Ever Saved a Life?

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Sgt_Nick_Fury said:
If I have learned one thing here, it is I am going to start to chew my food more before swallowing...that chewing thing sounds important.
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BTW, if you are alone and choking go ram yourself into a table or counter just below the sternum.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
I've had plenty of experiences, especially as a Resident in the delivery room, ER, or ICU. The hardest thing is that there are some you just can't help.
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We certainly lose (or don't revive, so technically we didn't lose them to begin with) more than we get back.
 
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I saved a kid from drowning at Burgess Falls last year, at the base of one of the big waterfalls, he came zooming by in the rapids, his parents couldn't get to him, I dove in after him, after banging my knee on a big ass rock and a close encounter with a snake I finally caught up to him.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
I've had plenty of experiences, especially as a Resident in the delivery room, ER, or ICU. The hardest thing is that there are some you just can't help.
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That has to be tough when somebody comes in that's clearly gonna die.
 
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Worked at a daycare for a while.

A couple choking incidents, but those were fairly minor.

Only times I was ever scared involved epi-pens. Had a little girl with a bee sting allergy who of course found one within 5 minutes of going outside. She was crying to much to really explain she was allergic.
 
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Not sure if I saved her life, but I saw a woman drive off the side of a road and crash her car into a ravine. I called the police and ran down there to help her. She must have hit her head hard because she was delirious and bloody and kept passing out so I kept her conscious until the police arrived.
 
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Coug said:
Saved an ex girlfriend from drowning once, let her up for air.
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How the **** does this not have any likes. I'm dying at this omg.

I was in northern lexington and it was late night walking past some sketchy people. Ended up running into a robbery attempt and saved a girl from some bad guys. Who knows what they would have done to her. Not life threatening hopefully, but coulda been bad.
 
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bamacheats said:
Sophomore at UTK, had a class with a guy who'd never been laid. Took 3 weeks, lots of booze, and hanging with some chubby chicks, but I finally got him laid.

Does that count?
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No. It makes you a damn good wing man though.
 
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Saved a kid from drowning in the river behind my grandmothers house, then saved his cousin the next summer (not a smart bunch obviously)
Was a cop for a while and saved a few lives.
 
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I don't like to say I have saved a life cuz I think God does that but I have helped a few times. I did get a baby back from SIDS once though it died three days later in the hospital.
 
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Former EMT /Firefighter
My wife is allergic to everything so we keep Benadryl everywhere, just last Saturday at her family reunion her cousin (female 19, allergic to cherries) went into anaphylaxis after consuming cake with cherries, my wife and I found her and immediately crushed a Benadryl I kept in my wallet and administered it to her under her tongue, She was taken to A Hospital in Destin and recovered within 3 hours, Dr said the Benadryl saved her life , it's not that big of a deal for us in that situation since my father doubled dipped the jelly knife in peanutbutter and my wife used it and went into anaphylaxis, I was at FF training and she called me , I sent a truck and ambulance to my parents and she was treated and recovered fine. For anyone that does run into a person (especially a child) having an allergic reaction and they're not prescribed an "Epi Pen" DONT ADMINISTER ONE, give them Benadryl under the tongue, or make them chew it , if they are able to, "Epi Pens" are a prescribed drug and can have different reactions for different people.
 
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BEATBAMA12 said:
For anyone that does run into a person (especially a child) having an allergic reaction and they're not prescribed an "Epi Pen" DONT ADMINISTER ONE, give them Benadryl under the tongue, or make them chew it , if they are able to, "Epi Pens" are a prescribed drug and can have different reactions for different people.
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I'm not sure what to make of this. Epi is the drug of choice for emergent anaphylaxis with basically NO exceptions. Sublingual benadryl is extremely unreliable, slow to act, not approved by the FDA, and has not been shown to reverse life-threatening airway compromise.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
I'm not sure what to make of this. Epi is the drug of choice for emergent anaphylaxis with almost no exceptions. Sublingual benadryl is extremely unreliable.
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VN medical advice > AMA medical advice

You're obviously not a real Dr.
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bamacheats said:
VN medical advice > AMA medical advice

