[network] @standardissue; video; CPR 101 [open] - Evening 131

[deus_ex_phs]

[Kunsel isn't wearing his helmet when he turns the video on, so his expression, all business, is fully visible to anyone who chooses to watch. Bright, almost electric blue eyes focus on the camera as he dives straight into his topic.]

CPR. I was talking to Sheena a while back and realized that not everyone knows what that is. Makes sense, considering that we're all from different worlds, different times, so it's not something every world has necessarily discovered yet. It stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and it's a non-magical life-saving technique that can be used in the event that someone's heart stops beating.

When someone's heart stops beating, that doesn't necessarily mean they're immediately dead. They might not be breathing - and that's your biggest sign that you need to do this - but it takes a few minutes for things to break down past the point of no return. That means you have a few minutes to work with - and a few minutes to make sure they're unconscious and not breathing. Tap them on the shoulder, call their name loudly, get down and put your head next to their face looking down their body to feel and watch for breath. Once you've confirmed, that's where CPR comes in. Ideally, you'd call for emergency medical assistance first, but that may not be an option here.

[He pauses here, stepping back from where he has his tablet perched on an overturned bin. He gestures off screen, and Zack steps into the field of view.]

Zack's going to help me demonstrate here, at least to a point. CPR isn't something you use on people who don't need it, but it'll be easier to understand if you can see what's going on.

[He reaches out, tapping Zack's chest.]

This is where your heart is. It's surrounded by the rib cage to protect it. Push down on the rib cage hard enough, and it pushes on the heart. Roughly that's about two inches. You might break ribs doing this. I'll warn you about that up front. That's why you don't use this on someone who doesn't need it. If they do need it, though, a broken rib is a small price to pay to save their life. Your goal is to do this thirty times to start with, at a rate of about one hundred beats per minute - faster than once per second. This- [He taps a spot on Zack's chest.] -is where you want to push, and it's easiest if you position your hands like this. [He demonstrates again, one hand on top of the other, making sure the camera has a good view.] Use your body weight to help you.

Now, since I can't actually use Zack to show this part...

[He moves the camera, and there on the ground is a bundle of blankets, a pillow, and his helmet, all wrapped up and positioned to approximate a person. Kunsel kneels down, placing his hands on the makeshift dummy's "chest," then proceeds to show as best he can how hard and fast the compressions need to happen. There are books beneath the pillows, helping to simulate the resistance, so hopefully that'll help.]

Now, the next step isn't as necessary as getting their heart beating, but is still useful to know. It's called rescue breathing. Essentially, you're breathing for them, but only if they're not breathing. Zack, play dead.

[At that prompt, Zack's going to whack Kuns upside the head first with a 'I'll give you play dead. Better not make me pass out with your own dog breath'. Regardless of his initial grievances, the other SOLDIER does as asked, finding a... well, attempting to find a comfortable place to lay on the floor on his back. He may or may not have stuck his tongue out for a split second shortly after closing his eyes. Sorry, man. It's hard to remain serious for this long when he knows what's gonna come from this.]

Tilt your victim's head back slightly to help open their airway, like so. Pinch their nose shut and place your mouth over their mouth to make a complete seal. Blow into their mouth enough to make their chest rise, like this. [He pauses, giving the camera a flat look.] And please remember that I'm just demonstrating a life-saving technique.

[Not that he trusts that to keep people from heckling him anyway, but in the end, sharing this information is more important than either Zack's or his dignity. That's the thought he arms himself with as he places his mouth on his friend's as he pinches Zack's nose closed, which is Zack's cue to mime the rise of his chest as though Kunsel just blew a breath.

[Zack remains stationary for the most part, his slightly furrowed brows being the only sign of discomfort. He's quick to exhale afterwards if not without saying something under his breath at Kunsel in the process that might have involved 'breath mint' and might have also involved having his own turn at getting smacked upside the head for it. He chuckles a bit all the same before his gaze grows serious again and he looks at the tablet, too.]

Do that twice, then go back to compressions. If you don't feel confident doing the rescue breathing, though, just skip it entirely. Like I said, it's not as important. Keep going until either you get a response from them, or someone more qualified to help shows up, or you're too tired to keep going. This isn't easy, so you will eventually wear out.

And remember, even if you do everything right, there's still a chance they might not pull through.

Now, any questions?


[ooc: Responses might come from Kunsel or Zack.]

Comments

@guardian; text;

[phaseshifter]

Ohhhhhhhhhh my god you are both going to get so ripped on for this

1/2

[deus_ex_phs]

[He knows, Angel. He knows.]

@standardissue; text

[deus_ex_phs]

Trust me, if I'd had another option, I would have used it.

Not going to regret it, though. Not when it might save people's lives.

@dreamsnhonor; text

[heroproceeding]

angel back when we first joined we lived in a barracks. full of fellow teenagers.

believe me. whatever they have to say around here I've probably heard worse. heh.

