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My father went into ventricular tachycardia and in that state, the only thing that can save you, at least neurologically, is getting defibrillated back into a sinus rhythm within 6-10 minutes. The heart won't respond to chest compression as part of it is essentially cramping & seizing, and no blood can circulate.Cthulu Carl posted:Hell, my dad died from a pulmonary embolism in front of my mom and I. This poo poo is hosed up. My wife (from Buffalo) & I were watching the game. There is (was) no procedure for something like this. Even when the ambulance rolled out onto the field - something neither of us had ever seen before - we wondered if the game would resume. Until they mentioned CPR. PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Jan 3, 2023 |
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indigi posted:they wear shoulder pads, unless you have fractured ribs you don't wear anything to protect your chest specifically When I played (over 40-years ago), there were large sheets of very thick plastic that were essentially the framework for the shoulder-pad assembly, and these covered the ribcage to the sternum & the upper back. These were laced together at a vertical seam, front & back. They provided excellent protection from broken ribs.
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Just fabulous news! I woke up intubated after heart surgery. I knew going in that I would and insisted that they tie my arms & hands to the bed rails, because I would absolutely try to tear that thing out. I tried. I cursed the nurses & beat on the rails. They told me that I wasn't suffocating or Id already be dead, so calm the gently caress down. I was still coming out from under sedation (I had been under for 9-10 hours) so I'd calm down, pass out, wake up, and repeat. It was 45-minutes before they extubated me, and I spent most of that time, in a haze, dreaming up ways to murder the nurses. I apologized to each one later. They were just the best. Being conscious while intubated had to be one of the worst experiences I'd ever had.
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A week after heart surgery I dropped into A-fib again but didn't know it - they gave me an ablation during the valve surgery and, assuming that would fix me, subsequently stopped all my meds, which turned out to be a Really Bad Idea as ablation does not usually remedy A-fib on the first pass. So although I'm feeling kinda crappy, I'm getting ready to drive (!) for the first time post-op & I'm facing the toilet after using it & next thing I know, My head is against the wall & I'm punching the wall above the toilet while my brain says, "WTF am I doing? Why am I beating feebly on this wall?" I didn't fall because I have a very small bathroom & I just wound up propped on buckled knees between the toilet & the tub. So I just come out of it, walk out of the bathroom, & announce to my wife that something weird had just happened & I sat on the edge of the bed to tell her. Next thing I know, I have head-butted my dresser and was on my knees with the sound of my wife screaming my name slowly rising like someone's turning up the volume. I am in a state of euphoria, convinced that this is the coolest thing that has ever happened to me, which is not helping my wife any as I learn I just passed out. Bathroom mystery solved. We argue about calling an ambulance because I am a cheap bastard & insist she drive me to the ER, like she did when I was dying of heart failure. She reluctantly agrees, if I would lean on her in case I drop again. She is 5'3" and maybe 150-lbs. I am 6'2" and 310. We start out of the bedroom, through the short hall off my office & turn towards the dining room. I am now on all fours in the dining room, cackling like a lunatic. My wife is screaming at me again, from her new location in my office, where I tossed her (about eight feet) as I went down. Ambulance came & it got sorted at the hospital. .
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Jan 6, 2023 07:12
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Just the best news. As soon as he is able to walk unassisted (including crippling pain from the ribs/sternum) I believe he’ll want to be on the sidelines. Screw the NFL & all, but he’ll go when they say he’s ready. No way he’ll play of course, but he’ll be on the sidelines.
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Jan 6, 2023 17:42
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Good, never liked the Gipper version anyway
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I was watching the Redskins game when Joe Theismann got his compound ankle fracture. The worst part was the defensive lineman covering his helmet earholes in an effort to un-hear it.
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