A Needle Can Save Life - Very Important To Learn

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Dashken, May 12, 2008.

  1. Dashken

    Dashken Administrator!

    Got this in an email. Dr. Adrian Wong, how true is this?

     
  2. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Just Started

    is this true? :o
    if it is, it certainly would be a help for my dad :)
     
  3. Mac Daddy

    Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle

    Interesting indeed :think:
     
  4. Max_87

    Max_87 huehuehue

    Since it's from email, 99.9% of the time they are fake.

    I did some googling and found this:

    First Aid for Stroke - HOAX - Vox

     
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  5. zicovsky

    zicovsky Newbie

    yeah it was too good to be true.

    thanks for clearing that up max, and it was a good reading.
     
  6. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Sorry for the late reply, but yeah, that e-mail is sheer nonsense. Once you get a stroke, the damage has already been done.

    Quick medical intervention can prevent it from worsening and even reduce the damage, but certainly not by pricking the tips of the patient's fingers or ear lobes.
     
  7. The_YongGrand

    The_YongGrand Just Started

    Is using a whole XXL-sized syringe to jab at the heart (or onto the center of the chest of the victim) going to stop the cardiac arrest? Or is it just in the movies? :haha:
     
  8. Mac Daddy

    Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle

    Shooting adrenaline directly into the heart can restart it so I have heard ... never tried it though ;)
     
  9. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Huh?? Not in a stroke case la... :haha: :haha:

    You need to get them to a hospital fast cause you need to find out whether it's haemorrhagic or ischaemic because the treatment is different and can worsen the situation (even kill the patient) if wrongly treated.
     

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