@jphawkins, text

[rattlingthestars]

Should have seen how long they practiced it.

@Spoiler ; video

[spoileralert]

Personally I think it's adorable. Certainly a unique way of coming out.

@captaininvincible; text

[notaquaman]

i have a question
have u always been this big of a twat???

bc i bet that made u real popular with the kids on the playground lol

@standardissue; text

[deus_ex_phs]

I think you responded to the wrong network post.

@dreamsnhonor; text

[heroproceeding]

I don't think you've got a lotta room to talk kid.

[ He remembers your reasoning for that public vote they had before.

Yeah, about that. ]

@kingdomkey ; text

[seekthelight]

Huh.

I've never seen anything like that before. Good to know, though!

[Ladies and gentleman, a kid that can't function without magic.]

NOT A TAG

[deus_ex_phs]

JUST THINK, SORA. WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE, YOU CAN REVIVE DONALD AND GOOFY YOURSELF ALL THE (MANY) TIMES THEY GET THEMSELVES KILLED!

@standardissue; text - okay, a real tag now

[deus_ex_phs]

Glad to share.

[Really, he is. If even one person found this useful, it was worth it.]

Does your world have other methods for treating heart failure? Or is this completely new to you?

@gravedigger; voice

[harlequinofhate]

Well, that was a fun little diversion!

@standardissue; voice

[deus_ex_phs]

...fun?

voice @Enoch

[warriorscribe]

[...Given all the replies so far, Enoch has to wonder how this was discovered in the first place. Or, more importantly...is everyone all right? Why this, now? Sure, he said it came up in conversation with Sheena, but that he felt he had to share it with everyone else...]

Did something prompt this?

@standardissue; voice

[deus_ex_phs]

Not specifically, but all of us up on the surface nearly died. That's not enough to inspire thoughts of things that could save people's lives? It might not have done any good in this instance, but what about the next?

Video | @Summoner

[ninjainviolet]

[ This is supposed to help someone? How does kissing them restart their heart? Sheena has no idea what to say to all this... ]

Uhhh...Glad I could help?

@standardissue; voice

[deus_ex_phs]

[Sheena, pay attention. That wasn't kissing! Clearly she needs to watch the video again. And maybe again.

Kunsel's voice is a little rueful when he replies.]

Thanks. I hope that answered any questions you had.

@ketximq; text

[mightyratslayer]

Okay but where do I put my feet?

@standardissue; text

[deus_ex_phs]

[...is this a serious question, or is it more heckling? Hard to tell, so Kunsel will take it at face value for now.]

You'll be kneeling as you're doing this, so your feet shouldn't matter much here.

[action]

[coyoteking]

That was hot. [Sarcasm, of course, which is, thank god, way easier to convey in person.]

So what are you guys, like, the Red Cross or something? The Public Safety Council?

[Whoever they are, they're kind of... weird. They dress like they're going into battle in the Dark Ages. At least, Charles thinks armor and stuff is from the Dark Ages. Medieval maybe? Are those the same thing? Whatever.

Weird as they may be, they're the first actual, real, in-person people he's met so far, and for that he's secretly grateful. If there had been only one of them, he might've made more of a deal out of it, but since there are four, there is a 0% chance he's going to acknowledge that, least of all to the two who just made some kind of silly PSA. (Because life-saving techniques are silly, of course.)

So instead, he's going to keep sitting off to the side, being the peanut gallery.]

[action]

[deus_ex_phs]

[Kunsel eyes the man who arrived at the post office with them before curfew. His clothes wouldn't have looked out of place on an upper ShinRa employee, at least from what Kunsel can see. Seems to be human, too, those Kunsel's been finding out that appearances don't necessarily tell the truth.

Sarcasm, though, is easy enough to hear. Great, someone giving them grief in person.

The SOLDIER crosses his arms and leans back against a wall, looking Charles right in the eyes.]

I don't know what the Red Cross is, so the answer to that's probably no. I'm just a SOLDIER with information that other people could use, and I'm willing to share it. Is there a problem with that?

;DDD

[heroproceeding]

WHAT, YOU WANNA SEE MORE?

DO YOU?

DID YOU LIKE THAT FRONT ROW SEAT ACTION, MAN?

action; okay, for real this time.

[heroproceeding]

[ After all the heckling he's gotten, too, at this point? He's just going to huff at the mention of how hot that was before...

Yep. There's a pointed smirk. If you're gonna be a shit about this, Charles, he's gonna be a shit right back. ] What, you jealous? [ Look, he's even waggling his eyebrows at that.

Kuns seems pretty intent on explaining the whole spiel pretty well by this point anyway. ]

[swatsflies]

Wait until you see them start wrestling. [ Not that he actually likes watching them play around. It's weird when you see people you come to think of as family fool around like that.

Looking up from his tablet a moment and then giving a look of sudden inspiration. Tapping against the screen as he gives a grin. Totally responding to the CPR post.]

Not sure if it's the weirdest they have done. [ He says after a moment. ]