure. paramedics showed up and bagged him, hauled him off to the hospital.
So people please.. if you do not know what to do in a scary situation, please don't yell things like HE IS DYING. it makes it hard to hear the 911 operator and brings more panic to the situation.
thank you to the people that helped today.. directing the ambulance, helping me move the guy, getting gloves, trying to find a defibrillator, and buying me chocolate after, and carrying my stuff while i clean blood of my hands.
jezus
Things NOT to do while I am trying to secure an airway:
- Yell "He's dying!!!"
- Yell "oh my god he can't breathe!!"
- Make snarky comments about how "It's an overdose."
- Yell random things for me to do that you've heard about on the TV or something that are NOT life saving measures
- PANIC and cause chaos!
- stand there and watch like it's a TV drama. if you are standing around, it's cause you might be able to help in some way, if not, make room for us to breathe
Guy was vomiting blood outside the grocery store.. then became unconcious, stopped breathing and turned purple.
people of course pretend they don't see him or just keep walking.. I call 911, wait for gloves then get him in a recovery position.. He may have seized, cause i could barely get his teeth apart to clear the airway.. finally did and he started sputtering and making snorting sounds.. not adequate breathing..
a bystander happened to be a fellow nurse and we put him in a jaw thrust, he's still sputtering at this point. some color coming back.
and still.. fucking people are yelling "PUT HIM ON HIS SIDE" when his airway was secure. paramedics showed up and bagged him, hauled him off to the hospital.
So people please.. if you do not know what to do in a scary situation, please don't yell things like HE IS DYING. it makes it hard to hear the 911 operator and brings more panic to the situation.
thank you to the people that helped today.. directing the ambulance, helping me move the guy, getting gloves, trying to find a defibrillator, and buying me chocolate after, and carrying my stuff while i clean blood of my hands.
jezus
i got a little bit longer
i got a ways to go
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I hate how so many uninformed people think the stuff they pick up from television drama shows is real medical techniques or real life safing knowledge.
I wish they taught a good week-long first aid course in high school. It scares me to think about how many people have been injured worse or even killed by good-intentioned who didn't know what they were doing.
Agree with mandatory first aid. This kind of stuff just happens to often.
I think a lot of people arnt taught (or just plain forget) to clear the airways. Shame no-one was smart enough to tell the other people to move on and to give you guys room.