I just saved a life...

[Slick_36]

I performed CPR on a teenager who was drowning. Sounds like he had a seizure in the deep end almost immediately after getting in. The other guard pulled him out since I was covering the shallow zone of the pool, I took over from there since he seemed pretty stunned. I've guarded five years and never had anything close to that happen, plenty of saves and a couple of seizures that were no big deal. This was the first day the pool was open and the first time that other guard ever went in. I got him breathing and responding by the time EMS came, but I'm freaking out that he's going to have some brain damage. He wasn't there even five minutes by the time he was being pulled out, but not knowing personally how long he'd been there is fucking me up.

Watch your kids around the water. Things can happen so quickly. Please pray for the kid if you do that sort of thing.

 

[Midnighter]

 

[FacePunch]

I performed CPR on a teenager who was drowning. Sounds like he had a seizure in the deep end almost immediately after getting in. The other guard pulled him out since I was covering the shallow zone of the pool, I took over from there since he seemed pretty stunned. I've guarded five years and never had anything close to that happen, plenty of saves and a couple of seizures that were no big deal. This was the first day the pool was open and the first time that other guard ever went in. I got him breathing and responding by the time EMS came, but I'm freaking out that he's going to have some brain damage. He wasn't there even five minutes by the time he was being pulled out, but not knowing personally how long he'd been there is fucking me up.

Watch your kids around the water. Things can happen so quickly. Please pray for the kid if you do that sort of thing.

Damn dude, good work! He had no pulse when you started on him? You did chest compressions?

 

[Fungoose]

Lawsuit incoming.

 

[loyalyolayal]

Was tongue involved?

 

[SmilinDesperado]

Good work, brother.
No bullshit, you're a hero

 

[Slick_36]

Damn dude, good work! He had no pulse when you started on him? You did chest compressions?

Thanks, man. I did the best I could do, I was glad I just went through the classes to recertify a few days ago or things could have been worse. I gave some chest compressions after breaths and wasn't feeling a pulse, but he started showing more signs of life and I figured any water he had in him was coming up at that point so I just went to ventilations only. It's not at all how it feels in training, there were so many little things I was unsure of that you don't really hear about and I just had to do my best in the moment.

 

[M3t4tr0n]

Herp one is in your future

 

[ToxicShocker]

What if that man is going to be the next hitler.

What have you done?

 

[Tone C]

Good work.

 

[Slick_36]

Good work, brother.
No bullshit, you're a hero

Thank you very much, I feel slightly proud because this has always been a big fear of mine and I was afraid I would freeze up. I just keep replaying it in my head trying to figure out everything I did wrong and how I could have been better. I'm sort of conflicted, relieved but heartbroken.

 

[Slick_36]

Lawsuit incoming.

He signed a consent form actually so I shouldn't have to worry about that luckily.

Was tongue involved?

Luckily I had my mask with me so that wasn't an issue. Kid was vomiting and foamy, I couldn't have done it otherwise honestly.

 

[mb23100]

Great job.

All our lifeguards at work are 18 year old 90lb girls. I always think "how the hell is she gonna pull someone out of a pool in case of an emergency?"

 

[Slick_36]

Herp one is in your future

I hope not? I didn't even have time to grab gloves, it was the first day we opened and had training a few hours before. Didn't hit me until after that we didn't ask where gloves were. I may have forgot anyways, he looked dead and all I could think about was getting him air.

 

[Pliny Pete]

How his mom look?
She owes you, ya know

 

[Slick_36]

Great job.

All our lifeguards at work are 18 year old 90lb girls. I always think "how the hell is she gonna pull someone out of a pool in case of an emergency?"

Yeah, it amazes me that lifeguarding is mostly kids still in high school, especially the girls. It's a super serious job that's easy to screw up, I guess the seasonal aspect just makes it hard to get good guards. The other guard was a high schooler but was athletic and pulled him up without a problem. There's a lot of guards I've worked with who would've been screwed.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Was tongue involved?

 

[Bloody Pulp]

 

[Slick_36]

How his mom look?
She owes you, ya know

She looked like she had a very fine personality lol. I was just grateful she was praying over him.

 

[BEER]

I saw a kid get hit by a car years and years ago. Thought the little dude was going to die but I did the best first aid I could until the ambulance showed up. Kid called me every day for like a month to thank me.