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Have you ever treated someone with first aid. Saved their lives?

As a security officer I provided neck stabilization and other first aid for an older male who was pushed down a flight of twenty stairs just after last Christmas. The man went into a coma for four days in hospital but he made it.

Yep. I was a lifeguard. Had to do spinal rescues before, regular rescues...never had to do CPR though....came close with the spinal.

I am lame, I know...I should have first aid training, shite, I was a teacher! (it's not required here, shockingly enough) My first aid knowledge is likely wrong in many ways. Nonetheless I have managed to deal with shallow stab wounds, and even chainsaw injuries. But I'm glad no one has really had to rely on me so far eep!

Have you ever treated someone with first aid. Saved their lives?

As a security officer I provided neck stabilization and other first aid for an older male who was pushed down a flight of twenty stairs just after last Christmas. The man went into a coma for four days in hospital but he made it.

I've treated a couple of field injuries to soccer players, but nothing worse than some broken bones.

I've treated burns, and a few other camping-related injuries.

i was once the first person on the scene of a one car accident. the driver had hit the wall of one of those hill cuts that leave close rock sides. his truck had all but disintegrated--few things were still connected with each other, the axles were here and there, the smoking engine was in the middle of the road, the cab (sans engine) was upside down and completely seperated from the truck bed, debris was scattered across the road.

i pulled to the side of the road and forced myself to go take a look. i expected nothing but gore.

the man had worn his seat belt. he was stunned but otherwise pretty much unhurt upside down in that cab. he asked me to help him out of the cab and i would have refused (on the theory that it is best not to move an accident victim) but there was gasoline all over the road and the engine was still smoking.

so i pulled him out of the back window of the cab by his belt and helped him to the side of the road where he lay down. i went to the car and got someting for a pillow, maybe a bit of a blanket (that might have been someone else by that time) and a bottle of water. by the time i had those things other more competent people had shown up to give what minor assistance he needed after that (although he was obviously in shock).

i was surprised that other people who came shortly after i got down to the truck cab didnt come running up to help us. i guess they were either afraid of the possible gore or afraid that they would end up getting sued for doing the wrong thing.

Because of my hobbies, I've got experience treating shallow knife wounds and burns. Never anything life-threatening, though.

The most exciting first aid I've ever performed was when I was 14 and on a fishing trip with my father. He'd had a few beers (we were going to sleep the night in a tent by the lake) and managed to get a hook in his left arm. He was in no condition to get it out himself, so he talked me through the procedure.
I had to push the hook through until the barb stuck out of his skin, cut off the barb with a pair of wire cutters, disinfect the Hell out of the wound/hook, then pull the rest of the hook out the entry hole. More disinfectant, and some bandages later, we went to sleep and finished off the next day before going home.

Yes. I am a lifeguard, have worked as sports medic and am volunteer first aid at many large events.

Have treated plenty of injuries ranging from trauma, medical conditions, near-drownings etc.

I'm pretty awesome at giving people bandaids for their blisters aswell.

i got first aid training a few years back, but never had to use it (thankfully)

i really should renew it, i've probably forgotten a lot of it by now :-S

I'm a nurse, so... yes :D.

I'm a first aider at work so I get called about 3 times a week.

I've never had anything serious but we've had a couple of people die on site in the last few years so I figure it's just a matter of time.

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Have you ever treated someone with first aid. Saved their lives?
There has been at least a dozen serious accidents requiring first aid near me, but each time there turned to be someone with professional medical training nearby. I guess I've been lucky, it's a lot of responsibility.


A lot of times applying burns gel, small bandages, etc., but only cases where one could do fine without any aid anyway so far.

Uhhh, not really. Cuts and scrapes yea. Helped out with some kid who was having a seizure once. I do lots of first aid on myself, like cleaning and treating chemical burns a couple years ago. I also put in my own stitches when I sliced open my thumb. That was cool. And yes I do have lots of first aid training, its pretty much been required for every employer I've worked for which is good, because then I don't have to pay for it.

A lot of times applying burns gel, small bandages, etc., but only cases where one could do fine without any aid anyway so far.

Question. Are you first aid trained?

Yeah, I have. Many times. From broken bones to deep cuts, car accidents to heart attacks, chain saw mishaps, asthma attacks, strokes... Too many to count. And yes, most made it, although there were a couple how didn't despite best efforts.

I've worked as a paramedic for 13 months (including training), and for another 2 months a year later.

I really should do a refresher course on first aid since in the last 10 years some things have changed. Aw well, I'll do that next year before I start teaching.

I treat myself regularly due to some kind of skin condition, and I once treated my brother for some pretty terrible burns (I keep lots of silver diasulfa-whatever around).

Interestingly, the one time I really injured myself badly as a kid, neither my dad (an ex-paramedic) nor my step-mother (a nurse) had any clue what to do. So I treated myself on that occasion. It should be said, though, that paramedics didn't need to have much medical knowledge back when my dad held that job - his Army certification was enough to get him the job.

