A Hero Lies in All of Us

[Roughneck]

That's right. You read the title correctly.

We can all be heroes.
How?

By learning CardioPulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).

Imagine the scenario:
You're standing in the checkout line at your local grocer. Suddenly, someone collapses and falls to the ground near you. What do you do?

OR... you're enjoying a good meal at a restaurant. As you raise a forkful to your mouth, you notice a patron seated at the next table start to ***** on their food. Unable to breathe, her face starts turning blue... what do you do?

OR... it's ****** time. Everyone's enjoying themselves. Suddenly, the 4 year old becomes unresponsive.... and then stops breathing! What do you do?


Panic? Rip your hair out? Avoid it? Frantically call for Emergency Responders?

OR.... get in there knowing what you need to do to help save the life of a fellow human being?

"Save someone's life?! But I don't know the first thing about biology or medical care!!".
Yes, I know.
But believe me - you can!!


It's not rocket science. In fact, it's barely a two hour course - but that knowledge could help you save a life... or at least stabilize someone till experts arrive.

Studies have shown that "by stander CPR provided by ordinary citizens greatly improve the chances of survival for anyone facing a critical medical emergency".

Medical science has advanced tremendously in the past 50 years - but we still can't beat the crucial First Hour (known as the Golden Hour in medical circles). It's a critical time for the patient - and the sooner someone provides supportive help before they can reach a hospital, the better the chances that the patient will survive.

In fact, it's estimated that once a person suffers a sudden medical emergency that stops their breathing or their heart - every minute that passes when they are unassisted costs a 10% chance that they will ever successfully recover!!

Think about it - if you (or your loved one) were to have a sudden medical emergency tomorrow; wouldn't you prefer that those around you know what to do to keep you alive until experts arrived on scene? Yes, it's not just limited to helping strangers - the training you get could help your loved ones at their most desperate and dire straits...


For those in the US, the American Heart Association has an excellent online resource.

For our members not from the US, the closest thing I can think of is contacting your personal physician or your local hospital (or Red Cross/Red Crescent agency) about Basic Life Support (BLS) or CPR classes.

I encourage one and all members of the Freeones community to acquire Life Support training. You never know when you may need it....


"He who saves a life, saves the world entire".

cheers,

 

[ChefChiTown]

OR... you're enjoying a good meal at a restaurant. As you raise a forkful to your mouth, you notice a patron seated at the next table start to ***** on their food. Unable to breathe, her face starts turning blue... what do you do?

I put down my fork and go home. After seeing someone ******* on the restaurant's food, I wouldn't want to risk the same thing happening to me.

No, no, but seriously...I'd probably help. And then ask for a free meal or whatever I could weasel out of it.

 

[Violator79]

I am willing to help anyone that needs help. My m-m was a nurse and she taught me the value of human life and to always help people when you can. I learned CPR a long time ago and had a refresher in the Army. Thankfully, I haven't had to use it yet, but I am ready if the need ever comes.

 

[BlueBalls]

Yeah I was taught most of the basic techniques a few years ago, but as of now I have not been able to use my skills, which is a shame

 

[jibbijib]

Get out the *** and put them out of their misery.





What? We do that to horses...

 

[Violator79]

Yeah I was taught most of the basic techniques a few years ago, but as of now I have not been able to use my skills, which is a shame

******* Blue, given your track record here, if I'm ever in need of medical help and you're the only one there, just let me die ok? Really, I'll be fine by myself!

LOL J/K!!!

 

[BlueBalls]

******* Blue, given your track record here, if I'm ever in need of medical help and you're the only one there, just let me die ok? Really, I'll be fine by myself!

LOL J/K!!!

Awwww, thats a shame........but you could **** up in the hospital with so many new and wonderful things stuck in you :rofl:

And I would be a hero :hatsoff:

 

[Violator79]

Awwww, thats a shame........but you could **** up in the hospital with so many new and wonderful things stuck in you :rofl:

And I would be a hero :hatsoff:

See that's what I mean. I don't want things stuck in me. I had enough shots in the Army. I never had a broken bone in my body (knock on wood) or any serious injuries. But after you get done with me, I'll be looking like a cross between something I can't explain and the afterbirth of a lesbian fingerfuck.

 

[BlueBalls]

See that's what I mean. I don't want things stuck in me. I had enough shots in the Army. I never had a broken bone in my body (knock on wood) or any serious injuries.

Okay, I wont stick things into you, I'll just ******* you in as many ways I can think of before the paramedics arrive

I'll be looking like a cross between something I can't explain and the afterbirth of a lesbian fingerfuck.

:rofl2: Afterbirth of a lesbian fingerfuck, not sure what it means but its fucking hilarious.

