Video: Young Thai woman straddles dying man on stretcher in desperate attempt to save a life

[malibukid]

16 minutes ago, sanemax said:

That's a rather random thing to post 

point being you never know where or when training will save a life.  more people should learn basic first aid.

[yogavnture]

i feel a bit offended you used the word straddle in the headline...........the man was dying. her job was a nurse paramedic. she was doing her job.  not really appropriate the sexual innuendo

[Grumpy Duck]

The headline is perhaps inappropriate. Perhaps an effort to garner more views. Perhaps it might have been more appropriately titled, "Thai rescue worker trys vainly to save a mans life"

 

[lvr181]

58 minutes ago, yogavnture said:

used the word straddle in the headline

Astride?

[cookieqw]

all those emergency services and not one defibrillator, well done to the girl for trying tho and the team for getting the stretcher thru that throng

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

11 hours ago, alfalfa19 said:

Exactly.  On both points.  It was just a tawdry attempt to get extra clicks.  And bravo to the young lady. 

 

If the rescue worker was a 50 year old matron with a face like a pug dog, the video wouldn't have been posted here as a "news" item. Sexism is alive and well in Thailand.

 

PS - Just speculating here: But what the article probably also didn't tell us is, the guy died and it probably took the ambulance a half hour or more to reach the hospital, where they would have had a defibrillator and other better equipment/care, because the ambulance was stuck in city traffic and not a single Thai driver on the road pulled over to let the ambulance pass.

 

Edited February 24, 2018 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[anon789561]

she was helping the guy. no need to bring short skirts and sex into it

[watcharacters]

5 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

I too applaud her efforts... 

 

Latest wisdom suggests that CPR is more effective starting off with 30 rapid Chest compressions then delivering breath 2 breaths followed by a further 30 compression. This is because the blood is theoretically already pre-oxygenated before the victim collapsed.

 

This is in contrast to the previous recommendations which start with breaths (1:5 or 2:15) followed by compression.

 

It also has something to do with circulating the pre-existing oxygenated blood through the brain immediately is of imminent importance. 

 

Given the real nature of this circumstance - a moving stretcher, it is better that anything was done and the compressions are most important. 

 

Of course, it would be good to see First Responder skills matching those of our home countries and it wouldn't take too much to get the Thai First Responders to these standards, however, in the meantime, anyone with the knowledge, even a little, who does anything to render assistance is deserving of applause and respect.

 

 

 

 

 

I agree, I  once read a full General once said in an emergency any decision is better than none at all.

 

This lady did her best under the circumstances..

 

 

 

 

 

[watcharacters]

3 hours ago, sanemax said:

That's a rather random thing to post 

 

 

 

He needed to get it off his chest..

 

 

[watcharacters]

2 hours ago, yogavnture said:

i feel a bit offended you used the word straddle in the headline...........the man was dying. her job was a nurse paramedic. she was doing her job.  not really appropriate the sexual innuendo

 

 

 

"Straddle" grabs more attention.

 

 

Don't you agree?..

 

 

 

 

[Thaifish]

10 out of 10 for your efforts young lady. The other medics also. I wonder how many vehicles gave way and moved over to the left to let the Ambulance make it's way to the Hospital in the best speed.

[peergin]

12 hours ago, Zack61 said:

Well done girl

 

 

 

I know it is the girl's profession. However, is there not some reward, or an award for this courageous girl? She deserves it!

Edited February 24, 2018 by peergin
correction

[The Teacher]

On 24/02/2018 at 9:33 AM, steven100 said:

it may appear to some because of her position, she wasn't giving CPR to her victim. If you read the full article you will see jump on the stretcher to apply CPR.

good girl. 

 

Proves quick thinking can save a life, not just stand by , look and take photos. Well done young woman I take my hat off for you 

[sanemax]

4 minutes ago, The Teacher said:

Proves quick thinking can save a life, not just stand by , look and take photos. Well done young woman I take my hat off for you 

Although he died .

