• xkbx@startrek.website
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    I always forget this fact because it’s so incredulous. Then I re-learn it every time. I’m not looking forward to Alzheimer’s

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        We also use male dummies in most tests so try not to need your seat belt or ever need cpr if you are a woman

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            People can hesitate because… boobs. And that hesitation can be deadly.

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                I assume by helping normalize them into the mental model of “CPR patient” which overrides all other aspects of social propriety. “Don’t touch boobs without permission” is a big rule so plenty of people are going to have to manually override it in the decision making if you haven’t been desensitized to the fact that some CPR patients have them.

                I also suspect that the awkwardness of what to do with them while doing chest compressions is helpful, especially ones big enough to move around as you do them.

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                I declined Heimlich practice because my training partner was a particularly large chested female. I was about 23 and her crew leader. She was prob 22.

                Nope!

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                    It would have been difficult not to in this case. And it was in front of a whole bunch of people. I was young and uncomfortable with it. She was too.

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        Well, here’s another fun little fact for you to carry around then (that I learned recently and gained mild rage for):

        Factoid

        Invented claim or trivial fact

        A factoid was originally defined to mean a false statement presented as a fact. In colloquial speech, it is often used to mean a true but brief or trivial item of news or information.

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