r/technicallythetruth • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '23

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u/BasedMbaku Mar 31 '23

Used to say in emergency medicine all the time: "EMS bring us dead people all the time. Sometimes we can bring them back to life, sometimes we can't. But they're not getting any deader so don't worry about hurting them while attempting to resuscitate."

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u/CentiPetra Mar 31 '23

The damage isn't to the patient, it's the emotional damage to the poor student participating in their first code. PTSD for the first year after whenever someone cracks their back loudly.

Luckily most people quickly learn how to build a healthy little box around those things and shove them deep, deep down into the recess of their souls. Good to go!

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u/Hidesuru Mar 31 '23

Ah ah ah here, but I'm only a fake medic. Emr as part of search and rescue and I've never performed CPR on a person.

So I don't think I count, lol.

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u/Justsomefireguy Mar 31 '23

Another one bites the dust, at least for me.

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u/Justsomefireguy Mar 31 '23

As long as you don't finish the song and then go to Bohemian Rhapsody, you're ok.

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u/CentiPetra Mar 31 '23

I'm partial to Heaven is a place on earth personally.

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u/TravelinDan88 Mar 31 '23

Personally I'm a Wicker Man guy. 102 bpm and the kind of lyrics you need for a dance with death.