helping a stranger

[devilwoman]

i am but a stranger to you all but if i was bleeding and dying in the street, would you help or just pass on by/

i'm interested in people reaction to the situation.

[Champagne]

Of course, if it was true Hollywood style, then you'd only have a flesh wound anyway. ;o)

[Supernick]

Dying on the street! Surely everyone would try and help? I can understand people being wary if you were being kicked around on the street and people didn't want to get hurt themselves, but if you just encountered someone on their own, injured and distressed, I think you'd have to have a serious look at yourself as a person if you just walked past without trying to help.

I'd charge in like in ER, improvising medical equipment out of biros and sticky tape, save you, plant a kiss on the prettiest girl in the growing crowd, and then walk off with my jacket over my shoulder announcing "I'm not an extraordinary man, I'm just a man doing extraordinary things".

[johnlambert]

I will say with 100% certanty that I would try and help. As an ex Army Paramedic, I would do my best to give you effective First Aid, even if you were too far gone for me to be any help (and I have been in situations where this has happened so bear with me while I compose myself), I would stay with you until the very end.
No-one should die alone.

[joko]

champers - you forgot the thumping on the chest with the side of your fist...just as taught at medical school.


DW = i think one of the problems for people is simply not knowing what to do - many people would freeze and do nothing for fear of making things worse - or in this day and age, sued.
the fact that the people who do know first aid have learnt it through choice, says a lot, as many people simply won;t bother to learn it.

if it was taught in schools, people would grow up knowing exactly what to do and have no fear of inadequacy.

its about time schools taught some more useful things.

[whiskeysheri]

I would most definitely help anyone, if I could.

I was taught First Aid in school, joko. I can just about remember it all, too! :o)) x

[joko]

really whiskey? how long ago?

most people i know were not taught it and to my knowledge it is not part of the curriculum today... hmmm... i'd be glad to hear i am wrong and they have introduced it as a proper class, with regular refresher sessions over the years, and including things from how to phone an ambulance, to how to put on a plaster.

[unruliejulie]

I cannot even contemplate walking past someone who needed my help. I find it incredible that it ever happens. One day i might be the one needding the help and i hope to God that the right person is passing if and when i do.

[smudge]

Just popped back to this thread & can't believe what I typed in my first answer, he, he!

My poor friend still has a sore toe!

[devilwoman]

i am actually guilty of not being up to speed with first aid, o got mine almost seven years ago, so do need to do it again now, i would help someone in that situation, although i would probably be scared myself, i just hope i would do more good than harm.

[whiskeysheri]

Hi, joko! :o)

It was about 10 years ago now, in my last year at primary school. To be honest, I haven't met anyone else who had a similar lesson, but I know that it's still taught at the village school now. That's one thing, I suppose. :o) x