Post #372870
2026-02-23 09:42 UTC
Replies (11)
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@digitalraven@retro.pizza 2026-02-23 09:43
I know there are technical definitions of "dead" and "alive" that might not quite be the same as the ones I'm using here, but that shit only matters to the doctors who would pronounce time of death anyway
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@rpluim@mastodon.social 2026-02-23 09:56
@digitalraven@retro.pizza Most sensible places you can't be charged with anything for attempting to save someone's life in any case. In fact, in some places, *not* helping can get you charged
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@m0rpk@mastodon.radio 2026-02-23 10:10
@digitalraven@retro.pizza @cstross@wandering.shop It’s a common enough take that we were taught about it explicitly on my last first aid course. Not just about CPR but the entire ABCDE hierarchy. In particular, protecting breathing is more important than protecting (against) damage.
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@davidtheeviloverlord@mastodon.social 2026-02-23 10:28
@digitalraven@retro.pizza My CPR instructor said they are not breathing, and they have no heartbeat. If you do nothing, they're dead. Do something.
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@noodlemaz@mstdn.games 2026-02-23 10:36
@digitalraven@retro.pizza I was in a gigantic and disgusting thread on IG a while back - a Met police whistleblower posted about the need for better CPR training so men don't avoid trying to save women because... Boobs. Honestly the amount of 'you can just fking die I'm not touching you, you'll accuse me and ruin my life' comments was utterly overwhelming and sickening. Men seriously out there admitting they'd rather let women die than stop sexualising us. #cpr #firstAid #sexism #misogyny #feminism Edit: found it https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT8A9ojjMdc/?igsh=MWxtbG9mYmduMzE1NA==
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@DrDatta@datasci.social 2026-02-23 10:40
@digitalraven@retro.pizza https://legalclarity.org/california-good-samaritan-law-protections-and-limitations-explained/
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@ClubTeleMatique@mstdn.social 2026-02-23 11:16
@digitalraven@retro.pizza Exactly what my instructor always told us !!!
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@brettsovereign@booktoot.club 2026-02-23 12:22
@digitalraven@retro.pizza Can testify. I owe my life to two people who didn't hesitate.
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@RealGene@hachyderm.io 2026-02-23 13:47
@digitalraven@retro.pizza If TV has taught me anything, if you don't break a rib or two, you're not doing it right.
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@QuokkaMocha@mastodon.world 2026-02-23 18:33
@digitalraven@retro.pizza My first aid tutor said almost those exact words when I was doing my certificate.
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@rodgerd@mastodon.social 2026-02-24 04:55
@digitalraven@retro.pizza this came up in the first aid course when the instructor said “if they aren’t breathing and don’t have a pulse, what are they? Dead. Can anything you do make it worse than being dead? No, so you might as well try.”