Yes.
I shocked two people last night. Not with an automated one, a real one. But I've used an aed twice in public.
danmdevries wrote:
Was watching videos of the three step version. Must be the automated one.
What weirds me out was the instruction of “remove clothing from areas where the sticky patches are to be placed”.
Does something bad happen if the zap button is pressed and a patch is touching clothing?
I’m all for helping some in that situation, but my brain went right to significant downsides. And as I’ve learned from Frank, a deal is only as good as the downside. To start, the patient is female.
Lifting up a woman’s shirt is a 98.2% non starter. As a straight white guy, I can feel the lawsuit happening.
If courageous enough to lift the shirt, there is often a bra next.
- Don’t remove the bra: If the sticky patch from the AED touches the fabric, she goes up in smoke.
- Remove the bra: Now you look like half a rapist with possible charges pending while trying to do the right thing.
How whacked is my thought process?
At the moment, I’d follow exactly what the instructions suggest if the patient is male.
If female, it is safer to simply get out of dodge.
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