Have you ever tried to save a life? ( Archived) (66)

Mar 18, 2008 4:05 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
bodleing
bodleingbodleingGreater Manchester, England UK238 Threads 8 Polls 13,810 Posts
I dont mean as part of your job,
doctor, nurse or such.

I mean have ever found yourself looking
into the eyes of someone who needs you
to save thier life?

Did you succeed?
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Mar 18, 2008 4:12 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
PILIPALA
PILIPALAPILIPALACardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales UK200 Threads 4,804 Posts
sorry lots of text missing having some trouble rolling on the floor laughing
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Mar 18, 2008 4:16 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
mindfful
mindffulmindffulChicago, Illinois USA235 Threads 8 Polls 18,996 Posts
believe me im fine

devil
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Mar 18, 2008 4:36 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
Zellarrone1
Zellarrone1Zellarrone1Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England UK33 Threads 4 Polls 7,644 Posts
No & No ... unless the times I donate a pint of my vampiric blood at blood donors counts for anything dunno

I only do that to try and recruit more vampires in the world though not really to save any lives uh oh



giggle
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Mar 18, 2008 4:45 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
PILIPALA
PILIPALAPILIPALACardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales UK200 Threads 4,804 Posts
Zellarrone1: No & No ... unless the times I donate a pint of my vampiric blood at blood donors counts for anything

I only do that to try and recruit more vampires in the world though not really to save any lives


You can recruit me it would benefit me on night shift
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Mar 18, 2008 4:54 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
Zellarrone1
Zellarrone1Zellarrone1Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England UK33 Threads 4 Polls 7,644 Posts
PILIPALA: You can recruit me it would benefit me on night shift
Okay, passes a wineglass --> winefull of vampiric energized blood to pilipila.

Here's another one wine so double the energy for you on the midnite shifts devil



giggle
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Mar 18, 2008 4:57 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
Zarah
ZarahZarahdublin, Dublin Ireland28 Threads 1,388 Posts
It is part of my job but during time in the middle east I pulled two boys with bullet wounds out of firing range...one later died but the other has recovered and I think of him often.
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Mar 18, 2008 4:59 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
Zarah
ZarahZarahdublin, Dublin Ireland28 Threads 1,388 Posts
My brother pulled two kids from a car that was on fire...they were playing with a lighter and their parents were in a neighbours house visiting friends...the kids both died and he ended up with third degree burns but the worst part is it really still gets to him...he never recovered emotionally from not saving them and witnessing them perish in front of him.
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Mar 18, 2008 5:01 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
bodleing
bodleingbodleingGreater Manchester, England UK238 Threads 8 Polls 13,810 Posts
Zarah: My brother pulled two kids from a car that was on fire...they were playing with a lighter and their parents were in a neighbours house visiting friends...the kids both died and he ended up with third degree burns but the worst part is it really still gets to him...he never recovered emotionally from not saving them and witnessing them perish in front of him.


Tell him i know exacltly how he feels. hug
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Mar 18, 2008 5:02 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
drivenbysound
drivenbysounddrivenbysoundSoutheast, Missouri USA12 Threads 3,228 Posts
Zellarrone1: No & No ... unless the times I donate a pint of my vampiric blood at blood donors counts for anything

I only do that to try and recruit more vampires in the world though not really to save any lives


I dedicate the song "Vampires" by Godsmack to you, Zell. head banger
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Mar 18, 2008 5:10 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
Zellarrone1
Zellarrone1Zellarrone1Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England UK33 Threads 4 Polls 7,644 Posts
drivenbysound: I dedicate the song "Vampires" by Godsmack to you, Zell.
Thanks.. I feel all honoured now bowing

I've not heard of it so will go and try find the video of it on Utube then let you know what I think of it tomorrow wine

Ah well gotta go now so gnite......... cartwheel
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Mar 18, 2008 5:11 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
Zarah
ZarahZarahdublin, Dublin Ireland28 Threads 1,388 Posts
bodleing: Tell him i know exacltly how he feels.
hug

Even when it is part of your job it never gets easier....
All you can do is remind yourself that you did the best job you possibly could and it is not your decision to make in the end...being surrounded by death daily does remind me how precious my own life is..

Rejoice at how beautiful your heart must be to care for others..hug
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Mar 18, 2008 5:14 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
Jan1305
Jan1305Jan1305Sunshine and vino, Murcia Spain170 Threads 5,319 Posts
I was a first aider many years ago when I worked in the Civil Service and I saved two lives, but that's not what you're asking is it.

