• Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    Third party websites fix that problem. Also why are you looking up videos. Call emergency services.

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        1 year ago

        Yes, but 911 will provide pre-approval instructions for you and also start EMS

        Source- am a 911 dispatcher

        That said, a lot of our instructions fall a bit short of what you would learn from pretty much any first aid class, and we’re not really allowed to deviate from our approved instructions for liability reasons. So if you’re able to, everyone take some first aid classes. At the very least, you don’t want the first time you’re learning something to be in an actual emergency situation

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            1 year ago

            The pay could definitely be better, but the benefits are solid, and I like the hours (at my agency they’re 12 hour days, but you work less days overall.) I’m certainly not rolling in it, but I’m making enough to cover my bills without too much worry. And overall I enjoy my job, it’s always interesting, it feels good to be helping my community, and it’s air conditioned (none of which applied to my previous job working in a warehouse)

            Everyone experiences and deals with trauma and stress differently, and not that it doesn’t or can’t happen but I think people who are particularly susceptible to dealing with it poorly tend to weed themselves out of this job pretty fast, usually before they even apply.

            I think I deal with it pretty well, stuff doesn’t tend to stick with me, I have a pretty good support system at home, etc. I’ve been here for almost 5 years, and I feel like I’m set for another 20 years, if I leave here I don’t think it will be stress, burnout, trauma, etc. that makes me leave, but finding a better paying job somewhere (but honestly it would be probably one I wouldn’t enjoy as much, I probably could have found a higher paying job if I wanted to but short of being an eccentric millionaire, I don’t know that there are many jobs out there that I’d rather have)

            Something I like to put out there whenever this comes up, is that in general we tend to be classified as clerical staff, and getting us reclassified as first responders could help get us better pay, access to different benefits, etc. A few states have done it, and there is/was a bill (the 911 SAVES act) that would have reclassified us at the federal level. So if thats something you support, consider writing a letter to your elected officials supporting it.

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          I posted that as a joke but being serious, I got my Wilderness First Responder cert last year and honestly believe that these are skills I should have learned in high school. It was only a three week course but it gave such great information and preparation that it should be standard in education. The 911 operator I engaged with relayed information to and from the EMS that was heading to the site and I don’t think anyone is really going to use YouTube or similar for this purpose. Chances are, if they need YouTube, they are probably panicking and if not, then the operator can relay basics. Good on you for doing a damn hard job I know I couldn’t pull off.

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          1 year ago

          Ah, someone with knowledge and experience in the field 👍

          Can we ask, what would you suggest, assuming the Heimlich Maneuver has already been tried but didn’t work because the bone is sharp and stuck?

          Needle nose pliers? Running out of time here…

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        1 year ago

        To be fair, the people at 911 probably give better instructions than a Youtube Video.

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        1 year ago

        “Here’s a cool Veritasium video with techniques on holding your breath – learn fast, gran!”