Guess Who Saved a Life today?!?!?!

[cruzg24]

I'm part of the EMS club on campus and we have to be on standby for any type of medical emergency and I had a call today where I had to do CPR and use a BVM which administers oxygen and I was able to keep him alive until the paramedics came. His name was Steve Chan and he is in stable condition now. I just thank god everyday for giving me the opportunity to save lives everyday, because without him in my life, I don't know if I wouldve saved his life. I was kind of nervous, but it was weird, I didn't have to think about what I was doing. Anyways, just wanted to share this story with you guys.

[Agent Zero]

Praise the Lord... Man that is awesome!!

srsly... dude, that kicks all kinds of ass..

[Crono139]

Good job remaining calm with someone else's life in your hands.

[P J Shaker]

good job dude...


hey i have a question for you..

when you are called and someone has hit their head and got a concussion, what usually happens when they goto the hospital?....do they keep them over night or due they usually just check them out and release them?

[Darius Ali]

WOW, man. Great job! Thats amazing!

[cruzg24]

when you are called and someone has hit their head and got a concussion, what usually happens when they goto the hospital?....do they keep them over night or due they usually just check them out and release them?

Depends on the situation, when I get called to the scene I do a rapid trauma assessment, get the patients vital signs, sample history if possible (like how it happened by asking someone on the scene before me), and then finally reevaluate priorities during the specific situation. Usually since it is a concussion it depends on the severity but normally people who receive concussions check out. The most vital thing to consider is airway, since he is concussed you want to maintain a patent airway..

[P J Shaker]

well the woman was sitting up and talking to all of us...she didnt want to go to the hospital but they made her...she had a scuff on the back of her head that wasnt bleeding, it had blood from the fall but stopped bleeding right after, at first she got up on her own and i made her sit back down, she was well enough to talk to us for like 5 minutes and then the medics got their and she gave them all her info....they said most likely she would get released the same day....i am just wondering because its me who will be paying the bill....most likely at least

[cruzg24]

Yea, in situations like that, you should go to the hospital to make sure there isn't any internal bleeding or contusions, or even a visible fracture to the skull. Yea more than likely she will get released the same day.

[P J Shaker]

good that means i probably wont get a bill for it....

[oceanspraypink]

Cruzg that is wonderful news! Good thing you were around

Great job man!

[OMEN]

pretty coll dude

[oceanspraypink]

Hey Omen so glad to see another GIF member over here..welcome!

[Kristen]

Nice job, Cruz!!!

Thankfully you didn't have to do mouth to mouth otherwise someone on here would have gotten jealous!

[cruzg24]

If your gonna make fun of my ugliness then I can't argue there, lol. But no we don't do mouth to mouth anymore, we use something called a pocket mask, something like this.