 

[Violator79]

Okay, I wont stick things into you, I'll just ******* you in as many ways I can think of before the paramedics arrive





:rofl2: Afterbirth of a lesbian fingerfuck, not sure what it means but its fucking hilarious.

There's only one Vio here and I like to do my own *********!!! That can be taken a lot of ways, just leave it there.



That's a rip an Army buddy told me and it stuck.

 

[BlueBalls]

There's only one Vio here and I like to do my own *********!!! That can be taken a lot of ways, just leave it there.


:rofl2: Afterbirth of a lesbian fingerfuck, not sure what it means but its fucking hilarious

That's a rip an Army buddy told me and it stuck.

Well, im going to steal it and use it in as many ways as I can :hatsoff:

 

[Violator79]

Well, im going to steal it and use it in as many ways as I can :hatsoff:

Go ahead. Have fun with it but use it sparingly. It's too good a rip to ruin.

 

[BlueBalls]

Go ahead. Have fun with it but use it sparingly. It's too good a rip to ruin.

:hatsoff: This is what FreeOnes is all about adding to each and everyone of our vocabularies.

Or tits..........................or something :dunno:

 

[YMIHERE]

Here's a good rule of thumb for the timing of CPR.

As it turns out, the Bee Gees' classic Stayin' Alive has a beat that's almost exactly 100 beats per minute - the same rate the American Heart Association recommends for chest compressions during CPR.

http://firstaid.about.com/od/cprbasics/qt/07_cpr_tips.htm

 

[No_Man]

you're enjoying a good meal at a restaurant. As you raise a forkful to your mouth, you notice a patron seated at the next table start to ***** on their food. Unable to breathe, her face starts turning blue... what do you do?

Perform the Heimlich Maneuver... and then pray she doesn't sue me for cracking her rib, or some such nonsense

 

[belgianass]

Perform the Heimlich Maneuver... and then pray she doesn't sue me for cracking her rib, or some such nonsense

yeah, this happened to a waiter over here ... a woman couldn't breath anymore, don't know how i t happened anymore, but he pushed a penholder in her troath so that she could start breathing . The woman recovered and was taken to the clinic. Seems the board of doctors didn't want to drop this case, they contacted everyone to find out who did this to the woman. After awhile they found out it was the waiter, they've been to court with him ... seemed he did a churgical thing only doctors were allowed to do ... he was found guilty and had to pay a som of 1/2 million euros ... The woman, who was rich however offered to pay the fine ...
As far as i am concerned, i've learned about CPR because i am the one they have to go to at the job if something happens to them, broken arms or just headache pills ...

 

[Torre82]

Saving a life? It can cost you. Like Belgian said.. you're liable if you start CPR. I've already seen enough bullshit happen in the medical field to completely disgust me. I'm not saving ANYONE else. Fuck y'all. ::bows out::

 

[Facetious]

Sorry for the redundancy of this post. My thunder was hijacked by above posts. dammit !!! I'm leaving it as is. :o

Re : What Do You Do ?

Honestly ? If I were the only one in the immediate area of somebody ******* etc. I'd go for the save and get the hell out of there like I'd just committed capital ******, that's what.
We have too damn many people in law school these days. It's too bad that in today's litigious society, no good deed goes unpunished ! You could clear a ******* victim's airway in a restaurant and you could lose everything you own, as a result of lawsuit, simply because you bruised some tissue while in the commission of rescuing the desperate patient.

I appreciate your sentiment, Rough. I wish we could turn the clocks back on some of this legal nonsense.
In any event, I believe that basic rescue medic skills should be a part of the standard high school curriculum. H.S. seniors should be proficient in carrying out the exercises PROPERLY, prior to graduation. Lives would be spared and the hospital emergency rooms would likely quiet down. :2 cents:

 

[Galactic]

Saving a life? It can cost you. Like Belgian said.. you're liable if you start CPR. I've already seen enough bullshit happen in the medical field to completely disgust me. I'm not saving ANYONE else. Fuck y'all. ::bows out::

Sad but true.......I don't want to be sued. Not like I have anything they could take anyway, but still......

 

[ChefChiTown]

Saving a life? It can cost you. Like Belgian said.. you're liable if you start CPR. I've already seen enough bullshit happen in the medical field to completely disgust me. I'm not saving ANYONE else. Fuck y'all. ::bows out::

That's true. This one time I got sued for starting CPR on a drowning victim. Apparently, I was doing it all wrong. The courts decided that having my fingers jammed inside of her butthole and moving them in a counter-clockwise circular motion in order to stimulate her insides wasn't "medically relevant"...PFFT, right. We all know she loved it...when she woke up.