I just saved a life...

[Alphafail]

Good job sir. You are a true hero.

My husband says I'm paranoid but honestly this kind of thing terrifies me.

 

[Slick_36]

You're a hero man, that's awesome you had a moment and rose to the occasion.

On the other hand, I was talking to my mom this week on the phone and I guess my brother and his wife had a life saving incident over memorial day weekend. They came across a couple that flipped a 4-wheeler somehow and were laying I'm the middle of their country road. His wife told him to stop so they could help them. He stopped, but was too freaked out to do anything. She called 911, and got out and stayed with them until EMS and Life Flight arrived. I know it probably wasn't easy to see that , but I was disappointed to hear that he probably wouldn't have even stopped had he been alone.

Thanks. I wouldn't be too disappointed in him, I would have been fucked without training so fresh in my mind and in a role that I had to act. I probably would have reacted just like he did in that situation, I tend to freeze in overwhelming situations and my social anxiety can be crippling at times. It's the main reason I didn't become a police officer like my mom wanted, that and I would be too soft on the stoners.

 

[Slick_36]

Good job sir. You are a true hero.

My husband says I'm paranoid but honestly this kind of thing terrifies me.

Thank you. Seizures have been my biggest fear years based on a story I heard in training, I thought I was being paranoid too. But I figured every year I go back to guarding, I was more and more likely to see it happen. It was kind of inevitable in a way.

 

[N13]

Thank you. Seizures have been my biggest fear years based on a story I heard in training, I thought I was being paranoid too. But I figured every year I go back to guarding, I was more and more likely to see it happen. It was kind of inevitable in a way.

CBD oil treats seizures. Three drops before the water and they are good to go.

Also: That child should drink as many Slurpee's and Rita's ice drinks as possible to keep that brain chilled out. It is way better to do it from the inside out than the outside in due to the skull factor. Brain freezes are advised.

 

[ghoul]

You are a hero for sure. You should be proud of yourself.

 

[Cojopi Extomino]

I just ended a few million lives. Only one was ever really gonna make it into something though.

 

[Cojopi Extomino]

Thank you. Seizures have been my biggest fear years based on a story I heard in training, I thought I was being paranoid too. But I figured every year I go back to guarding, I was more and more likely to see it happen. It was kind of inevitable in a way.

The worst part of a seizure every single time: the faces on the people who had to deal with me during it, when I come to. I've hurt myself pretty badly physically but none of it was as bad as the visible trauma on the faces of those who had to try and help me.

First time it ever happened, I woke up at the hospital looking at my mom's face half tears, half make up and just tired and aged. I thought I was coming out of a coma she looked so wrecked. Then she told me I had a bad seizure, came home after, and had another much worse one. I remembered nothing in between the seizures at all. I can't imagine what dealing with that was like.

Bravo man, I know I've made a few EMT's apprehensive when it comes to seizures, so that's brave on a number of levels.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

I've pulled two people out of water who were drowning. You never forget that look of pure terror in their eyes when they think they're breathing their lasts breaths.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

Good work from the sound of it, makes me feel rather guilty I'v not kept up with my CPR training since I left work.

 

[FyrFytr998]

@Slick_36 welcome to the club homie!!

 

[Slick_36]

Lawsuit incoming.

Motherfucker, you were right. They were the only people to get in the pool without signing a waiver, they just came in apparently. I'm fucking devastated, I've been thinking about this kid and his mom for days and luckily he seems to be ok which makes me very proud. But his mom is giving a different story to what happened, saying she helped with the CPR and shit which is a lie. I had no problem with her praying above him, but for her to lie about that really breaks my heart. I'm relieved that he's going to be ok, but this definitely hurts my view of humanity.

 

[LTorino]

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.

Feel proud of yourself, my man. You did something special that not many humans will get the pleasure of accomplishing.

 

[Slick_36]

Feel proud of yourself, my man. You did something special that not many humans will get the pleasure of accomplishing.

I'm definitely proud right now, but there was no pleasure in that. I took a lot of pride in my ability to prevent things like this, reading swimmers and identifying danger is a real skill. While this wasn't my zone to watch, I still feel like I failed somehow.

 

[KrazyKanadian]

You know, with the overpopulation problem we're already having, you should have just let natural selection take its course.





Just kidding mate, good job!

 

[LTorino]

I'm definitely proud right now, but there was no pleasure in that. I took a lot of pride in my ability to prevent things like this, reading swimmers and identifying danger is a real skill. While this wasn't my zone to watch, I still feel like I failed somehow.

I hear you. That self criticism and holding yourself to a higher standard is admirable and adds to your ability to perform your work well, but cut yourself some slack when it comes to reflecting on this. It wasn't your area, it's never happened before, and you did your job well.

 

[Khabibs Tiramisu]

Motherfucker, you were right. They were the only people to get in the pool without signing a waiver, they just came in apparently. I'm fucking devastated, I've been thinking about this kid and his mom for days and luckily he seems to be ok which makes me very proud. But his mom is giving a different story to what happened, saying she helped with the CPR and shit which is a lie. I had no problem with her praying above him, but for her to lie about that really breaks my heart. I'm relieved that he's going to be ok, but this definitely hurts my view of humanity.

that god damn bitch.

 

[horc00]

Good job, hero!

On a side note, I wonder if anyone would chicken out from giving CPR if the victim had an obvious case of the oral herpes and you didn't have a mask with you.

I was trained in administering CPR and I've always wondered how I'd react...

 

[Alphafail]

Motherfucker, you were right. They were the only people to get in the pool without signing a waiver, they just came in apparently. I'm fucking devastated, I've been thinking about this kid and his mom for days and luckily he seems to be ok which makes me very proud. But his mom is giving a different story to what happened, saying she helped with the CPR and shit which is a lie. I had no problem with her praying above him, but for her to lie about that really breaks my heart. I'm relieved that he's going to be ok, but this definitely hurts my view of humanity.

Now this is something I will never ever understand. If someone saved my child's life I'd be willing to hide bodies for them or something.

My guess is someone told her she could make a buck off this and she liked the idea.

 

[Slick_36]

Good job, hero!

On a side note, I wonder if anyone would chicken out from giving CPR if the victim had an obvious case of the oral herpes and you didn't have a mask with you.

I was trained in administering CPR and I've always wondered how I'd react...

You wouldn't notice the herpes, the pink foamy vomit would keep you from doing it. They don't even train mouth to mouth anymore, they want you to always use a mask. Apparently the taste of that vomit doesn't go away. *shudders*

 

[Slick_36]

Now this is something I will never ever understand. If someone saved my child's life I'd be willing to hide bodies for them or something.

My guess is someone told her she could make a buck off this and she liked the idea.

That's my guess too, she was grateful and nice when she was leaving. She kept talking about being trained in CPR though which I thought was weird since she never helped with it. Just a really weird situation all around.