Comments by "Allison James" (@allisonjames2923) on "FOX 2 Detroit"
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Those cops who dragged him out definitely risked their own lives to do it & while I truly applaud their motivation & understand their need to do something with my whole heart, they are EXTREMELY lucky they didn’t die. Especially the way he approached him. Also, while throwing him in a police car & rushing him to hospital seems like a great thing to do, they did risk making any fractures from the electrocution worse & exacerbating his head injury from it. Unless waiting for the ambulance will create an excessive delay for someone critically injured like that, you should wait for the ambulance. If you absolutely have to take them because of extreme distance, you’re located in a really remote place they can’t get to, there is no ambulance available or something, meet the ambulance on the way. You can’t give effective treatment, positioning or monitor a patient properly in the back of a normal car. As soon as it gets there we start treating people who need it. And once this kid was away from the wire, he needed to be positioned on his side with his head tilted back slightly in the recovery position. That noisy breathing is a partly obstructed airway. That breathing pattern is called Cheyne Stokes breathing & is a sign he has a very serious head injury, due to the electricity exit path. Poor kid no doubt still has a very long & uncertain path ahead of him 😢 If you want to donate, I’m sure his family will appreciate the support for what will be huge medical bills. If you pray, pray hard; if you just care, send good thoughts his way. I wish I could send his family love & hugs, especially the poor distraught child & bystanders who were there with him. Not being able to do anything is a soul destroying feeling, but sometimes you just have to be there for people, keep scenes as calm as possible so the attention is on the patient; call emergency services for help & keep other people from becoming victims too. And make sure someone is ready & waiting to show the ambulance where to go exactly.
(<< Paramedic for 22 yrs before you ask)
FYI - “Cheyne–Stokes breathing is characterized by an escalating hyperventilation followed by decremental hyperventilation and finally apnea, which recurs in cycles. In humans, cycle lengths from 40 to 100 seconds may occur. During Cheyne–Stokes breathing, analysis of arterial blood gases shows an increasing pH and a declining pCO2 as a result of an increased respiratory drive and response to CO2 due to bilateral disease of the cerebral hemispheres.34 Cheyne–Stokes breathing was originally described in a patient who died of heart failure and is also a feature of cardiac dysfunction alone or in combination with CNS injury.35 It occurs with equal frequency in patients with supratentorial and infratentorial stroke, and it is also seen in premature infants during sleep and in subjects at high altitudes.”
From: Cheyne Stokes Breathing - Science Direct - Respiratory Rate and Abnormal Breathing Patterns
Steven McGee MD, in Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis (Fourth Edition), 2018
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“An 8-year-old boy was severely burned when he tried to swing on a downed power line in Warren, and his brother and two officers were shocked trying to pull him off, police said.
The incident happened around 9:10 a.m. Tuesday (Aug. 30) in the 13100 block of Toepfer Road, Warren police Commissioner Bill Dwyer said.
Officers were already in the area for an unrelated issued when they saw the 8-year-old boy clinging to a 4,800-volt live wire, according to authorities.
“They immediately exited their vehicle, immediately pulled the 8-year-old off the live wire, and also the 10-year-old brother,” Dwyer said. “They immediately jumped into their vehicles with the victims, took them down to St. John main hospital.”
Police said the 8-year-old wanted to swing from the wire, which was hanging about four feet off the ground. His 10-year-old brother tried to help pull him off, and he also got shocked.
“It was the 10-year-old, along with the two officers, that were all three, quite frankly, trying to save the life of the 8-year-old,” Dwyer said.
The children were both taken to Ascension St. John Hospital, and the 8-year-old was eventually transferred to Children’s Hospital in Detroit, Dwyer said. He has severe burns and is listed in critical condition.
“Their quick action hopefully saved his life,” Dwyer said. “It’s just a very, very difficult situation that we’re dealing with this morning.”
Officials said the 10-year-old brother seems to be OK. He is still at Ascension St. John Hospital, with his mother, according to Dwyer.
Two Warren police officers were also treated at the hospital because they got shocked while pulling the boys off the wire, authorities said. They are doing OK, Dwyer said.
Police believe the brothers were dropped off at the location for school, but the building was closed on Tuesday.
“I think they were just, quite frankly, wandering around, trying to get ahold of their grandmother to come back to pick them up,” Dwyer said.
From: 8-year-old badly hurt, brother, 2 officers shocked after child tried to swing on live wire in Warren
8-year-old in critical condition with severe burns, officials say
Derick Hutchinson, Lead Digital Editor
Published: August 30, 2022 at 12:02 PM
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Actually that’s not true at all. Gun use in self defence in the US
2021 - total of gun violence related incidents not given 85,584 injuries & deaths.
Used in self defence 1,276 times - 1.49%
2020 - total not given 82,996 injuries & deaths. Used in self defence 1,473 times - 1.78%
2019 - total not given 69,690 injuries & deaths. Used in self defence 1,595 times - 2.29%
2018 - 55,058 total 43,609 injuries & deaths. Used in self defence 1,896 times - 3.4%
2017 - 58,941 total 47,117 injuries & deaths. Used in self defence 2,120 times - 3.6%
2016 - 55,807 total 45,756 injuries & deaths. Used in self defence 1,997 times - 3.6%
2015 - 49,039 total 40,524 injuries & deaths. Used in self defence 1,402 times - 2.86%
2014 - 40,086 total 34,298 injuries & deaths. Used in self defence 1,485 times - 4.3%
Victims using a gun were no less likely to be injured after taking protective action than victims using other forms of protective action. Compared to other protective actions, the National Crime Victimization Surveys provide little evidence that self-defense gun use is uniquely beneficial in reducing the likelihood of injury or property loss.