[whaleboneman]

On 2/24/2018 at 8:36 AM, sanemax said:

Instead of numerous people posting that observation , could they not just "like" the first person who posted that , rather than repeating it again ?

I'm not sure about the rules here. Is it mandatory to read all posts before posting? Sometimes there are so many pages to read on a topic. 

[sanemax]

7 minutes ago, whaleboneman said:

I'm not sure about the rules here. Is it mandatory to read all posts before posting? Sometimes there are so many pages to read on a topic. 

Well , my point was that we dont need anymore "Cor, Id give er one" kind of posts

[tweedledee2]

15 hours ago, cookieqw said:

all those emergency services and not one defibrillator, well done to the girl for trying tho and the team for getting the stretcher thru that throng

You need to watch the video again and be more observant.

[tweedledee2]

1 hour ago, sanemax said:

Although he died .

He was already dead That's why CPR was being performed.

[Jiggo]

Worst CPR I've ever seen, and why are the medics not using a defibulater , other than maybe they can not.

 

[tweedledee2]

42 minutes ago, whaleboneman said:

I'm not sure about the rules here. Is it mandatory to read all posts before posting? Sometimes there are so many pages to read on a topic. 

Maybe it should be. 

[faraday]

Just now, Jiggo said:

Worst CPR I've ever seen, and why are the medics not using a defibulater , other than maybe they can not.

 

Not being able to see the position of her hands on the patient's chest, I wonder how you make this conclusion. The Compression Rate is about right.

 

As for the use of a Defibrillator, you clearly no nothing about CPR.

Delivering a shock on a moving trolley surrounded by people would be extremely dangerous.

 

She was attempting to maintain circulation until the patient was in the Ambulance, when full resuscitation can be administered.

 

 

 

[Oziex1]

So the screwed up morality of some find something wrong with this, what about mouth to mouth how do they feel about that?

[tweedledee2]

4 minutes ago, Jiggo said:

Worst CPR I've ever seen, and why are the medics not using a defibulater , other than maybe they can not.

 

How many real-life scenarios of CPR being performed have you actually witnessed? Did they follow the script like in the movies? Also, you apparently do not know what a cardiac defibrillator looks like if you didn't recognize it in the video.

[Oziex1]

20 hours ago, punchjudy said:

shame he didn't make it.........would've been a wonderful sight coming around and seeing her straddled over you

Yeah, might just make you think you had died and gone to paradise.

[sanemax]

3 minutes ago, Oziex1 said:

Yeah, might just make you think you had died and gone to paradise.

That joke has been done a few times already

[Oziex1]

I believe we are being led down the garden path by the media adding a sexual angle to the story as it involves an attractive young women.

 

The real value of this story is of course a trained first aider doing her job, but that is too mundane to get us clicking and reading.

[Oziex1]

2 minutes ago, sanemax said:

That joke has been done a few times already

OK I don't read every post, predictable comment I guess.

[ROGER DUNN]

Good on that young lady for doing what she did , unfortunately the Man Died

But what she did was very courageous , its a pity more Thais do not react like this.

A video  I saw recently on TV was of an Accident where a Truck mowed down

some people and no body helped the injured, they just stood around and looked on.

If you can save a life you should do it !!!!!!

[Jiggo]

6 hours ago, tweedledee2 said:

How many real-life scenarios of CPR being performed have you actually witnessed? Did they follow the script like in the movies? Also, you apparently do not know what a cardiac defibrillator looks like if you didn't recognize it in the video.

You are talking to an Ex Firefighter and also worked and trained on Ambulance work....is that OK for you....

[Jiggo]

6 hours ago, faraday said:

Not being able to see the position of her hands on the patient's chest, I wonder how you make this conclusion. The Compression Rate is about right.

 

As for the use of a Defibrillator, you clearly no nothing about CPR.

Delivering a shock on a moving trolley surrounded by people would be extremely dangerous.

 

She was attempting to maintain circulation until the patient was in the Ambulance, when full resuscitation can be administered.

 

 

 

So what medical training have you had.....