What to do when IDDQD is not working?

    Over the past 5 years of my “office life” in IT-shy and near-IT shy offices, I happened to observe how people fainted (2 times), experienced a pre-infarction state (1 time) and an epilepsy attack (1 time) . Fortunately, all these cases ended well. But in all of them, the people around (including me) could do nothing but call an ambulance and vain attempts to find a local doctor who nominally is in every self-respecting office center (but exclusively nominally). Unfortunately, not everyone has offices like Google, and often stuffiness (especially in the summer) or work until victory, no matter what they do their job. Okay, these are the realities of our life. But I thought about what to do all the same in such situations when someone is feeling bad? How to do something more than call an ambulance, especially given the not always fast speed of arrival thereof.

    I will say right away that this is not an advertisement or a full review. I just want to share how I solved the problem for myself.
    I think many have heard such a thing as First Aid. It sounds cool, but what it is, for example, I certainly did not know. It seemed to be something like anointing a wound with green paint or bandaging something there. It turned out that what is included in First Aid could easily help people in the situations I described above. A quick Google search led me to the site of a training center that prepares people for first aid. The first thought is some garbage, graduates of medical schools earn extra money. It turned out that everything was getting better, the rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were conducting the training, and the program was built in accordance with the requirements of the international Red Cross. At the end, the exam and the issuance of certificates without which the West is not even allowed to provide the PP. I will not provide the link \ name of the training center, as this is not an advertisement, but an attempt to make you think. If someone really will be interested about the training center and Google does not help, then write in a personal. So, omitting the operational details, I fall into these courses and some kind of change of brain firmware begins. Everything in this world is a little different than I thought ...

    The first school day was spent by the current lieutenant colonel of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, who from the very beginning spoke in an accessible manner where the first aid begins and ends, and where blind heroism and harm to victims begin. It turns out that our legislation is very curiously arranged in terms of the classification of assistance provided. It just needs to be known. Although I will honestly say that some legislative boundaries will never stop me if the issue of assistance concerns one of my close people. But this is the lyrics, and the first topic that made a correction to the brain.
    That’s why I don’t like medicine, it’s because this science is not exact. Maybe the patient has this, or maybe this, or maybe this is what he needs to drink ...? Ugh. When providing first aid, it turned out that there was a very clear algorithm of actions that could not please me, as a technical person. It turned out that if I understand that someone may need my help, then I have to answer 2 simple questions:
    1. What threatens me?
    2. What threatens him?

    If I understand that nothing is threatening me, but something is wrong with the person, then we proceed to the very algorithm:
    1. Identification of conditions from which a person can die right now
    2. Calling Help Services
    3. Secondary inspection and clarification of the circumstances of the incident

    It turns out that situations from which a person can die right now, and in which a mere mortal can help only 3:
    • Lack of breath
    • A hole in the chest (punctured lung)
    • "Fountain" of blood

    It is clear that if a person has an attack of epilepsy, then he clearly has breathing, there is no talk of a broken lung, and a fountain of red blood is not visible. But if a person went to the coffee machine and fell, then it is far from obvious what is happening, whether the person has breathing and fainting, or worse.

    In the form of a flowchart, the algorithm of the first steps of first aid is as follows:

    It looks scary, but this is for situations such as “seams”, when a person can die, and quite quickly. Next, we were told how to help in less fatal situations: classify wounds, burns, injuries, etc. From what personally surprised me was how to properly deal with nosebleeds and burns. 100% did not coincide with how it is usually done "among the people." A choked person should not be knocked on the back either, that is, there are good chances to bring him to a state that is scientifically called "completely choked." There is a much simpler, more effective, and safer way to get a person to cough a jam.

    Not without curiosities. It turns out that according to the bearded textbook of civil defense of a shaggy year, if you saw a man who is shocked, you need to knock him out of tension with a stick. It would seem so far OK, right? But after you knocked him out, you must bury him in the ground. Yeah. To relieve residual stress :) Fortunately, modern standards prescribe more humane actions, although some would probably dream of “saving” someone else :)
    When at the very end we were told about the delivery of labor (yes, the topic is unexpected), I found out for myself surprise why do you need a baseball bat (although some insist that an ax is better). Without this, it turns out in no way.
    I was pleased that the training was accompanied by practical elements. How can a fragile girl flip a guy under 150 kg without problems? How can you quickly and easily take a person of your weight (up to 1.5 of your weight) if you need to urgently transfer it? How to transfer people with various injuries, if you need to urgently transfer them? I myself, as it were, were not Stallone, and some tricks were very useful.
    We examined the actions of eyewitnesses on the basis of various videos from YouTube. For example, this video (not to be impressionable WALK!) Actively went on the Internet in the summer and served as an occasion for an interesting discussion in our group about what was done correctly and what wasn’t (by the way, the traffic police officer was obliged to provide the PP, which he did not valiantly But this is lyrics ...)
    On the second day of training, it took us half a day to play role-playing games. This is when the group was divided in half, where one half played the role of the victims in a certain emergency, and the other had to find a solution. And if you think that even knowing all sorts of algorithms it’s easy to just take it and navigate in a situation of panic, confusion and people screaming about something (someone for help, someone about something else), then you are very mistaken. Role games can definitely be set to five.
    If anyone is interested, then here is a list of topics that are covered in 2 full days of training

    • Legal side
    • Emergency Response Algorithm
    • Man choked
    • Heart attack
    • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
    • Wounds and bleeding
    • Internal bleeding
    • Foreign body in a wound
    • Chest hole
    • Traumatic amputation
    • Nose bleed
    • Fractures
    • Transportation
    • Burns
    • Frostbite
    • Hypothermia
    • Overheating
    • Poisoning
    • Epilepsy
    • Fainting
    • Stroke
    • Diabetes
    • Electrical injuries
    • Drowning
    • Shock
    • Bronchial asthma
    • Childbirth

    It was also interesting to learn about the psychological part of helping and generally about your behavior. And then, for example, if you see a girl in a bikini on the beach rush to do her cardiopulmonary resuscitation, then ... well, you know. Especially considering that, according to the rules, it is necessary to remove any clothing that prevents access to the sternum (otherwise damage your hands).

    In general, initially I was looking for information on how to help in life's troubles that sometimes happen to us. In the end, I am satisfied, I learned how to help with fainting, heart attack, epilepsy, burns, electrical injuries and a number of other situations that were and, I am sure, will occur around me. But beyond that, I learned a lot more. It is clear that planes do not fall often, but assistance with an accident may be required. Citizenship and all that. And by the way, speaking about planes, I think many have heard about the recent fall of the Tu-204 in Vnukovo. And there, just the first aid to the crew was provided by randomly passing drivers. And who knows how many victims would be now if not for the help of these people.

    So I don’t know about you, but now I feel much calmer knowing that if something happens, I will be more likely to be able to help, especially if it will be a close person.

    I’ll conclude, perhaps, with the phrase that the rescuer of the Ministry of Emergencies said, handing at the end of the second day certificates to those who managed the final exam: And maybe now, if I suddenly fall on the street unconscious, I will not be so scared, because by maybe you will pass.

    PS I’ll immediately answer those who are interested: Yes, they did artificial respiration; according to the scientific standards, this is called Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). There is a specially trained mannequin with a computer connected to it to indicate the correct execution of both stimulation of cardiac activity and mouth-to-mouth breathing.

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