Talking and breathing
As an asthma sufferer who has had a few (thankfully few) *bad* asthma attacks, let me assure you that while you do have to be breathing to talk, that does *not* mean that you are getting enough oxygen.
Your blood oxygenation level can be really bad long before you become unable to talk. When someone is no longer able to talk, it's likely too late, or at least it's gonna take major efforts to save them.
This needs to get spread far and wide. Not just to police, but to *anyone* who has occasion to restrain people. People die from being pinned to the ground *regularly*. Not just cops doing either. Folks running "camps" to "train" kids out of unwanted behaviors, churches that are doing similar things. Poorly trained "orderlies at "clinics".
Basically, any place where there are people who either can't control themselves or who have god reasons for not wanted to be there. This entry was originally posted at https://kengr.dreamwidth.org/1116420.html. Please comment there using OpenID.
Your blood oxygenation level can be really bad long before you become unable to talk. When someone is no longer able to talk, it's likely too late, or at least it's gonna take major efforts to save them.
This needs to get spread far and wide. Not just to police, but to *anyone* who has occasion to restrain people. People die from being pinned to the ground *regularly*. Not just cops doing either. Folks running "camps" to "train" kids out of unwanted behaviors, churches that are doing similar things. Poorly trained "orderlies at "clinics".
Basically, any place where there are people who either can't control themselves or who have god reasons for not wanted to be there. This entry was originally posted at https://kengr.dreamwidth.org/1116420.html. Please comment there using OpenID.