How many people have you saved from death?

[Rogodin2]

I've only saved one person from dying in my 29 years on this earth.

I wasn't a soldier, just a 'hired man'.

Rogo

 

[compnovice]

I once took a bullet out from a man in Reno.... Just to watch him live...

 

[darkswordsman17]

I can't think of a single person, then again, I'm not really trained to or ever been in a situation that necessitated it.

 

[Rogodin2]

I wasn't trained either darksword.

Rogo

 

[ThePresence]

Two that I know of.
Once saved a drowning kid in a swimming pool.
Tied off someone's stump of an arm with his shirt after a suicide bombing in Israel.

 

[dguy6789]

Maybe you should make the poll have individual voting options for like 1-10 each, and then an option for >10.

 

[SmoochyTX]

3

ETA - 1 was my mother. The other 2 were from car accidents (separate incidents).

 

[BoomerD]

Thousands...sometimes hundreds each day...I stopped at the crosswalk and let them live...


When I was an apprentice not far from where Rogo currently lives, a 55 gallon drum of oil fell out of a jury-rigged crane sling and fell on the journeyman I was working with. Fcked him up pretty badly, PLUS his heart stopped. (he was an old man...in his 60's) I did CPR on him and kept him alive until the paramedics arrived...He lived and recovered, but he retired after that.

I've ben involved in several on-the-job rescues with people who were seriously injured, plus performed first-aid on several more over the years. Hard to count any of them, because I don't know if any of them would have died had I not been involved.
During Vietnam, I packed a few Marines to a Corpsman in combat conditions. Can't say if they'd have lived or not if I hadn't helped them out. Some lived, others didn't...I shot and killed a quite a few V.C. that were trying to kill all of us, so do I count that as saving the lives of my squad and me?

 

[darkswordsman17]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Rogodin2
I wasn't trained either darksword.

Rogo</end quote></div>

By that I mean be a paramedic, fireman, doctor, police officer, etc.

Most people that aren't in roles designed to save lives really rarely if ever save lives, and in my opinion, thats kinda the way it should be. I'm not saying to do nothing when you're in that kind of situation, but more often than not, its best to leave it to the professionals.

This is speaking from the viewpoint of an American, where most people have ready and pretty quick access to said professionals. I'm sure in other parts of the world things would be quite different.

 

[lyssword]

I put 0, but then when I thought about it, maybe I did. There was a portable electric heater in the house that had exposed heating elements. We kids, watched tv and my youngest brother, who was about 1 year old at the moment was crawling around. He fell down from the couch on the heater. Everyone panicked and didn't know what to do, because the electric heater is really hot and if you try to pick him up you'd burn your hands. Well I just went for it and picked him up 5 seconds later. He had a big burn on the stomach but he was ok. Now he's 13 years old and there is no sign of scar on his stomach (maybe babies' skin heals better).

 

[Rogodin2]

[When I was an apprentice not far from where Rogo currently lives, a 55 gallon drum of oil fell out of a jury-rigged crane sling and fell on the journeyman I was working with. Fcked him up pretty badly, PLUS his heart stopped. (he was an old man...in his 60's) I did CPR on him and kept him alive until the paramedics arrived...He lived and recovered, but he retired after that.

I've ben involved in several on-the-job rescues with people who were seriously injured, plus performed first-aid on several more over the years. Hard to count any of them, because I don't know if any of them would have died had I not been involved.
During Vietnam, I packed a few Marines to a Corpsman in combat conditions. Can't say if they'd have lived or not if I hadn't helped them out. Some lived, others didn't...I shot and killed a quite a few V.C. that were trying to kill all of us, so do I count that as saving the lives of my squad and me?
/Q]

Boomer

I would hope that you voted in the 11+.

When my grandfathers told me about their wartime memories (which were always very terse) I could never really understand what they experienced. You're a very strong person.



Rogo

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

I'm not sure. I've been dispatching for nearly 4 years, so there have been situations in which my job has saved people, but I don't know if that would mean that I directly saved them or not.

I guess I haven't saved anyone directly though.

 

[Rogodin2]

FC

You've probably helped save many people. I suspect that I meant the meaning of this thread pertains to the physical 'saving' of a person.

Rogo

 

[Scouzer]

I probably saved 19 people's lives last Thursday. No joke. Air traffic Controller.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Okay, then I vote 0.

 

[imported_Mike]

As far as I know, I have saved no lives. I did tell someone who was cutting themselves not to and that life was worth living. I think that was a mistake though, that kid was a douchebag.

 

[imported_Mike]

Ok, who voted 11-29 and didn't tell their story....wtf?

 

[Blayze]

My Mother... she is allergic to bees and got stung really bad working in the flower beds. If I hadn't been home and helped her she would have died.

 

[Balt]

Zero. I've often thought it would be cool to be a fireman or paramedic, but the sad truth is I know I wouldn't have the nerves to remain calm enough to help someone in that situation.

Much respect for those of you that do.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

My brothers and I helped get the youngest (3 years old or so) out of the pool multiple times which could have easily resulted in drowning... of course, it may not count since we also were the ones that convinced him to jump in.

So zero was my vote.

 

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
My brothers and I helped get the youngest (3 years old or so) out of the pool multiple times which could have easily resulted in drowning... of course, it may not count since we also were the ones that convinced him to jump in.

So zero was my vote.

lol (about the last part not the first)

 

[TallBill]

Zero.

 

[pcnerd37]

This is kind of a trick question because I save thousands of lives everyday by not running the idiots on the road over like should have been done to them years ago.

 

[Scouzer]

Originally posted by: Mike
Ok, who voted 11-29 and didn't tell their story....wtf?

That was me...I did tell it. Not really...but I said part of it.

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: Scouzer
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Mike
Ok, who voted 11-29 and didn't tell their story....wtf?</end quote></div>

That was me...I did tell it. Not really...but I said part of it.

I missed your post. Tell the story?