People are usually too timid with the chest compressions. You have to push really hard. Sometimes the subject's ribs will break- that just means you did it right!
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 5, 2013, at 11:44 AM, Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> wrote: > Funny how these things come full circle - there are some people now saying > that CPR can be a bad thing because it's often done incorrectly. > > Dan > > On Apr 5, 2013, at 11:33 AM, Rich Thomas > <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > >> Well, those stupid TV shows must have had some merit. You should send this >> to the actors of that Emergency show, I vaguely recall what they looked >> like, wasn't one of them Randy something? They would probably get a kick >> out of it, and it would give them some sense that their acting actually did >> something useful. >> >> --R (who shall not admit to having watched that show) >> >> >> On 4/5/13 11:25 AM, WILTON wrote: >>> 'Nother Sondy Tale; 'don't think I've posted this before; if so, please >>> pardon the redundancy. 'Hope it's not too long for a Friday (Moose Day). >>> >>> HAVBRO'S DOWN! >>> By Wilton Strickland >>> >>> One morning about mid-January, 1979, I was sitting at a briefing table in >>> Havbro Nielsen's office at Sondrestrom Air Base, Greenland. I was Director >>> of Engineering, in charge of construction and maintenance of all physical >>> facilities on base. Havbro was the Danish civilian, civil engineering >>> contractor's chief engineer, my civilian counterpart. I had asked Havbro >>> about some aspect of one of the projects we had underway. He was standing >>> on the other side of the table from me using a flip chart to his left as a >>> briefing aid. The door into the office was behind him. >>> >>> We were having our usual friendly but very business-like discussion of the >>> situation at hand. Suddenly, Havbro stopped in mid-sentence, turned and >>> rushed outside the building. I thought for a second that he had seen >>> something out the window behind me that needed his immediate attention. I >>> turned, glanced out and saw nothing unusual. To rush out without saying, >>> "Please, excuse me", or something to that effect was not like Havbro, at >>> all. He was every bit a gentleman and a stickler for protocol. I was >>> still a bit shocked and confused by his sudden departure and even said >>> aloud to myself, "Well, I guess he'll be back in a minute." He had been >>> gone for only a few seconds when a Danish workman came rushing inside the >>> building and past the doorway to Havbro's office yelling, "Call emergency! >>> Havbro's down! Call emergency!" >>> >>> As Havbro's secretary grabbed the phone, I rushed outside and found Havbro >>> lying on the frozen ground immediately outside the doorway. My immediate >>> thought was that he was dead. His eyes had the classic "blank stare" of >>> death, and I saw no evidence of his breathing. I felt quickly for a pulse >>> at his wrist then at the side of his neck beneath his ear; I felt none, but >>> I also thought, "I may not be feeling just the right place, especially in >>> my excitement." I felt certain, though, that he was dead. >>> >>> I had never had any CPR training. I had seen actors on TV "perform" CPR in >>> such shows as "Emergency", "Squad 51", etc.; I had even seen a couple of >>> Los Angeles EMT's (emergency medical technicians) on the real Squad 53 >>> performing CPR on an actual victim as I crept past an accident scene in Los >>> Angeles several months before, but I had never had any training in it and >>> had never attempted such. My thought was, "Havbro is dead; I must do >>> something; if I can keep some air/oxygen and blood moving through his >>> system 'til the doctor gets here, it may help." I started pumping slowly >>> and rhythmically on his chest the way I had seen them do on TV and on the >>> street in LA as I passed slowly in the car. >>> >>> Meanwhile, the Danish workman had come back out of the building and was >>> kneeling beside Havbro, holding his hand and calling, "Havbro! Havbro!" >>> He also knew that Havbro was dead. I never said a word - I just thought I >>> would keep pumping as long as it takes - 'til a doctor or EMT could get >>> there. As I heard the siren of the ambulance a couple of blocks away, >>> Havbro's eyes suddenly fluttered; he gasped a couple of times and started >>> trying to get up! The workman and I tried to restrain him and tell him not >>> to get up - to just lie there, but as the ambulance pulled up, Havbro got >>> up and walked over to it! He got in the ambulance, and they drove away as >>> the workman and I just stood there in shocked disbelief. >>> >>> A few minutes later, the workman and I went to the hospital and told the >>> nurses and the doctor what had happened. At first, they doubted what we >>> were telling them, but they soon realized that if it had not been for the >>> pumping on his chest, Havbro would likely have been permanently dead. >>> >>> They flew him to Copenhagen the next day for extensive testing and >>> treatment. I left about three weeks later and have not seen Havbro again. >>> He recovered and returned to work for several more years at Sondrestrom. I >>> spoke to him on the phone several months after this incident. He cited >>> some type of heart problem, but I don't remember the details. >>> He lived for 17 more years, and died of a heart attack in 1996. >>> >>> The president of Havbro's company in Copenhagen, Danish Arctic Contractors, >>> sent the Air Force and me a letter of thanks and commendation for having >>> such "a well-trained officer who knew exactly what to do in such an >>> emergency." As I said before, though, I've never had such training, and I >>> certainly did not know "exactly what to do." I was guided by nothing more >>> than the basic principles of "never give up," and "no matter how bad things >>> get, you have to be able to think and do something." >>> >>> Wilton >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