This article helps provide accurate information concerning self-defense gun use. It shows that many of the claims about the benefits of gun ownership are largely myths.
From: 1. Gun Threats and Self-Defense Gun Use
- Guns are not used millions of times each year in self-defense by Harvard Injury Control Centre
2. gun violence archive dot org
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@moongoddess8568 Wasn’t sure who you meant by CO’s but I’m guessing you mean Corrections Officers? And absolutely! I have been a Paramedic for 22 years & I cannot imagine for a second being a CO! I’ve taken prisoners out of our local medium to high security prison multiple times &, particularly with one guy who mysteriously was found bashed & unconscious on the basketball court, I felt like a piece of steak surrounded by hyenas as we made our way to him. The prisoners were out of his area, but still lined the fence watching us. I cannot imagine what it would be like to work in that kind of environment & am very glad that others do, to keep us safe. They might not be emergency services, but all those of us who see the other side of life & deal with it to protect the majority of the community from the bad 💩 that happens constantly, including the military, see the world differently & it changes us. Everywhere I go, my brain is constantly assessing the likelihood of accidents, heart attacks, the really pregnant lady choosing fruit going into labour, kids jumping into a pool not surfacing etc. Ready to jump into help. I suspect CO’s are constantly assessing their world for people who have been inside, for the dangers of bitter, angry, psychopathic prisoners attacking you or your loved ones; and just being aware close up of the horrible things that ordinary people do & how normal many of those people seem. And I’m sure there’d be the learned responses to people standing or walking close to you, sitting with your back unprotected in a food court etc. And that’s just standard stuff I presume - not even PTSD type stuff. People on the other side of that line, just really don’t understand. And I know I’m glad of it tbh. While I’d like people to be more careful in life, I’d hate my family & friends to truly see the dark side & how life changes in a second. As I’ve said to a few ES workers & military - we do it so the rest of the world doesn’t have to. So yes - I absolutely agree about CO’s. And I’m sure many jobs I’ve never even thought of too. Take care & stay safe 😊
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@ShainAndrews Actually, statistics prove that most schizophrenics aren’t actually violent.
“Schizophrenia affects less than 1% of the population, yet it is the fourth leading cause of disability in developed countries among people ages 15–44 (1). Only about 10% of people with schizophrenia will engage in violence during their lifetime (2, 3); however, they are three to four times more likely to act violently compared with the general population, after adjustment for socioeconomic factors (4). Risk factors for violence in the general population, such as youth, a history of childhood abuse, a history of substance use, and, in particular, a recent history of violence (5–7), also apply to people with schizophrenia (2).”
Correlates of Future Violence in People Being Treated for Schizophrenia
Alec Buchanan, Ph.D., M.D., Kyaw Sint, M.P.H., Jeffrey Swanson, Ph.D., Robert Rosenheck, M.D.
24 Apr 2019
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Those cops who dragged him out definitely risked their own lives to do it & while I truly applaud their motivation & understand their need to do something with my whole heart, they are EXTREMELY lucky they didn’t die. Especially the way he approached him. Also, while throwing him in a police car & rushing him to hospital seems like a great thing to do, they did risk making any fractures from the electrocution worse & exacerbating his head injury from it. Unless waiting for the ambulance will create an excessive delay for someone critically injured like that, you should wait for the ambulance. If you absolutely have to take them because of extreme distance, you’re located in a really remote place they can’t get to, there is no ambulance available or something, meet the ambulance on the way. You can’t give effective treatment, positioning or monitor a patient properly in the back of a normal car. As soon as it gets there we start treating people who need it. And once this kid was away from the wire, he needed to be positioned on his side with his head tilted back slightly in the recovery position. That noisy breathing is a partly obstructed airway. That breathing pattern is called Cheyne Stokes breathing & is a sign he has a very serious head injury, due to the electricity exit path. Poor kid no doubt still has a very long & uncertain path ahead of him 😢 If you want to donate, I’m sure his family will appreciate the support for what will be huge medical bills. If you pray, pray hard; if you just care, send good thoughts his way. I wish I could send his family love & hugs, especially the poor distraught child & bystanders who were there with him. Not being able to do anything is a soul destroying feeling, but sometimes you just have to be there for people, keep scenes as calm as possible so the attention is on the patient; call emergency services for help & keep other people from becoming victims too. And make sure someone is ready & waiting to show the ambulance where to go exactly.
(<< Paramedic for 22 yrs before you ask)
FYI - “Cheyne–Stokes breathing is characterized by an escalating hyperventilation followed by decremental hyperventilation and finally apnea, which recurs in cycles. In humans, cycle lengths from 40 to 100 seconds may occur. During Cheyne–Stokes breathing, analysis of arterial blood gases shows an increasing pH and a declining pCO2 as a result of an increased respiratory drive and response to CO2 due to bilateral disease of the cerebral hemispheres.34 Cheyne–Stokes breathing was originally described in a patient who died of heart failure and is also a feature of cardiac dysfunction alone or in combination with CNS injury.35 It occurs with equal frequency in patients with supratentorial and infratentorial stroke, and it is also seen in premature infants during sleep and in subjects at high altitudes.”
From: Cheyne Stokes Breathing - Science Direct - Respiratory Rate and Abnormal Breathing Patterns
Steven McGee MD, in Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis (Fourth Edition), 2018
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