Do you wish that you knew and had read this medical handbook before? (You may share your story, if you feel comfortable)
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Re: Do you wish that you knew and had read this medical handbook before? (You may share your story, if you feel comforta
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Oh wow! I can image how useful this book would be in your situation. Not everyone lives in an area where emergency care is readily available. Sometimes even in the most populated areas it can be difficult to get care in time due to traffic or other extenuating circumstances. Having a book like this could be a potential lifesaver.Suekihleng wrote: ↑03 Oct 2021, 19:01 Yes, absolutely wish I had this book on hand before! I moved to a remote tropical island a little over 20 years ago and we have faced medical emergencies countless times over the years. Our biggest issue was when our infant daughter stopped breathing. Thankfully we were able to get her medical attention in time but I always wondered what I could have done differently to prevent some of the lasting damage that took place. But there have been so many other instances as well - an elderly man having a heart attack and I was the only person available to help him, a man chopping his foot nearly off with a machete while cleaning coconut trees in my yard, my husband having a severe head injury when falling off the roof, a close friend falling from a coconut tree and shattering his legs, just to name a few. Fortunately in each of these instances, no deaths occurred. But it's always a good idea to be prepared. I've had to learn that the hard way.
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Yes, I wish I had. I remember how had it was to deal with the symptoms of high blood pressure each time mum experienced them. But the story could have been different if I had this handbook.Do you wish that you knew and had read this medical handbook before?
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Thanks for sharing that. I agree with you, it's better to do CPR whilst you wait for medics than to give up after four minutes because you may never know how things will turn out.B Creech wrote: ↑08 Oct 2021, 10:15The odds are definitely against someone who has to have CPR and defibrillation longer than four minutes, but I have to disagree with the author on it being 'a lost cause!' I have had two relatives, my step-father and a brother-in-law who both have undergone CPR for over 20 minutes, and both survived without any adverse effects! It is highly unusual for that to happen, but it is also possible, so regardless of the situation I would I begin CPR anyway after calling 911.Orion in the Rye wrote: ↑03 Oct 2021, 11:59 Last year a neighbor while carrying a box suffered a heart attack. It happened in front of my house. I always wondered if I could have done something. In the section "Heart Attack" (Myocardial Infarction) the author explains: "providing CPR to a
heart attack victim who cannot be defibrillated within 4 minutes is a lost cause". I live very far from the hospital, perhaps it would have been useless to apply CPR, but I would have read the book before and tried to do something.