How many people have you saved from death?

[patentman]

<--------- former shock trauma tech...... lots

There is no option in the poll for me, as I've saved at least a hundred people from either bleeding to death or having their ticker crap out before they got to the hospital.

 

[patentman]

Originally posted by: scott
A lot. Probably a couple hundred souls.

I was a beach lifeguard for several years through college, at crowded California beaches that catch the big south swells and break BIG in summer. And here come the vacationers from Arkansas, Montana, Michigan etc, that never saw the ocean before & don't appreciate the danger....their white legs reveal them! Triple-overhead barrels crash!! Super-rip current suck!

That's opposite of were I live now. Here surfing is a cold winter sport, Thanksgiving to Easter, summers go flat.

One memorable time I rescued a whole group of 5 little kids on a huge surf day (when crashing big waves sound like dynamite blasting) and they were fine. But the darn little petite mother was freaking, running back & forth on the shore. Just as I swam the kids in & we almost reached shore, she ran out & ended up nearly dying. She hadn't even been swimming but she was my hardest resuscitation case ever...ambulance, intensive care, whole 9 yards, but lived in the end. Her powerful mother instincts drove her I guess. Some other times other folks didn't live, and there were some suicides on the beaches too. Ugggh.

Another time I rescued a group off a sunken boat, and had to swim back out for their growling dog. Grrrrr Grrrrr all the way in to shore. Nice doggy?

Text

I did the beach lifeguard thing for a year on the east coast. Not as bad out there as what you described, but still a lot of idiots. Not to mention the sharks (no attacks thank goodness, but still scary to see them swimming so close to shore)

 

[Rogodin2]

I've edited the poll for those that have dedicated their lives to saving people.

Thank you for the suggestion.

Rogo

 

[skulkingghost]

3 girlfriends from suicide attempts, 1 best friend.

 

[NanoStuff]

Originally posted by: skulkingghost
3 girlfriends from suicide attempts

Can't imagine what that must do to your self esteem.

 

[Rogodin2]

Bump

Rogo

 

[pstylesss]

Daily. There's a good chance my co-worker would be killed by all the other employees if I wasn't at work every day.

 

[911paramedic]

Originally posted by: patentman
<--------- former shock trauma tech...... lots

There is no option in the poll for me, as I've saved at least a hundred people from either bleeding to death or having their ticker crap out before they got to the hospital.

What is a "shock trauma tech"? Never heard of it.

 

[meltdown75]

About nine.

 

[moshquerade]

hundreds, if not thousands.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
hundreds, if not thousands.

How, by not giving birth to crazed mutant maniacs?

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: moshquerade
hundreds, if not thousands.</end quote></div>

How, by not giving birth to crazed mutant maniacs?

well, that is sig worthy right thar.....errr.....not.

no, but educating them on the ills of poor oral hygiene which can lead to plaque build up in their arteries and you know what that can lead to.

so brush and floss those choppers well Red, if you still have your own, we don't want you keeling over because of a heart attack.

 

[walkur]

2
Saw a car skid out of control into the water, went after it with another guy and helped the man out of the car (luckily the window was already open)
Whilst hiking the person in front of me tripped and almost went down a 60ft. cliff, managed to grab hold of her backpack.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Red Dawn
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: moshquerade
hundreds, if not thousands.</end quote></div>

How, by not giving birth to crazed mutant maniacs?</end quote></div>
well, that is sig worthy right thar.....errr.....not.

no, but educating them on the ills of poor oral hygiene which can lead to plaque build up in their arteries and you know what that can lead to.

so brush and floss those choppers well Red, if you still have your own, we don't want you keeling over because of a heart attack.

Aye Aye Captian, nothing worse than poor oral hygiene.

 

[slpaulson]

Maybe one.

I was walking to a football game with a friend, and myself and another friend grabbed her before she walked straight into a busy street without looking.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

I had to run onto a busy road to get a 5 year old off his bike because he was riding on it. The parents weren't anywhere to be found.

 

[imported_Imp]

I can finally say 1. Was on motorcycle, other rider came across about 10ft away. I was going maybe 5kph (not a typo, was parking), coulda braked in 2ft, but the inexperienced, panicky idiot in me dumped the bike... My god alcohol on road rash burns.

 

[Bateluer]

If you've ever donated blood, you've saved a life.

 

[DrPizza]

Apparently, after spending a lot of time in OT, I've come to the realization that people will kill themselves doing idiotic things. Thus, using a little common sense while raising my children may have prevented them from doing something stupid. I think they were 3 when I taught them: "Never ever try to microwave a tv dinner while standing in the shower holding the microwave"... or something like that.

Plus, numerous blood donations.


However, I've never really saved someone from death; only delayed death. AFAIK, life is terminal.

 

[SWScorch]

One, a few years ago my friend and I came across a very recent accident scene, and an elderly woman had her car smashed into a guardrail. She seemed to be in shock because she was conscious but not very with it. As we were asking her if she was ok, her engine caught on fire, so we had to literally drag her and her dog out of the car. Not even a minute after we got her out the entire car went up in flames. It was pretty scary.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Zero.

If you kill people for a living, do you have a negative number?

 

[Megatomic]

Just one, a year and a half ago. There was a truck accident that happened just before I rounded the bend. The driver was thrown from his cab and the hood was pinning his legs while he bled profusely and his brains were leaking onto the pavement.

All I did was lift up on the hood and talk to him, but the paramedics said that was enough to keep him from dying before they arrived. Sadly he died a few weeks later in the hospital leaving behind a wife and a toddler aged daughter.

 

[skyking]

I've helped quite a few. One time a brand new pilot got stuck over a cloud deck with low fuel, and I was listening in. I knew of a hole he could get through, got on top and waited for ATC to vector him my way.
I've tried and failed a few times too, and those ones haunt me. My dad was one, I could not get him back after a massive MI.

 

[Pepsi90919]

where is the option for 501

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Dacalo
I think one in my lifetime. Back in high school, we went on a field trip at a waterpark.

I was swimming in one of those fake wave pool, and a girl clung on to me, repeating "Help me! Oh please help me." I took her to the side of the pool while getting buffeted by floating tubes and waves.

She was hysterical, despite I was the one who did all the drinking (she climbed on top of me). Not that I expected one, but she didn't thank me either. It didn't help that she wasn't hot.

LOL classic