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Post by Larry Madsen on Mar 27, 2022 16:55:21 GMT -5
For the first time in my life I was faced with a guy having a heart attack on a bed in front of me.
We are required to do this training to have the job and even though you know other officers have done it ... you really never think it will happen to you.
Well, this morning it did.
I'm still, about 8 hours later, a little bit wired inside from it.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Mar 27, 2022 17:09:47 GMT -5
I had very rudimentary CPR treatment as a Boy Scout and several years later, watched a guy drop in the gym and had to take action. A couple of us participated and we did get him to regain consciousness, but unfortunately he was lost later on after the ambulance took him.
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Post by Vibroluxer on Mar 27, 2022 17:10:00 GMT -5
I've done it a few times. Hearing the ribs break is unsettling.
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Post by Larry Madsen on Mar 27, 2022 17:24:49 GMT -5
A couple of us participated and we did get him to regain consciousness, but unfortunately he was lost later on after the ambulance took him. First item of business was to get the (probably 280 lb) guy off the bed and on the floor. We had me, my 100 pound trainee and the guys similarly size Wife. We "plopped" him to the floor and got to work. Chest compressions until the officer with the AED showed up, hook up the AED, continue chest compressions. I'll say this, getting the AED hooked up takes a lot of the stress out of it. From there on ... just follow directions from the talking machine. By the time we get to the second shock and are sitting back, I realize the guy's Wife is now on the bed holding his hand. Not sure what I sounded like when I directed her to let go, but she let go before the next shock. After the second shock I turned the compression duty over to another officer. I really did not feel like I could not do it, but it would be my fourth session and I thought a fresh person might be best. Paramedics showed up before a third shock and determined he was breathing (sort of) and had a pulse. I was told he was talking in the elevator on the way down to the ambulance. I hope that's good news for him. I know most heart attack victims do not survive. As we put him on the floor and I start work, I couldn't help but to think of those odds. |
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Post by Mfitz804 on Mar 27, 2022 17:26:23 GMT -5
Sounds like you did good work, in any event. Not the kind of training you want to have to use, I’m sure, but good that it was there for you to rely on.
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Post by Taildragger on Mar 27, 2022 18:01:15 GMT -5
Hearing the ribs break is unsettling. I didn't know about this until I was doing the paperwork when my dad was admitted to a rest home. This is why some older people opt for DNR instructions: even if they survive initially, they only linger on for a short time and in excruciating pain from the broken ribs. I cracked one once and that was bad enough. |
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Post by HenryJ on Mar 28, 2022 10:43:37 GMT -5
I've never done CPR before, but I have heard (from a church choir director) that the tempo should be that of "Stayin' Alive" by the BeeGees.
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Post by Larry Madsen on Mar 28, 2022 10:53:16 GMT -5
the tempo should be that of "Stayin' Alive" by the BeeGees. That is the benchmark commonly taught. 100 to 120 compressions per minute. |
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Post by Mfitz804 on Mar 28, 2022 11:05:19 GMT -5
I've never done CPR before, but I have heard (from a church choir director) that the tempo should be that of "Stayin' Alive" by the BeeGees. Well that's ironic. |
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Post by Taildragger on Mar 28, 2022 13:49:06 GMT -5
I've never done CPR before, but I have heard (from a church choir director) that the tempo should be that of "Stayin' Alive" by the BeeGees. But actually "singing along" would be considered to be in rather poor taste, right? |
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Post by Mfitz804 on Mar 28, 2022 14:38:23 GMT -5
I've never done CPR before, but I have heard (from a church choir director) that the tempo should be that of "Stayin' Alive" by the BeeGees. But actually "singing along" would be considered to be in rather poor taste, right? If you use the Barry Gibb voice, its fine. |
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Post by FlyonNylon on Mar 28, 2022 16:34:45 GMT -5
We always used “Another one bites the dust” but ymmv.
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Post by Larry Madsen on Mar 28, 2022 18:04:01 GMT -5
I will say this, I was doing the pace I would normally use. I had to re-up my certification about a month ago.
The pace would bring me in at about 108 per minute. When we got the AED hooked up and directing things it did speed me up a tad. It had to be at the 120 or maybe more mark.
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Post by Blacksunshine on Mar 29, 2022 15:38:12 GMT -5
I'm trained and certified on it all, but never had to use it.....yet.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Mar 29, 2022 15:57:48 GMT -5
We always used “Another one bites the dust” but ymmv. That's certainly less optimistic than "Stayin' Alive". |
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