Have you ever saved a life?

castletownman · 03-07-2013 04:29PM

Years ago myself and my brother found a rabbit in our garden that was in a bad way (little did we know it had mixamatosis). We put him in a cardboard box with lettuce and a bowl of water and a blanket, but had to go off somewhere with the mother so couldn't stick around. Anyway when we arrived home, the poor lil wabbit had died and there was a magpie already picking at it's remains. We were devastated

I vowed there and then to avoid any future heartbreak that failing in attempting to save a life may bring, and have kept that vow to this day

Irish Guitarist · 03-07-2013 04:38PM

I may have saved a crow once. I saw him lying in the road on his back struggling to get up. He eventually pushed himself up with his wings and stood there in the road. It looked like he had been dazed somehow but not badly hurt. I picked him up and left him on some grass beside the road so he wouldn't get run over. A while later I felt bad about leaving him there so I went back to see if he was alright but he was gone. He must have recovered and flown away.

If that's not impressive enough just imagine it was a child. A tiny black child with wings.

Karona · 03-07-2013 05:51PM

My family and I were on a plane from Cairnes to Sydney and there was a man sitting in front of us. I thought he was being very fidgety because he kept slamming back into his seat. I was only 12 at the time and didn't realise that he was having a fit until my brother belted me on my arm to push the stewardess button, the stewardess came down to see what the problem was and just stood there looking at this poor man having a fit. My dad had to put him lying in the aisle and put him in the recovery position because the stewardess didn't know what to do.

So my Dad helped save a life.

I do give blood though.

copperhead · 03-07-2013 06:25PM

i was 16 at the time working on a farm bringing in hay bales,
me and the farmers two kids a boy about 7 or 8
and a little girl about 6 were on the back of the empty trailer
she was standing up to see her daddy driving
when he hit a pothole in the lane,
she catapulted straight over the front of the trailer i grabbed here by one
hand ( like in the movies ) and pulled her back up,
we all got some fright that day she was gone straight under the wheel only for me

Staff Infection · 03-07-2013 07:25PM

Yep saved my dad.
My mother and sister went into town and normally I'd have went but decided to stay and watch telly at home.

Anyway my father was up on the farm. He was in a shed which is above a slurry pit. While walking along doing whatever one of the metal manholes collapsed, he fell into the slurry and was up to his tits in it. Luckily his phone was in his breast pocket so he stood on his toes, took it out and rang the house number.

Naturally I legged it up to the yard, got a ladder and helped him out. He was a bit shaken alright and felt very lucky that I had stayed at home that day as there would have been nobody else around. We joke about it as he had two wellies full of the preverbal that day but it has made him be more careful which is only a good thing.

Ericaa · 03-07-2013 10:44PM

castletownman wrote: »

We put him in a cardboard box with lettuce

You're not really supposed to give them lettuce actually.

paulmclaughlin · 03-07-2013 11:18PM

Freddy Smelly wrote: »

i stopped a woman in galway from choking on her own tongue after she had an epileptic seizure near the spanish arch a few years ago. two gaumless gardai stood looking at her turning blue while i performed first aid. i stayed talking to her until the ambulance arrived and took over.

A common misconception is that your tongue falls back and covers your throat when you have a seizure. But in a seizure, all your muscles stiffen up, including your tongue, so there is no threat of choking.

So all you did was stick your hand into that woman's mouth while she was having a seizure.

will.i.am · 03-07-2013 11:32PM

I did and wrote a song about it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjVQ36NhbMk

discus · 03-07-2013 11:56PM

paulmclaughlin wrote: »

A common misconception is that your tongue falls back and covers your throat when you have a seizure. But in a seizure, all your muscles stiffen up, including your tongue, so there is no threat of choking.

So all you did was stick your hand into that woman's mouth while she was having a seizure.

I've watched someone have a seizure, and then hear the noise as their tongue popped down their throat. I should have told the nurse to leave the patient be, sure the internet said this can't happen.

seven_eleven · 04-07-2013 12:26AM

paulmclaughlin wrote: »

A common misconception is that your tongue falls back and covers your throat when you have a seizure. But in a seizure, all your muscles stiffen up, including your tongue, so there is no threat of choking.

So all you did was stick your hand into that woman's mouth while she was having a seizure.

I dont think he said he actually put anything in the person mouth

discus wrote: »

I've watched someone have a seizure, and then hear the noise as their tongue popped down their throat. I should have told the nurse to leave the patient be, sure the internet said this can't happen.

What nurse? Anyway, he's right I guess but after the seizure there is always the risk that the tongue may fall back and block the throat, although, this would probably only happen if the person stopped breathing anyway!

Have you ever saved a life?

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