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12-22-2024, 02:07 PM
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Re: Teen Does a Failed Somersault, Breaks Neck and Died Later on
Common sense is only common to those who share similar levels of education and cultural beliefs. Just like the ability to swim, knowing not to move someone is not instinctual. At some point, you learned not to move someone in the case they had a spinal cord injury. Granted, this is something that should be commonly understood in developed countries (especially those with established systems for providing advanced EMS and trauma care). While many people today probably know someone living with a spinal cord injury, that was not always the case. First of all, they are still relatively uncommon. The global incidence is only 25-30 injuries/million population. Up until Vietnam, many SCI's were also fatal, and the average life expectancy of those who survived was only a few years at best. I did have one patient who was injured on D-day+1 during WWII, but he was definitely an exception. In fact, when they triaged him, they put him with the group that was expected to die. It was only when they realized he was still alive a few hours later that they decided they should probably do something. Even today, the outcome of an injury largely still depends on the health care system where you live. If you've been lucky enough to make it to the hospital, your chances of dying will still be 3 times greater if you live in a lower or middle income country. When one takes all these things into account, it should be more understandable why large swaths of the world's population still have no idea what an SCI even is--let alone what to do if somebody has one. |
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#33
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12-22-2024, 02:09 PM
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 My Rank: SERGEANT MAJOR Poster Rank:304 Male Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 4,208 Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Quoted: 419 Post(s)
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Re: Teen Does a Failed Somersault, Breaks Neck and Died Later on
Let's give these people a break, no pun intended, for making matters worse. A year ago, they were probably still barking at the moon, so.  |
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12-22-2024, 08:00 PM
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Re: Teen Does a Failed Somersault, Breaks Neck and Died Later on
Hey, let's lift him up, move him around, and ensure that he'll be paralyzed in case he lives.
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12-23-2024, 03:04 AM
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Re: Teen Does a Failed Somersault, Breaks Neck and Died Later on
Nice little nap he'll be taking now  |
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12-23-2024, 12:10 PM
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 Emperor of Uranus Poster Rank:32 I identify as kitchen ware Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 47,045 Mentioned: 26 Post(s) Quoted: 23287 Post(s)
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Re: Teen Does a Failed Somersault, Breaks Neck and Died Later on
The lack of concern by his friends is palpable
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