I think I saved her life..(long read)

[Mean Green Charlene]

and no it was not evil spirits, it was just reckless teenage behavior without thinking of the consequences. It happens.

This made me laugh. I stated I didn't believe it either, just thought of it when I was baked. thanks for the words though:jointsmile:

[WakingDream]

You should have taken her to the Emergency Room. Evil spirits had nothing to do with it. Mixing COKE possibly cut with METH, Alcohol and Cannabis is a sure way to fuck anybody up.

[Purple Banana]

Wait... Did you say you tried not to break her ribs, and do CPR to push... the air out? That's most definately not the purpose of CPR.

CPR is used as a crude way to both attempt to stimulate the heart to resume somewhat normal functioning, only secondary to an even more basic attempt to mimic the pumping to get oxygenated blood through the body to keep the cells from dying of lactic acid produced by anaerobic respiration when cells are starved from oxygen. The mouth-to-mouth is a way to provide the oxygen via a secondary source- you. That being said, you don't need to "push the air out" of the lungs, it's already automatically expelled.

For the rest of you not seeing the issue with an untrained person doing CPR, if one is performing untrained CPR on an unresponsive person, if their hand placement is even 3 inches out of place, the xiphoid process (a little piece of cartilage at the end of the sternum, located above the heart) would be at a high risk of breaking off, driving into the heart and causing even more muscle damage and laceration.

As someone who has performed CPR successfully 6 times before, I advise you, especially if you're using a cocktail of drugs that are at high risk for impairing cardiac function, to PLEASE take a CPR class in case something like this occurs again, and to exercise much more caution when using a potentially lethal combination of drugs like this.

I'm sorry if this comes off as scathing, I don't mean it to. Instictively, you did the right thing, and I'm glad she's okay. Just be more careful, and leave the rescuing to those who know how to do it properly!

[Mean Green Charlene]

I mean..blow air in..then push it out to blow more air in..

[birdgirl73]

That's why Purple Banana was advising you to take a CPR class, MGC, because once you learn proper CPR technique, you'll know there's no pushing-out of air necessary. The lungs deflate on their own with the chest compressions. You'll also learn the proper positioning and placement of an unconscious person's head and neck so as to secure an open airway instead of simply blowing air in, which you likely did into her esophagus instead of her trachea.

Purple Banana, you've clearly had an impressively high success rate with CPR. You must have done it on an awful lot of people to get six successes.

[Polymirize]

As someone who has performed CPR successfully 6 times before

Holy shit. I just have to agree with Birdgirl... That's impressive. I've never saved anything more than a couple organs with CPR.

[Purple Banana]

I've worked on a cardiac unit before for a good amount of time, and I've watched many resuscitations by nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, ect. as well as having a crash cart handy, so that may add a bit to my rates. Out of the hospital, I've done it 3 times successfully (included in the 6), one didn't really count, because we used an AED (in an airport) as well, so it wasn't exclusively CPR.

I'm on a combo postpartum and pediatrics unit, I'd be very afraid to do CPR on an infant or small child... Luckily we're not a specialty hospital, so all of the really bad cases get shipped out.

But thanks for your kind words, they mean a lot

[Jaerl]

TBH, if i was in the situation, i dont know what i'd do. I'd really want to call the paramedics but i think i'd freak out to much.

For the spirits thing... MMMMAAAAYBE

[Polymirize]

But thanks for your kind words, they mean a lot

It's good to hear about people seeing the other side of trends... Inspiring one might even say. Keep up the good work.

:thumbsup:

[ValkyrieAg]

I have only been that drunk twice before. Once off Tequila and once off Vodka.

I have seen 3 other people who you could probably swear is dead. But then again if someone actually got to the point where they died, they probably would die on my couch because personally, i'd never take anyone who has had too much 'alcohol' to the hospital as long as they move.