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We don't just wear the tags on the bike though. They get worn when skiing/snowboarding. Oh and if going out in Glasgow..........;). |
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I practically had to fight off a well meaning individual who once tried to stop me removing a riders helmet so that I could give him mouth to mouth.... |
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RH is right. Airway is first and foremost. Not removing the helmet protects the neck from further injury, but if you know someone is not breathing then you really need to be giving them air, otherwise they will die much sooner.
That said, mouth to mouth is not always a must if the person is uncomfortable doing it/worried about disease transmission,etc - chest compressions alone may be enough until the parameds get there. |
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I don't carry an ICE number. Infact I don't carry much. The only item I really carry is my photocard driving license in my pocket so that I can be identified.
I don't have anything else special medically that needs to be notified so I don't see the point. The police will contact my next of kin where and when necessary dependent on the situation. I would not particularly want them contacted over the phone by someone other than the police, it's what the police are trained for afterall. Quote:
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Not doing mouth to mouth is a bit ridiculous is it not? Just feeds the culture we are building in the UK/US of "Who cares if somebody else dies, so long as I'm not going to get sued or catch the flu". I don't think there are many really serious illnesses that are prevalent in this country and can be caught via mouth to mouth. I'd rather catch a cold than stand and watch somebody die. The chances of getting seriously ill from mouth to mouth must be pretty slim or people would never have done it, and there would be snogging teenagers filling every hospital bed. We just don't value life unless it's our own nowadays.
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We are certainly trained that if someone is not breathing we are to commence full CPR, not just mouth to mouth as it is more than likely if they are in respiritory arrest they will soon be in cardiac arrest anyway. |
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"Nelly the elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus, off she went with a trumpty, trump, trump, trump, trump" ... breathe ... "Nelly the elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus, off she went with a trumpty, trump, trump, trump, trump" ... breathe... Never done it mind you, so don't know how good I'd be, the only time I'd ever needed to I had just pulled my unconscious stepfather 300 yds through some big waves and couldn't do much other than collapse myself when I got onto the beach, luckily there was a doctor there who took over. |
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