I believe many people save lives by a kind word or action and never know they have done so.
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Mar 18, 2008 5:33 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
diogenes
diogenesdiogenesLongview, Texas USA69 Threads 7 Polls 4,761 Posts
Here's a freaky story:

A buddy and I were hanging out at a girl's house one evening in the Summer time. We were all about age 17, just standing out in the yard and talking. A pickup truck, repeatedly cruised by very slowly. Our girlfriend commented on how she didn't recognize the truck from the neighborhood.

I assumed that the driver was lost. So, when the vehicle passed the next time, I walked over to offer asisstance. The dark tinted window rolled down, and I could see a woman in the passenger seat holding her face in her hands and sobbing. The driver, a male in his thirties pointed a .357 at my face and said, "Don't try to be a hero pal!"

My gut went cold, and my mind and body just sort of froze. That lady might have needed help, and I don't know what happened to her before or after that. I just know that at that moment, I found myself unable to do anything...I just froze.
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Mar 18, 2008 5:35 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
RedHeadedTaurus
RedHeadedTaurusRedHeadedTaurusHere, Michigan USA17 Threads 1 Polls 8,455 Posts
Yes...
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Mar 18, 2008 5:38 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
bodleing
bodleingbodleingGreater Manchester, England UK238 Threads 8 Polls 13,810 Posts
diogenes: Here's a freaky story:

A buddy and I were hanging out at a girl's house one evening in the Summer time. We were all about age 17, just standing out in the yard and talking. A pickup truck, repeatedly cruised by very slowly. Our girlfriend commented on how she didn't recognize the truck from the neighborhood.

I assumed that the driver was lost. So, when the vehicle passed the next time, I walked over to offer asisstance. The dark tinted window rolled down, and I could see a woman in the passenger seat holding her face in her hands and sobbing. The driver, a male in his thirties pointed a .357 at my face and said, "Don't try to be a hero pal!"

My gut went cold, and my mind and body just sort of froze. That lady might have needed help, and I don't know what happened to her before or after that. I just know that at that moment, I found myself unable to do anything...I just froze.


Sounds like you did the right thing there buddy,

after all...you lved to tell the tale.thumbs up






grin
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Mar 18, 2008 5:38 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
constanza
constanzaconstanzaLA, California USA28 Threads 1 Polls 5,159 Posts
diogenes: Here's a freaky story:

A buddy and I were hanging out at a girl's house one evening in the Summer time. We were all about age 17, just standing out in the yard and talking. A pickup truck, repeatedly cruised by very slowly. Our girlfriend commented on how she didn't recognize the truck from the neighborhood.

I assumed that the driver was lost. So, when the vehicle passed the next time, I walked over to offer asisstance. The dark tinted window rolled down, and I could see a woman in the passenger seat holding her face in her hands and sobbing. The driver, a male in his thirties pointed a .357 at my face and said, "Don't try to be a hero pal!"

My gut went cold, and my mind and body just sort of froze. That lady might have needed help, and I don't know what happened to her before or after that. I just know that at that moment, I found myself unable to do anything...I just froze.



You got pretty close to becoming a victim yourself....uh oh
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Mar 18, 2008 5:44 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
bodleing
bodleingbodleingGreater Manchester, England UK238 Threads 8 Polls 13,810 Posts
RedHeadedTaurus: Yes...


If that means you did succed....i'm glad.thumbs up
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Mar 18, 2008 6:56 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
Jackson
JacksonJacksonPowell, Tennessee USA31 Threads 680 Posts
bodleing: I dont mean as part of your job,
doctor, nurse or such.

I mean have ever found yourself looking
into the eyes of someone who needs you
to save thier life?

Did you succeed?

To answer your question, no: I have never tried to save a life. HOWEVER, I have been the recipient of the EFFORTS to save a life. It was 3.5 years ago, and my best friend, her daughter, and my ex-husband all "conspired" to save MY life, does that count??

"In the clearing stands a boxer,
and a fighter by his trade;
and he carried the reminder,
of every bloke that laid him down,
or clept him 'til he cried out,
in his anger and his shame:
I am leaving, I am leaving,
But the fighter still remains!"
boxing
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Mar 18, 2008 7:12 PM CST Have you ever tried to save a life?
mindfful: believe me im fine


YEP!!wave angel innocent
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