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Originally Posted by Gatorade
Very happy the officer survived and bad guy is in jail.
However one thing I noted. You had at least two bystanders, one was a huge help in calming the officer but didn't sound like administering first aid. Closest was his assessment of the neck injury as not having a lot of blood. He relayed messages to dispatch and stayed with the officer. Good on him, that officer will forever know there are good people out there. The other bystander was whaling with extreme volume and demanding Jesus to keep the officer alive.
You all know I am not a religious guy. However I can't help but wonder how many lives could be saved by bystanders putting pressure on bleeding wounds and keeping airways and circulation clear and flowing.
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Well, Bystander #1 freely admitted he had no training in 1st aid or CPR. He was trying to find someone who did, and he did call 911 before he approached the LEO. He deserves recognition for what he did. I'm not going to hold the lady's reaction against her. It's what happens sometimes at scenes. When I was taking EMT training, we actually had a drill where we had to deal with "hysterical" bystanders. Still, we were all able to keep control of the scene and the "hysterical folks" out of our hair. I do commend Bystander #1 for trying to get her to keep quiet so as not to upset the victim further. In fact, she did calm down and was telling the officer to "not move" for his own sake.
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Originally Posted by Gatorade
Sad thing is that screaming banshee will be telling others for years how her prayers saved that officers life that day.
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Unfortunately, that's just how some folks react in the South, especially in times of tragedy like this. Did you ever hear Richard Pryor's routine about "
Black vs. White funerals...." <---- There's a link to it, but I won't imbed the video as is definitely
NSFW.... Lot's of "F-Bombs", sexual references, and one album cover with the "N" word on it .. But you can get his point easily.
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Originally Posted by Gatorade
Pray if you want but make sure you are praying while stuffing the would with gauze or better the quickclot that the officer may have in his IFAK. I have it in mine in my car and hope I may never need it but between prayer and quickclot give me quickclot!
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I'm not going to hold it against them that they didn't try to intervene with 1st aid, especially if they don't know what they're doing. People get sued for that, and I wouldn't rely on "Good Samaritan" laws to protect them. They can still lose a bunch of money just defending themselves. As for applying direct pressure to the neck, I'm not sure if that would be appropriate unless you actually saw a lot of blood loss (i.e. a "pumper"). You don't know where the bullet might be and whether or not applying pressure might change it's location and, potentially, cause further damage. Bystander #1 noted that it wasn't bleeding much at all, even though the wound was flayed open (as we found out in the prosecutor's summary).
Oh, I didn't post the prosecutor's summary, yet. Here it is...