Name Five Things You've Done That Others Probably Have Not

[Doc_Klueless]

1. Did open heart massage on a gunshot wound victim. The heart is one tough sucker.

2. Stuck my finger in a bullet wound to stop the flow of blood.

3. Packed gause around the brain tissue of a 9 yo boy.

On second thought, most of mine are fairly depressing...

Then again:

4) Performed CPR on a young man who suddenly fell over while waiting for the bus. Saved his life long enough for the EMS to stabilize him and take him away, though I almost had a heart attack myself. It was late at night. And even though I am well trained, I was scared out of my mind that I would fail to save him. It's very difficult to dial 911 on your phone, talk to the operator and perform CPR at the same time. Never saw the guy again. Hope he lived.

 

[tarchon]

One more I thought of on the way in:

Modeled down a runway.

And boy, were those air traffic controllers sore!

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Thought of another one over lunch today...

12. Spent a week working on an archaeological survey 2 miles underground in Mammoth Cave (in the cave at 7am, out at 7pm each day). Found lots of paleo-feces. Exciting stuff, those paleo-feces.

 

[Rel]

Thought of another one over lunch today...

12. Spent a week working on an archaeological survey 2 miles underground in Mammoth Cave (in the cave at 7am, out at 7pm each day). Found lots of paleo-feces. Exciting stuff, those paleo-feces.

You've discovered coprolites?! I've discovered coprolites! I found mine on the bottom of the Rainbow River in Florida while diving.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

I never discovered coprolites, but I did win a finger-pointing and hand waving shouting match with a paleontologist at the Denver Museum once over what period the Morrison Formation was found in.

 

[howandwhy99]

1. Triple cursed by a nun on Janitzio Island in Mexico.
2. Eagle Scout at 16, Vigil Honor Award at 18.
3. Competed in the school spelling bee and lost on my first word.
4. Most improved student in my HS class.
5. Play in a Diaglo OD&D Game.

 

[Hijinks]

1. Had a street named after me (My name is Victoria, there's a Vicki Dr in northern Virginia - my mom was friends with the developer)
2. Sat at the captain's table on a cruise ship named after me (The M.S.S. Victoria - ok it wasn't named after me). Nicosia, Cyprus to Haifa, Israel and back.
3. Wrote a bachelor's thesis about vampires and sexuality at a very small, very private, very Catholic midwestern college
4. Played patty-cake at 5 years old on African television
5. Sang karaoke with United Nations soldiers in a bombed-out building in a no-fire neutral zone.

 

[Belen]

Hey, BelenUmeria, I just said your name out loud for the first time and, boy, does it roll off the tongue.

This is true. I am constantly glad that the character's name was not Pelen Umeria. Then everyone would be calling me PU.

 

[CarlZog]

1) Struck out in T-ball (yeah, I was pretty bad at baseball)

Me too. I kept hitting the metal pole. I think I only got a couple hits in my short-lived career. The one time I ever even came close to scoring a run, I was running from third base to home and my hat blew off.
I stopped and went back to get it.
I'm not sure whether my little brain at the time believed I had to be wearing the hat for the run to count, or that I just wanted my precious hat back. Either way, I was tagged out. That was pretty much the pinnacle of my involvement in team sports as a kid.

Carl

 

[CarlZog]

2) Got paid to do this, repeatedly. That's basically just water exploding out of there, by the way.

That looks really cool.
What exactly is happening there?

Carl