Let me first say, in no way is this thread intended to toot my own horn so to speak.
It's only purpose is to encourage anyone who doesn't already know how to administer CPR to consider taking a little time to learn.
Over 25+ years ago, when I took my PADI SCUBA dive certification class, we had to learn CPR, however, until this evening I never had to use it, and it helped to save a total strangers life.
A couple nights per-week I walk my dogs on the beach because they enjoy it. It's illegal to have dogs on the beach where I live, therefore, I'm forced to walk them at night to avoid being ticketed.
Anyway, tonight as I was walking my dogs, I found myself forced into an unexpected dreadful situation. I could hear a lady screaming for help on the beach in the dark, my dogs took-off up the beach towards the direction of the cries for help, and I followed, and found an elderly lady on her knees over her husband laying in the sand. They were tourist from Chicago taking a nightly stroll on the beach when her husband suffered a heart attack, the couple had left their cell phone in their hotel room, and were not even sure where their location was.
When I arrived on the scene, the lady told me her husband had dropped where he was, and had been totally unresponsive for about 5 minutes, I gave her my cell phone and told her to call 911, and gave her our location to tell the 911 dispatcher. I couldn't find a pulse on the man, he wasn't breathing, and I began CPR. It took nearly 15 minutes before the beach police & paramedics arrived, in which the entire time I kept administering CPR on the poor old man, and still couldn't get a pulse, he lips were white and his skin was turning purple. I started to panic a bit myself and ended-up cracking one of his ribs, however, the 911 dispatcher told me to keep-up the CPR and that the Paramedics were only minutes away.
Anyway, the Police & Medics arrived, and after working on him for about another 15 minutes, with the help of a shot to the heart brought the old man back to life. Got him to the hospital were he is in serious but stable condition.
After returning home I drove-up to the hospital to check on his condition, and the doctors told me that the CPR I had never administered on a real person before tonight saved the mans life.
Needless to say, it was one crazy evening for me, however, it also made me realize how important something I learned over 25 years ago, thats very simple to learn, and had never used before tonight, is something that could one day benefit all of us, and save ones life.
If there really is a Heaven, I now at least have one good deed to take to the gates with me, however, I'm confident it still won't be enough to cover all my sins of past, and those sins yet to come, and get me a ticket through the gates.
Therefore, I shall still plan on meeting-up with most of you in hell one day, and I'll bring plenty of good scotch, weed, and porn, and expect the same from all of you other sinners like myself!
It's only purpose is to encourage anyone who doesn't already know how to administer CPR to consider taking a little time to learn.
Over 25+ years ago, when I took my PADI SCUBA dive certification class, we had to learn CPR, however, until this evening I never had to use it, and it helped to save a total strangers life.
A couple nights per-week I walk my dogs on the beach because they enjoy it. It's illegal to have dogs on the beach where I live, therefore, I'm forced to walk them at night to avoid being ticketed.
Anyway, tonight as I was walking my dogs, I found myself forced into an unexpected dreadful situation. I could hear a lady screaming for help on the beach in the dark, my dogs took-off up the beach towards the direction of the cries for help, and I followed, and found an elderly lady on her knees over her husband laying in the sand. They were tourist from Chicago taking a nightly stroll on the beach when her husband suffered a heart attack, the couple had left their cell phone in their hotel room, and were not even sure where their location was.
When I arrived on the scene, the lady told me her husband had dropped where he was, and had been totally unresponsive for about 5 minutes, I gave her my cell phone and told her to call 911, and gave her our location to tell the 911 dispatcher. I couldn't find a pulse on the man, he wasn't breathing, and I began CPR. It took nearly 15 minutes before the beach police & paramedics arrived, in which the entire time I kept administering CPR on the poor old man, and still couldn't get a pulse, he lips were white and his skin was turning purple. I started to panic a bit myself and ended-up cracking one of his ribs, however, the 911 dispatcher told me to keep-up the CPR and that the Paramedics were only minutes away.
Anyway, the Police & Medics arrived, and after working on him for about another 15 minutes, with the help of a shot to the heart brought the old man back to life. Got him to the hospital were he is in serious but stable condition.
After returning home I drove-up to the hospital to check on his condition, and the doctors told me that the CPR I had never administered on a real person before tonight saved the mans life.
Needless to say, it was one crazy evening for me, however, it also made me realize how important something I learned over 25 years ago, thats very simple to learn, and had never used before tonight, is something that could one day benefit all of us, and save ones life.
If there really is a Heaven, I now at least have one good deed to take to the gates with me, however, I'm confident it still won't be enough to cover all my sins of past, and those sins yet to come, and get me a ticket through the gates.
Therefore, I shall still plan on meeting-up with most of you in hell one day, and I'll bring plenty of good scotch, weed, and porn, and expect the same from all of you other sinners like myself!
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