Not my fault, not my problem, not my con... I wish.
A bit of an update here: Three conventions that I had attended in the past month or so would be: Califur, Rocket City Furmeet (RCFM), Anthrocon and Duckon. Three of them of course being of the furry vareity and flavor, the last being of decidedly sci-fi vareity and flavoring. The first two of course being ones that I had been on staff for, the last being one that the subject applies for. Of and amongst new and unusual medical situations I have dealt with:
A van that was on the side of the the interstate, on it's roof. There were already police there, but no medical type peoples, and they looked rather happy to see me there. Accordingly, as the story goes, on a 65mph strech of road where typical speeds are 70+, a smaller vehicle slammed on it's brakes in front of the van in question. The van in question slammed on it's breaks and "Just pulled to the right." IMO, there could have been a steering failure. But either way, once the passenger wheel hit dirt, that's where the world of bad started. The passenger front wheel dug in to the dirt and created a 4 ~ 5 inch divot in the ground, and promptly plopped over on to it's roof.
Now this is where this journal entry becomes a public safety announcement: WEAR YOUR SEATBELT! The gentleman who had been driving the van was essentially unscathed, only having a scratch on his wrist and having to hang upsidedown from his seatbelt for a little bit. No spiderwebbing on the drivers side window or the windshield, implying no skull unhappy impact stuffs. Now he is also very lucky, because had he been injured, it would very likely have become aggravated due to the ever so splendiferous bystander effect. This leads on to the second public safety announcement: VEHICLES RARELY IF EVER EXPLODE LIKE THEY DO IN HOLLYWOOD. IF THERE IS A VEHICULAR ACCIDENT AND THERE ARE NO FLAMES, TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND LEAVE THE PASSENGERS IN PLACE FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO DEAL WITH. UNLESS THE PATIENT IS AT RISK OF FURTHER INJURY BY STAYING WHERE THEY ARE, THE INSIDE OF A QUITE ARMORED AND PADDED ON THE INSIDE VEHICLE IS QUITE A SAFE PLACE TO BE. Yes. Now there are extenuating circumstances, such as the car accident I was in back in 2001, where we were blocking the two left lanes on a 5 lane each way interstate at night, after a curve and dip of the road. Or if there is active fire in or around the vehicle. But they're not going to blow up on their own.
Here is where this is pertinent. The driver of the van was suspended by his safety belt. If he had any form of neck or spine injury, he's just peachy where he was, on the shoulder of the road in an upside down van that had it's engine off, until the EMS people got there. If he did have any form of injury, it would become aggrevated and quite possibly cause aggrevation to or sever the spinal cord. That's bad, mmm-kay?
Second new and unusual medical instance. When someone gets in to a bad emotional state after drinking, it becomes a bad thing when they're upset. It becomes a worse thing when they have a 'friend' making the situation worse. You don't calm someone in hysterics by pinning them and yelling in their face. That makes them do silly things, like flail, and crack people in the face with flailing limbs. I took a few blows to the face as well as someone who was assisting me (who was in a calm, non-inebreated, non-asshattish way).
On to my third new and unusual medical instance. There are more than one form of epilipsy. Just because someone is epiliptic doesn't mean that they're going to fall to the ground twitching and frothing at the mouth. In this particular case I got to deal with someone after a seizure in absentia. That's where the person just kind of spaces out for a bit while their neurological activity somewhat resembles fireworks on the fourth of july. With that said, the person, so long as they don't suffer repeated seizures will be quite fine if they get a chance to go to a quiet area after their required period of suffering.
Now then, on to the main show: How each of the cons. That will be taken care of with my next posting. Wheee! *flump*
And now to wait until I get intarwebness before I can post.
A van that was on the side of the the interstate, on it's roof. There were already police there, but no medical type peoples, and they looked rather happy to see me there. Accordingly, as the story goes, on a 65mph strech of road where typical speeds are 70+, a smaller vehicle slammed on it's brakes in front of the van in question. The van in question slammed on it's breaks and "Just pulled to the right." IMO, there could have been a steering failure. But either way, once the passenger wheel hit dirt, that's where the world of bad started. The passenger front wheel dug in to the dirt and created a 4 ~ 5 inch divot in the ground, and promptly plopped over on to it's roof.
Now this is where this journal entry becomes a public safety announcement: WEAR YOUR SEATBELT! The gentleman who had been driving the van was essentially unscathed, only having a scratch on his wrist and having to hang upsidedown from his seatbelt for a little bit. No spiderwebbing on the drivers side window or the windshield, implying no skull unhappy impact stuffs. Now he is also very lucky, because had he been injured, it would very likely have become aggravated due to the ever so splendiferous bystander effect. This leads on to the second public safety announcement: VEHICLES RARELY IF EVER EXPLODE LIKE THEY DO IN HOLLYWOOD. IF THERE IS A VEHICULAR ACCIDENT AND THERE ARE NO FLAMES, TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND LEAVE THE PASSENGERS IN PLACE FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO DEAL WITH. UNLESS THE PATIENT IS AT RISK OF FURTHER INJURY BY STAYING WHERE THEY ARE, THE INSIDE OF A QUITE ARMORED AND PADDED ON THE INSIDE VEHICLE IS QUITE A SAFE PLACE TO BE. Yes. Now there are extenuating circumstances, such as the car accident I was in back in 2001, where we were blocking the two left lanes on a 5 lane each way interstate at night, after a curve and dip of the road. Or if there is active fire in or around the vehicle. But they're not going to blow up on their own.
Here is where this is pertinent. The driver of the van was suspended by his safety belt. If he had any form of neck or spine injury, he's just peachy where he was, on the shoulder of the road in an upside down van that had it's engine off, until the EMS people got there. If he did have any form of injury, it would become aggrevated and quite possibly cause aggrevation to or sever the spinal cord. That's bad, mmm-kay?
Second new and unusual medical instance. When someone gets in to a bad emotional state after drinking, it becomes a bad thing when they're upset. It becomes a worse thing when they have a 'friend' making the situation worse. You don't calm someone in hysterics by pinning them and yelling in their face. That makes them do silly things, like flail, and crack people in the face with flailing limbs. I took a few blows to the face as well as someone who was assisting me (who was in a calm, non-inebreated, non-asshattish way).
On to my third new and unusual medical instance. There are more than one form of epilipsy. Just because someone is epiliptic doesn't mean that they're going to fall to the ground twitching and frothing at the mouth. In this particular case I got to deal with someone after a seizure in absentia. That's where the person just kind of spaces out for a bit while their neurological activity somewhat resembles fireworks on the fourth of july. With that said, the person, so long as they don't suffer repeated seizures will be quite fine if they get a chance to go to a quiet area after their required period of suffering.
Now then, on to the main show: How each of the cons. That will be taken care of with my next posting. Wheee! *flump*
And now to wait until I get intarwebness before I can post.