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- cynic573, on 09/05/2008, -2/+236. Give blood. (1 pint saves 3 lives)
- fantasticjon, on 09/05/2008, -0/+14I am not understanding how the tooth thing is going to save your life. That does not fit with getting impaled or falling from a great height.
- galv0, on 09/05/2008, -4/+141. Call 911
2. Call 911
3. Call 911
4. Call 911
5. Call 911
Yeah.. pretty simple. - THX8612, on 09/05/2008, -1/+9On the topic of teeth and saving ones life, I can say this. It is not unheard of that bad teeth can lead to heart disease.
I also know of someone first hand that had an infected tooth. He put of going to the dentist until the infection spread to his brain and killed him. - pardonmedoug, on 09/05/2008, -0/+8"In this story you can find be idea like"?
WTF is with that description? - dougmc, on 09/05/2008, -0/+7The list is a bit ... concise.
A tourniquet is only for the most severe cases of bleeding, when better help is not available. This isn't a recent change -- it's always been the case. If your hand just got cut off and you're hours from help, go ahead, put a tourniquet on the wrist. Just have a bad cut? No. Ultimately, you don't want to lose the limb, but if it's the limb or dying due to loss of blood, the choice should be simple.
Do they still suggest tourniquets in case of snakebite? It might make sense if it's a really deadly snake and help is nowhere to be found, but if all you have to do is call 911 and help is 5 minutes away, I don't think so.
As for medical dramas, they don't do first aid much -- not so much drama in that, something that most people can understand and many can even do. And really, if you have lupus (yes, I know, it's never lupus) ... you probably have time to call in the professionals. - dougmc, on 09/05/2008, -0/+6Sure, you can sell plasma. But you don't donate/sell plasma by the pint -- the amount they take depends on your weight. (And why can you sell plasma, but not whole blood anyways?)
In any event, the Red Cross itself has said that `One pint saves three lives' --
http://www.redcrossnnj.org/detalle_prensa.asp?id=1 ...
(though how `official' this is is hard to tell.) And this story repeats the mantra --
http://media.www.theeastcarolinian.com/media/stora ...
but doesn't explain it either. It would appear that while it's a nice catchphrase, nobody ever really thought about what it meant or how the math just doesn't work -- instead, they go `wow! I just saved three lives!' and pat themselves on the back.
Oh, I think I figured it out --
http://www.princetonhcs.org/page2927.aspx
Donating Blood Can Save up to Three Lives
...
One pint of blood can be separated into three components, which can be
used to treat three different patients.
So, assuming that this is the rationale (and I'll bet it is), yes, the math is INCREDIBLY shaky. It's like saying that this box of nails can be used to build 100 houses (because each house could have one nail from this box.) - rald84, on 09/05/2008, -1/+7good job on #4
"Put the tooth in milk and head to the emergency room, says Dr. Richard Bradley, a member of the American Red Cross advisory council on first aid, aquatics, safety and preparedness."
considering the simplicity, calling 911 would be a waste of time.
"adding that if a child loses a baby tooth, doctors will not try to put it back in"
and who the ***** tries to put a baby tooth back in? - negativefx, on 09/05/2008, -0/+6Thumbs up for the House reference. You gotta love when a show makes fun of itself for the blatant misuse of lupus.
- dse78759, on 09/05/2008, -0/+67. Don't panic.
- nickert0n, on 09/05/2008, -0/+5http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAIs3tUYOi4
- DangQuesadilla, on 09/05/2008, -0/+5And don't remove someone's helmet when they fall off their motorcycle.
- phoenix575, on 09/05/2008, -0/+5With all the medical dramas on TV, you'd think some of them would get it right and more people would know what to do if they encounter the same scenarios.
There's a lot of outdated First Aid information still floating around. Shame really. Good thing this list debunks some of them (torniquet, anyone?). - BrickTamaland, on 09/05/2008, -1/+5Didn't realize losing a tooth was life threatening
- Rev0lver, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4I'm an EMT - this is all pretty much true. Just remember that if someone has fallen from a height, don't move them UNLESS there is immediate danger to the person, like the building about to collapse. Lifesaving doesn't require a whole lot of skill - just common sense.
- rald84, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4i think you can sell plasma
- oldhick, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4I wasn't laughed at by the nurse when I went to the emergency room with my tooth out. They put it back in for me and now I have my tooth back.
CPR isn't mentioned because administering it without training can do more damage than good.
Not sure about why the Heimlich wasn't mentioned. - DanielShinall, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4Just from the title, I felt if I didn't read this I would be in a situation where I had to save a life today.
- Rev0lver, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4It doesn't hurt to have a bit of insurance like that lying around, especially if you're in a relatively remote location where it may take a while for you to get help. I take that a bit for granted considering I live in a city and my first aid kit is the drug store around the block :P. I wouldn't go over the top with 25 different kinds of gauze, bandages, etc. though. Keep it simple so you know where everything is.
- hellokitty101, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3Still, it's good to know.
If I knocked a tooth out, I probably would wash away all the gooey crap stuck to the tooth, not thinking that it might actually be important. - stopple, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3What in the hell does tooth nerve and ligaments have to do with life saving?
- liuite, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3please chime in on this since I am not a medical professional; I believe that everyone should keep a first aid kit at home/car/boat etc and carry one when they travel. simple stuff like neosporin can help prevent an infection that may lead to amputation. over the counter medication like benedryl and zanax could save your life if you have a severe allergic reaction and have no medics around, and then there is aspirin which can save your life in a heart attack.