I'm a first aid instructor, but fortunately haven't ever needed to use it.

No, only animals, and they didn't make it in all cases but one.

Trained as a combat medic and also pediatric first aid (yes the practice babies still scare the shit out of me)

never had to do any first aid apart from a girls piercing coming out which made me a hero :cool:

there was gasoline all over the road and the engine was still smoking.
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i went to the car and got someting for a pillow

you could of made the Darwin awards :D

i really should renew it, i've probably forgotten a lot of it by now :-S

well they change it every 6 months or so :p

edit: as an added insult the reason it changes every 6 months is the people who control first aid training and such also publish the books which companies have to buy (I wish I was smart and corrupt :()

I've got an advanced first aid cert. from St. Johns.

Helped me once when I was present at an accident. One guy, going too fast, slipped over into oncoming traffic at an intersection, head-onned a mother and daughter in the family station wagon.

Mr. I-don't-give-a-shit was driving a sports car, flipped and slammed the centre pole; DOA, street splatter. The daughter was okay, and I helped her with the mother, who was trapped by the steering column. We kept her calm and stopped the bleeding from a deep gash in her neck, until the Police and Ambulance arrived with the heavy equipment to open up the car and get her to hospital.

Lost a good silk shirt, used it as bandages, but I count that a good cause.

Lost a good silk shirt, used it as bandages, but I count that a good cause.

First aid supplies are cheap*... Fill up an old tackle box with about 20 triangulars and a box of gloves and you have everything you need right there to treat just about anything you will come across with the help of a little improvisation.

*Especially if you do what everyone else does and just pinch them from work

Mr. I-don't-give-a-shit was driving a sports car, flipped and slammed the centre pole

awesome.

20 triangulars and a box of gloves and you have everything you need right there

your forgetting some lighters and alcohol (for sterilization of other peoples wounds naturally >.>)

Never performed first aid, but was taught a lot of it, and certified for CPR in High School as part of the normal curriculum for health.

Obviously not certified anymore

First aid supplies are cheap*... Fill up an old tackle box with about 20 triangulars and a box of gloves and you have everything you need right there to treat just about anything you will come across with the help of a little improvisation.

*Especially if you do what everyone else does and just pinch them from work

Oh, quite so. I keep a fully stocked kit in my car. Unfortunately, I was walking to my cousins' christening at the time.

Question. Are you first aid trained?
Yes, fairly extensively, although not nearly as much as a professional. Military training in officer school.


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TBH, I think first aid should be taught at schools. Then it will be the one useful thing to learn at school apart from math.

TBH, I think first aid should be taught at schools. Then it will be the one useful thing to learn at school apart from math.
Bollocks to that.

I've not used half the maths I was forced to learn since I left school.

Bloody Pythagoras' theorum and all that trot.

But I think teaching the basics of first aid would be a big step in the right direction.

Bollocks to that.
I've not used half the maths I was forced to learn since I left school.
So you never go shopping.

And you never put your money in a bank.

And you never use a credit card.

And you never wonder how much it costs to drive somewhere.

Or you have so much money that you never have to count it.

Well, good for you!

So you never go shopping.

And you never put your money in a bank.

And you never use a credit card.

And you never wonder how much it costs to drive somewhere.

Or you have so much money that you never have to count it.

Well, good for you!
I meant a lot of the stuff on algebra and Pythagoras' theorum and the like. The stuff I thought at the time I'd never use it, and I never have.

And I've never used a credit card or had to work out how much it is to drive somewhere, as I've not got a car.

Well, that's personal. It happens. On the other hand, I not only daily use my school math, but regret that I haven't put more effort into math at college. My knowledge of advanced calculus and differential equations is somewhat lacking at times, and that hurts.


Not only at work. Quite often even in NS. For instance, when I was proving that the space elevator concept is a daydreamed load of crap, I could do it with simply solving the calculus to determine its weight for a tensile strength of 20 GPa, density of 1.75, and square law for gravity with 6400km at zero height.
I know I used to be able to solve such things in five minutes at school exams, but now I can't, so I had to go a long way round using a simplified recursive integer sequences calculation.

Well, that's personal. It happens. On the other hand, I not only daily use my school math, but regret that I haven't put more effort into math at college. My knowledge of advanced calculus and differential equations is somewhat lacking at times, and that hurts.


Not only at work. Quite often even in NS. For instance, when I was proving that the space elevator concept is a daydreamed load of crap, I could do it with simply solving the calculus to determine its weight for a tensile strength of 20 GPa, density of 1.75, and square law for gravity with 6400km at zero height.
I know I used to be able to solve such things in five minutes at school exams, but now I can't, so I had to go a long way round using a simplified recursive integer sequences calculation.
Fair enough. I suppose it's because our interests diverge somewhat. I'm more of a history person, so I tend to ignore maths a lot and probably downplay how much I use it day-to-day.