Tbf,the last time I have jabbed myself with a needle it had a fucking cap on. I simply fell over against a wall. To make things better it contained some nasty drug that in theory could have hurt me badly,but luckily didn’t.

(Before anyone is concerned about my drug use - I work as a paramedic and the medication in the syringe is one I am highly allergic to…)

Still better than a contaminated one. Wouldn’t recommend both, though.

Drone flying.

There are far too many idiots out there that are downright dangerous, annoying, and ignorant. I worked on the “rescue helicopter”(HEMS) in the past and basically everyone of my former colleagues can come up with various near-misses. The rules are god damn easy,the smaller licences are easy to get and if you use a (free!) App for the tricky questions (flight areas) combined with some common sense you’re good.

But people willfully don’t do that.

Combine that with the massive rise in hybrid warfare drones here(Central Europe) and I have absolutely zero desire to continue with that hobby.

Funny enough it was a discussion I had here on lemmy (with another account) that was the final nail for me.

A group of posters basically refused to use a (free and GDPR compliant) flight area app as it was only available on Playstore, the web app (which is explicitly provided as an alternative) could not be used as it’s source code was not provided (whut?) and therefore it’s not their fault when they fly into a marked HEMS approach zone in a hospital.

Yeah. I don’t want to associated with these people.

Hey mate, Critical care paramedic for almost a quarter of a century here.

You did fucking great. Seriously, tipping my head here.

Why?

• You started CPR despite being in a huge crowd. That alone takes some braveness - trias on nurses (!) showed that they had issues with it.

• You seemed to done a stellar job despite having alcohol as your situational awareness was still there. Great job.

• You continued despite interference. (That is the number 1 reasons my trainees fail their exams - and the drunk know it better is a very common scenario)

• You did mouth to nose/mouth to a unknown person post drowning. Honestly? I wouldn’t. You did. Mad respect.

The fact that it didn’t work out and he died is none of your fault. Even with bystander CPR being present an extremely low percentage of people survive, even less without permanent damage. One reason one must not forget is the fact that it takes a lot for a heart to stop. A fuckton. We have a multitude of redundancies build in. Sinus node is fucked? Take the AV. Etc. So the chances that there was an issue that was uncorrectable is extremely high. And water,well,makes everything twice as hard. (Truth to be told I never resuscitated a person post drowning/immersion successfully)

To boil it down to a single sentence: The patient is the one who started it.

What you are responsible for is the fact that he had a chance and had another day- it means his heart was beating at some point but the damage was done. You have contributed the biggest part to restarting it (seriously, all our ALS paramedic shenanigans are worthless without bystander CPR) and therefore gave him a chance and gave the family time. (And gave a third person a chance for an organ potentially)

Funny enough: I am not CPR certified.

But on the other hand I am a critical care paramedic,so there is that.

Privately I carry fuck all. Basically every car has a first aid kit so I can get gloves from there if needed. If I am a bystander somewhere I won’t need more then my hands. The main goal of CPR are chest compressions - ventilations aren’t urgently needed and by then the chances that someone with a first aid kit or a first responder turning up is high. Stop the bleed is something else, there you need stuff and training, but luckily that’s not really a topic here.

Only difference is in my car, I do carry stuff there (a BLS kit including an AED) as we are part of a first responder app network - dispatch can deploy up to 3 off duty medical personnel/first responders (from paramedics, firies, cops, nurses, doctors, medical technicians, etc.) that volunteer for this in additon to the regular units. (ALS+BLS ambulance, ALS+ response vehicle) This way people fairly close by respond - mosf of my cases are within 500m.

BTW’ These app based responder projects exist almosf worldwide and often they are open for everyone who is CPR certified. And if they aren’t they still need donations, if your region hasn’t one pester your politicans why no Because they are literally the biggest step in survival since defibrillation was.introduced prehospitally. Yes,that big.

And they are bloody cheap.

TLDR? Do compressions. Learn to “stop the bleed”. Join a App based responder programm.

Well, most people I know have a “don’t bother unless I get bystander CPR/it’s witnessed”. Because then you absolutely got a chance in most regions of the world.

No. And even medical professionals won’t look for one before CPR starts.

Simply because there isn’t time.

Once the scene is established it’s a different deal and of course it can be a different deal when someone advises us or a condition is clearly showing. (And additionally in all jurisdictios I worked so far a medical bracelet does not constitute a binding DNR)

Yep. The whole “Fentanyl is killing first responders” myth is absolute bonkers and in a lot of cases you can’t even find any fentanyl whatsoever.

Sources: https://stopoverdose.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/2023/10/OOCC-Fact-Check-–Accidental-Fentanyl-Exposure.pdf

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5711758/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7443848/

In the end it is nothing more than a marketing scam paired with intentionally goverment misinformation.

Another Healthcare Professional here: I second this healthcare professionals advice.

Don’t get strangers opinions through the internet who’s credentials you can’t verify. See a healthcare professional.

That’s just plain evil. Totally different level of evil.

Very likely. And it’s wrong - currently the only tunnel “broken through” is the maintenance tunnel in the middle. The actual tunnel tubes for the trains will take longer. And full opening is a decade away.

Denmark: Oh, I am next in line!!!

We don’t need transport from Africa to the EU - it is absolutely possible to solve that problem within the EU. And especially because cables can be faulty we need a more integrated network to provide alternative routes.

The reason why especially (conservative )politicians speak so often about storage needs is a mixture of nationalism (my castle,my network), giving a reason to make people believe “we’re not quite there yet” and lastly to appease the NIMBYs that don’t want new powerline. (Looking at Germany here)

…well, technically the rebels did.

Have you even read the bloody article?

The rebels,which are well connected to China, had taken over the town these guys operated in and captured the scammers before extradition to China.

The bloody military has very likely been facilitating these guys for years.

Wetten, dass es Merz trotzdem schafft nach Afghanistan abzuschieben selbst wenn dort gar nichts mehr hin fliegen würde?

Tatsächlich ist das in den USA wohl bis zuletzt in einigen ländlichen Gegenden noch gerne genutzt worden. Wenn deine nächste Vermittlungsstelle 25km oberirdische Leitung entfernt ist bleibt dir gar nicht so viel anderes übrig wenn du kein Geld für Starshit hast.

Because energy storage is not the key when it comes to renewables.

We will at no point be able to store enough energy to support a whole network - and that’s absolutely not necessary. Far far more important is transmission capacity, as that counter the need for energy storage as extended generation networks do suffer far less from localised events impeding renewable energy generation.

Energy storage is necessary for network stabilisation and thinks alike,but is far less necessary than people think.

Cunt is one of the most Australian words I know. I sadly left OZ more than a decade ago,but I still get a bit of a melancholic feeling whenever I hear it.

The fact that you can also say cunt in an positive sense is fucking funny.

Sick cunt! And Oi cunt is always a bit of a hit and miss for someone who is not an native Australian slang speaker.

(Oi cunt once got me thrown out of an irish pub somewhere in County Cork - when used to greet my Australian mate

Bogan is also a word that needs much more recognition worldwide. Same as Drongo and Fair dinkum. And so many others.

A lot of good games are EU based thankfully:

• Factorio (old but goody): Czech Republic

• Police simulator: Patrol Officer. Strange game with mediocre quality and plays in a US setting,but is made in Germany.

• The witcher series is polish

• Arma series is Czech

Please see my edit in case you haven’t before.

And your ancestors were omnivores unless you have a lot of sudden body hair growth on a full moon.

Seriously dude. I know mania feels great. But it isn’t.