- BloKKem, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3Definitely true. We had a neighbor on the base I was living on about 15 years ago that had just purchased a motorcycle and he took his wife out for a ride. They were going 15MPH in the neighborhood and lost control because he was a very novice motorcyclist and hit a telephone pole. His wife who was the passenger was fine, but he had hit the pole headfirst and he was unconcious. She removed his helmet to try to help him and it turns out that is what killed him. Now he may have died either away, but could you imagine living with that "what if?" especially when you thought you were helping by removing it.
- MetalLizard, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3Absolutely not true about CPR. If someone is not breathing and has no pulse, just doing chest compressions alone without respirations can save their life in time for EMTS to get there. It is what people are told to do when they call 911 and the victim has no pulse.
- naughtyboy, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_aid
- liuite, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2I meant to say benedryl with zantac
- rupaw, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2There is another simple way to save a life:
http://www.wfp.org/english/ - GodsTwin, on 09/05/2008, -1/+3I remember a talking alligator on tv telling me the same thing
- stuntiliator, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2Just wanted to throw this out about snakebites....
Tourniquets are not recommended because the venom can more damage because it is localized in an extremity vs being diffuse. A secondary reason is because the number of fatalities from snakebites (at least here in the US) is extraordinarily low. With some snakes, such as the coral snake, it can take hours for problems to appear. It's mainly fear that drives people to put on tourniquets and do other means. In reality, the best thing is to call 911, and stay calm. - phoenix2330, on 09/08/2008, -0/+1very informative
- MetalLizard, on 09/05/2008, -2/+3No mention of CPR, or Heimlich maneuver. Also this, "Put the tooth in milk and head to the emergency room, says Dr. Richard Bradley, a member of the American Red Cross advisory council on first aid, aquatics, safety and preparedness."
If you lose a tooth and go to the emergency room you will be laughed at by the triage nurse. This list is severely lacking. - saranagati, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1cpr by a trained professional doesn't work in most cases (as opposed to what you see on tv where if you just get to them within 5 minutes of them not breathing, you're guaranteed to save their life). Just doing a chest compression is even much less likely to save their life (see they probably would have began breathing again on their own). In order to actually perform cpr you're going to break the persons ribs so some slight chest compressions isn't going to do ***** except make you feel like you tried to save a life.
- saranagati, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1how have you never heard of putting a tooth in milk? Have you been locked in a closet for the past 50 years?
- funkytaco, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1Hannibal from the A-Team saved my life in the 80's. He did an infomercial on how to perform the Heimlich manuever on your self, and while watching Alf one night I was choking and used it.
Thank you, A-Team. Pum, pum, pum! Pum pum pum. - gdha, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1Terrific advice.
- sguasp, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1I like the "ask around for an epi pen" suggestion. No *****. I always have one on me. Right up there with a tourniquet and the jaws of life. |-(
- fredrated, on 09/05/2008, -1/+2A little clarification:
1. Don't remove a foreign object. Unless it is impaled in your cheek. Then you can remove it because it may become a breathing hazard.
4. Don't clean a tooth that's fallen out. Put it in milk unless you don't have any. In that case put it in a small container with the victums saliva to keep it moist.
5. Don't move someone who's fallen from a high place. True, unless the scene is unsafe (for ex. they fell onto a busy freeway and are likely to be run over) or the position they are in compromises their ability to breath. If you must move them one person should stabilize the head and keep it from moving with respect to the rest of their body. Others should then lift the body 'exactly as it lay', i.e., don't try to straighten it out, if it is twisted leave it twisted and let professionals untwist it.
Take a first aid class, you could save someones life (maybe mine!) - cynic573, on 09/05/2008, -1/+2Hey, I'm just going by what they told me; I'm no doctor. ¯(°_o)/¯
...and I'm pretty sure you can still sell your blood/plasma/platlets/whatever. - EmperorAwesome, on 09/05/2008, -1/+1{citation unneeded]
Its the internet, do a search and if you find an argument, type that rather than waiting for the poster to argue against himself. Are you employed in academia or just another type of *****? - riveraj, on 09/05/2008, -1/+16. Join Civil Air Patrol (CAP) www.gocivilairpatrol.com or www.cap.gov for more info.
CAP is a non profit organization which has 3 main missions. Emergency Services, Cadet Programs and Aerospace Education. Want the opportunity to learn some life saving skills as well as the possible opportunity to put them into practice the you will like Emergency Services (Opportunities involve work on the ground and in airplanes). If you want to help inspire and educate young people to help ensure they are a positive addition to humanity, volunteer in Cadet Programs....
There is too much info to write, check it out if it interest you or may interest kids/adults you know. - heresy_fnord, on 09/05/2008, -1/+1Damn, I was going to say "The Fray" knows how...
- bennett864, on 10/20/2008, -0/+0Thanks for the information to save the life in five simple ways of medical transportation.
http://www.1800ambulance.net/service.html - inactive, on 09/05/2008, -3/+3pft, you really want to save lives?
Vote Democrat. - Tipigal, on 09/06/2008, -0/+0Yes, I have been locked in a closet, so to speak! I really don't watch much tv, so I miss a lot of news, gossip, trends and things... Oh, my!
- Tipigal, on 09/05/2008, -0/+0I sure would try to stay calm first of all and take measure that I know to do. 911 is a good call! Saving a life is formost. All tips are good to have in every situation. Accidents happen fast! (never heard of putting a tooth in milk, but sounds better then cleaning it) I Appreciated the info.
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- javaji, on 09/11/2008, -0/+0Tanks you saved my life.
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