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First Aid: Extreme Edition, Monday Fifth Period
Don was a bit out of sorts today. He'd had plans to spend the weekend finishing getting everything planned out for his class after he and Thor had spent the week off doing some hiking along the Appalachian Trail. Instead, he had somehow completely lost the weekend and Thor, after determining that fact, refused to tell him what had happened other than, 'The island did a thing.'
Very helpful, Thor. Very informative.
Flying by the seat of his pants it was!
"Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to 'First Aid: Extreme Edition.' I am Dr. Donald Blake, although I still do not have a current license to practice medicine. The wheels of bureaucracy turn slowly and all that. I recognize most of your faces, but a couple of you are new, so let's start with introductions. Name, something interesting about yourself, any first aid training you've had previously, any particulars you would find useful. You know how introductions work."
Once that was done, he said, "So you're probably wondering, 'What do I do when my buddy just cut off his own hand with his laser sword?' Lightsaber," he corrected himself. "Apparently it's called a lightsaber. And the good news is, lasers cauterize, so your buddy isn't going to bleed to death. The bad news is that lasers cauterize, so reattaching the limb is going to be nigh impossible, but that's a surgeon's problem, not yours. Put it on ice just in case anyway. Then your real danger you need to watch for is going to be shock, which I believe Thor covered in our class on splints, but for those of you who weren't there--" Don proceeded to quickly run through the warning signs of shock and what to do about it.
"Speaking of cauterization, it is in most cases not best first aid practice in the modern world. Cauterization is, for those of you unfamiliar, the technique of burning, usually by the application of hot metal, the flesh in order to stop bleeding or remove something like a tumor. It does work, and you may find yourselves in a situation where it's useful, so I just want to make you aware of it.
"Now, let's say your buddy just cut his limb off with not a laser sword. Let's say he lost a finger to a kitchen knife. It happens. Step one, control bleeding. Get a dish towel or something and apply pressure on the wound. Step two, get the finger on ice. This will give a good surgeon the best chance of reattaching it. If you're talking about a larger limb then this is when you would use a tourniquet, and keep that limb elevated above the head and the heart to slow blood flow. You may even have to pinch off the artery--yes, with your fingers. Yes, I know. But you want to give your friend the best possible chance of keeping his life and his hand, even though it's currently lying over there in an ice chest.
"Does anyone have any questions?"
Very helpful, Thor. Very informative.
Flying by the seat of his pants it was!
"Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to 'First Aid: Extreme Edition.' I am Dr. Donald Blake, although I still do not have a current license to practice medicine. The wheels of bureaucracy turn slowly and all that. I recognize most of your faces, but a couple of you are new, so let's start with introductions. Name, something interesting about yourself, any first aid training you've had previously, any particulars you would find useful. You know how introductions work."
Once that was done, he said, "So you're probably wondering, 'What do I do when my buddy just cut off his own hand with his laser sword?' Lightsaber," he corrected himself. "Apparently it's called a lightsaber. And the good news is, lasers cauterize, so your buddy isn't going to bleed to death. The bad news is that lasers cauterize, so reattaching the limb is going to be nigh impossible, but that's a surgeon's problem, not yours. Put it on ice just in case anyway. Then your real danger you need to watch for is going to be shock, which I believe Thor covered in our class on splints, but for those of you who weren't there--" Don proceeded to quickly run through the warning signs of shock and what to do about it.
"Speaking of cauterization, it is in most cases not best first aid practice in the modern world. Cauterization is, for those of you unfamiliar, the technique of burning, usually by the application of hot metal, the flesh in order to stop bleeding or remove something like a tumor. It does work, and you may find yourselves in a situation where it's useful, so I just want to make you aware of it.
"Now, let's say your buddy just cut his limb off with not a laser sword. Let's say he lost a finger to a kitchen knife. It happens. Step one, control bleeding. Get a dish towel or something and apply pressure on the wound. Step two, get the finger on ice. This will give a good surgeon the best chance of reattaching it. If you're talking about a larger limb then this is when you would use a tourniquet, and keep that limb elevated above the head and the heart to slow blood flow. You may even have to pinch off the artery--yes, with your fingers. Yes, I know. But you want to give your friend the best possible chance of keeping his life and his hand, even though it's currently lying over there in an ice chest.
"Does anyone have any questions?"
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