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[Ambrus]

Just a few minutes ago I had to help a woman from across the hall (in our small office building) who was choking! She banged loudly on our office door (odd that she'd stop to do that first aint it?) and when I rushed over to see what the commotion was about I saw that she was all flushed, bug-eyed and desperately trying to breathe. I quickly spun her around and delivered the Heimlich manoeuvre with a few hard jerks. When I saw that she hadn't spit out anything I tried a few more times. I started to panic because I thought that I wasn't managing to dislodge whatever was in her throat but she motioned that she was okay as she started gasping and coughing. My boss was peaking around the corner with the phone to his ear while talking to 911 and updating them on her progress.

She then leaned up against the wall to steady herself while coughing and shaking. While we were waiting for the paramedics to arrive to check up her she managed to explain that what she'd been choking on was her own saliva. She'd tried swallowing normally but it went down the wrong way and she'd suddenly been unable to breathe. That's right, the woman almost choked to death on her own spit! I suspect that it might have something to do with the fact that I usually only see her when she's going to or coming back from her frequent smoke breaks...

I could rant on about smokers but what'd be the point? :\

 

[Aurora]

Good for you for jumping in to help. There are so many people that would have just stood there while she choked. It seems that anymore people just "don't want to get involved", which is sad. So, thank you, for taking some initiative, and not being one of those people.

 

[Aeson]

You are my own personal Jesus for the day. Good job man. You saved someone's life.

 

[Ambrus]

Good for you for jumping in to help. There are so many people that would have just stood there while she choked. It seems that anymore people just "don't want to get involved", which is sad. So, thank you, for taking some initiative, and not being one of those people.

Thanks for the nice words but it would have been rather hard to just sit by and do nothing; it was just her and me in the hallway. It would have been rather difficult to simply shrug and close the door in her face. I would then have had to listen to her bang on our door for awhile and later I would have had to step over her body on my way out to lunch. Add to that the hassle of explaining to the FedEx guy and the cops why there's a dead body outside our office door... I was just saving myself the long-term hassle.

You are my own personal Jesus for the day. Good job man. You saved someone's life.

Thanks. Can I quote you out of context in my sig?

 

[Aeson]

Thanks. Can I quote you out of context in my sig?

Sure and your welcome.

 

[Crothian]

That's right, the woman almost choked to death on her own spit! I suspect that it might have something to do with the fact that I usually only see her when she's going to or coming back from her frequent smoke breaks...

I could rant on about smokers but what'd be the point? :\

First, good job for jumping in and helping her.

I'm a non smoker and I've choked on my own spit and phlegm before. Sometimes things just go down the wrong pipe.

 

[Ambrus]

I'm a non smoker and I've choked on my own spit and phlegm before.

So have I, but did you require assistance to breathe because of it?

 

[Aeson]

You could have added the "for the day" part in the quote.


I don't know if your familiar with the lap-band. It can cause an obstruction and that will cause saliva to build. It could be easy for it to go down the wrong pipe. Just another reason for someone to choke on their own saliva. Your still my personal Jesus for the day.

 

[Ambrus]

Ah well, shows how little I know. Mea culpa. :\

You're right, I could have added "for the day" but trimming it down sounded better. That's what quoting out of context is all about.

 

[RangerWickett]

Congratulations on applying mimetic knowledge that helps save lives. Now for my own story:

Last year, I was at a Halloween party dressed as a Hawaiian fey, with a nice flower-print Hawaiian shirt. The lights were all off, but there were copious candles around, and folks were having a good time.

In one of the rooms of the party, people were watching vampire porn, and I was trying to chat up a girl dressed as the Jack Daniels fairy, but someone complained that I was standing in the way of the porn, so I stepped aside and leaned against the wall.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to me, two of my friends were having a conversation about how some information sounds useful, but never really is. For instance, who here has ever actually had a chance to use the Heimlich maneuver to save someone's life? And who has had a reason to actually tell someone who is on fire to stop, drop, and roll? One of my friends, Lauryn, said that she wished she would have a chance some day to see someone on fire so she could make use of that knowledge.

Back in the vampire porn room, I feel a strange heat at my back, and I wonder briefly if perhaps I'm sitting next to a heater, or a computer that's been on too long. I stand up to leave the room, and suddenly I hear screams. "Ryan you're on FIRE!" I react quickly, pull off my Hawaiian shirt which had caught fire, and throw it on the floor to stamp it out.

Apparently I reacted too quickly, because a moment later Lauryn comes into the room, attracted by the commotion, and sees my smoldering costume on the floor. She looks at me with a frown and says, "Darn, you're not still on fire."


Anywho, again, good job saving a life.