You're obviously not a real Dr.
:crazy:
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Lol, I forgot about that. I edited my initial post for emphasis and clarity. Will be happy to provide extensive literature references if needed.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
I'm not sure what to make of this. Epi is the drug of choice for emergent anaphylaxis with basically NO exceptions. Sublingual benadryl is extremely unreliable, slow to act, not approved by the FDA, and has not been shown to reverse life-threatening airway compromise.
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As a trained medic, if they are not prescribed epinephrine them ask for medical direction, and sublingual Benadryl is very fast, saved my wife multiple times( before we met) , Epi pens make my wife break out in hives and makes her hypertensive , but it's all about time, the sooner something is done the better . Er docs say Benadryl has saved many lives, and it last longer (shelf life ) than an Epi pen. Just my judgement and training. I'll continue to act for the person in need if I am able , in the ways I have been trained.
 
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BEATBAMA12 said:
As a trained medic, if they are not prescribed epinephrine them ask for medical direction, and sublingual Benadryl is very fast, saved my wife multiple times( before we met) , Epi pens make my wife break out in hives and makes her hypertensive , but it's all about time, the sooner something is done the better . Er docs say Benadryl has saved many lives, and it last longer (shelf life ) than an Epi pen. Just my judgement and training. I'll continue to act for the person in need if I am able , in the ways I have been trained.
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I understand what you are saying, but current medical literature and treatment guidelines disagree with you. In the case of life-threatening anaphylaxis, judging that sublingual diphenhydramine is the appropriate treatment could be lethal.


"Epinephrine is the drug of choice for anaphylaxis. The pharmacologic actions of this agent address the pathophysiologic changes that occur in anaphylaxis better than any other medication. It decreases mediator release from mast cells [79]. Moreover, it is the only medication that prevents or reverses obstruction to airflow in the upper and lower respiratory tracts and prevents or reverses cardiovascular collapse (table 8 and table 9)."

"H1 antihistamines
Epinephrine is first-line treatment for anaphylaxis and there is no known equivalent substitute. A systematic review of the literature has failed to retrieve any randomized controlled trials that meet current standards and support the use of H1 antihistamines in anaphylaxis [74]."

"Situations requiring caution
There are NO absolute contraindications to epinephrine use in anaphylaxis [20-24,72,75-78,80]."


- UpToDate, 2014
 
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My house caught on fire when I was in 7th grade. The smell of smoke woke me up around 2-3 am I remember opening my bedroom door and it caused a wave of smoke to travel down the hallway. Pretty sure I screamed "Holy Sh!t" and woke everyone up.
 
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I've saved my own life countless times. Had some near misses in traffic that could've killed me and my passengers. Lastly I discovered through researching online an alternate means of taking an injectable medication. I presented it to my doc with pertinent studies and whatnot (it was entirely unheard and counterintuitive to everything they thought they knew about this medication) and he loved it so much it became the standard of care at his practice. I know several other patients who now take the medication in the same manner and everyone couldn't be happier. Haven't saved anyone's life directly but it does feel good that I indirectly helped make that impact.
 
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VolFan4Life87 said:
I've saved my own life countless times. Had some near misses in traffic that could've killed me and my passengers. Lastly I discovered through researching online an alternate means of taking an injectable medication. I presented it to my doc with pertinent studies and whatnot (it was entirely unheard and counterintuitive to everything they thought they knew about this medication) and he loved it so much it became the standard of care at his practice. I know several other patients who now take the medication in the same manner and everyone couldn't be happier. Haven't saved anyone's life directly but it does feel good that I indirectly helped make that impact.
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Actually I take that back. If anyone is familiar with Peck Hall at MTSU they'll understand this story - way back in my days at MTSU, I was walking to class one morning and walked into PH first stairwell. It was a 6:50 am class (didn't know they existed until that semester) so virtually no one was around. As I walked into the stairwell this girl fell from the first landing of the stairs all the way down. I mean aaaaall the way down without hitting steps along the way, I've never seen anyone wipe out so hard. I ran and caught her and naturally for the rest of the semester I could see in her eyes she wanted to have my kids LOL.
 
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VolsNSkinsFan said:
My house caught on fire when I was in 7th grade. The smell of smoke woke me up around 2-3 am I remember opening my bedroom door and it caused a wave of smoke to travel down the hallway. Pretty sure I screamed "Holy Sh!t" and woke everyone up.
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what was the cause?
 
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