Has anyone ever saved a life before?? // General Discussion // BlogCatalog

5/23/08

it's happen to me two time and with the same girl when i was younger !!
one time when she attended suicide and another time shes was waiting the bus and shes almost fall under the bus i push here like 1 second before the buss hit her!!

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5/23/08

wpayton

Amen for you

5/23/08

focusorganic

I haven't, but my brother helped in the saving of a group of people. A multi-family house was on fire and he helped get the people out. He was all over the local news

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5/23/08

wpayton

tell your brother Amen

5/23/08

MadameX

Not directly, but my dad has twice (once performing the Heimlich on a choking victim in a restaurant and once carrying two people out of a burning plane). But I've had a couple of people THINK I saved their lives--an elderly woman I brought heart medication to when she was alone and unable to get out of bed and a young man I paid to put in rehab many years ago.

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5/23/08

Theresa111

Very Cool Tiffany. Thanks for your prayers. You are special

5/23/08

ekim941

It's really hard to say for sure. I've helped out a lot of people that were struggling in the water. It's possible that they would have drowned if I didn't but I wouldn't say that I saved lives.

This one couple, in particular, the woman was trapped under the sail of a capsized boat and tangled in the ropes. I dove under and freed her. I was amazed at how frantic and entangled she was. It was pretty dangerous for both of us. So, this one I would probably say that I saved her life but who really knows?

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5/23/08

MadameX

God.
5/23/08

Theresa111

Way to go Ekim!

I was a lifeguard and I did save a few people during that time.

Once, after a Valentine's gig, while we were packing up our instruments for the night, this girl looked to be passed out and her friends were dragging her toward the ladies room. I decided to follow, as the young girl had partied on the dance floor all night and had given lots of good vibes. Long story short, I got 911 called pretty fast and two or three guys to hold her up and try to do the Heimlich on her, but she was a dead weight. We blew air into her mouth to keep the air flowing until the paramedics showed up. It felt like a log time, but the firehouse was practically across the street. They told me my quick thinking saved her. The next night she came in to the nightclub and thanked me and gave me a crushing hug and kiss. You have to keep alert.

There have been other instances ... an auto crash ... insisting someone stay with a girl ... things that the angels were telling me to do in order to help others. Not fanciful in the least. I am an intuitive.

My Niece was choking once and we turned her upside down and smacked her on the back. Out popped some food. I almost forgot that. My Mother. Wow. I had not thought about these things for some time.
5/23/08

ekim941

Water rescues scare me a bit. I don't really have any formal training and I know that drowning victims are so desperate that they will grab onto you. It gets very dangerous.
There were 2 guys trying to right the boat but I knew she didn't have that much time. After I got her out, they still didn't have the boat righted.
5/23/08

Theresa111

You are still a hero Ekim. Well done you. Hope you have a great weekend with your kids. Have fun.
10/21/08

AngieA

ekim941,

Dido,water rescue as well, almost took me down with her when she grabed me, so I know what you mean.
If I ever do that again, ill wait a bit before going in to help.

5/23/08

crkian

My daughter at 8 months, she had something stuck in her throat, ended up having to put my fingers down as nothing else would work. She was very limp and losing it.

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5/23/08

wpayton

keep em coming, and God Bless all of you!

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5/23/08

RuinousRight

- Heimlich maneuver on a co-worker who was choking. (when I was a bartender)
- Pulled someone who was drowning out of the water. (when I was a lifeguard)

Aaahhh.... lifeguard by day, bartender by night.... those where the good ole' days.

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5/23/08

Theresa111

Once a lifeguard always a lifeguard. You are always on the alert. It is sometimes uncomfortable feeling a bit responsible for others safety. I was a safety patrol in 6th grade.

5/23/08

momscrazylife

I have saved a lot of lives, but in my practice now, I help them die peacefully.

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5/23/08

DocNicole

Yep

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5/23/08

choochoo

A child I was babysitting breathed in a whole mouthful of lemonade & couldn't cough it up or breathe; luckily, she was small enough I turned her upside down over my knee and it all came out of her lungs.

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5/23/08

PetLvr

I saved an animal's life, and rescued it from the shelter. I try to save myself by remembering to breathe in and out every day and night too.

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5/23/08

wpayton

Thanks All! Have a good holiday

5/25/08

paseojen

Jesus do..

jesusheal.blogspot.com/

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5/25/08

JacobDiv

Once my baby son was choking on a lentil. It was absolutely terrifying. Several problems all at once.

First, it was hard to tell if he was really choking. He had some air, but not enough. Later, the doc told me I probably saved his life.. which definitely was kind of freaky to hear.

2nd, his grandmother was there, panicing. Taking care of the baby with her yelling was stressful.

It was over as fast as it happened. A couple thumps on his back caused him to expel the stuff that was blocking his breathing. He cried a little and that was that, except I think we all felt a huge relief and sense of need for caution going forward.

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5/25/08

wenfri

I used to Ambulance once upon a time. Also did Emergency First Aid at a mine site.

Hence I would have to say yes.

Nurse by trade.

Have done CPR, etc and saved a few lives

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5/25/08

Anniepooh

When my 3rd daughter was 8 she was choking - no air whatsoever was getting in or out of her - and I performed the Heimlich (3 times) and whatever was blocking her airway was dislodged. It was a horrific few moments spent with the rest of the kids looking on and crying. I was sick for days after that.

Everyone got a lesson in what to do when someone is choking. My husband stared at me and had NO clue what to do. I yelled at him to call 911 while I was doing a finger sweep. We all had a long talk after that.

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5/27/08

genopianist54

Physically? or emotionally?
cuz' i think i've saved someone emotionally from commited suicide...

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5/27/08

acousticguitarist

Yes my own

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5/27/08

newward

I did the heimlich maneuver on a woman who was sitting next to me at a dinner... A meatball got stuck in her throat (and no - it wasn't my cooking). So I guess?

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5/27/08

AmyOops

My daughter chocked on popcorn at the movies and did the heimlich maneuver. scariest thing i have even been through

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10/17/08

jadedconformist

Yikes. Glad she was okay.

5/27/08

medicated

I have. it comes with the nursing territory.

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5/27/08

RTBjr73

Several years ago, I teenager was on a limited access highway and lost control of her car, swerved, flipped 4 or 5 times. Thank goodness she had her seatbelt on. She would have been dead. My girlfriend at the time was trying to get her out, while I tried to get the hood open and disconnect the battery, but no use. The fuel tank was trashed and leaking everywhere in tall dried out grass. So I grabbed a pocketknife and had to cut her seatbelt to be able to pull her out. About 30 seconds later the car was on fire from the fuel, dry grass, and spark from the engine.

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10/17/08

beowulf1331

I saved my cousin once when he was 1 and fell in the pool. i had to jump a fence and then into the pool with all my clothes on. Then another time when he was 8 he started choking I told him to cough it out but he couldn't so I had to give him abdominal thrusts until he puked up the item which turned out to be a chunk of cookie. The other day I had to climb under a vw van that had a kitten get caught up in the framework. Lucky it wasn't hurt but it had been up there over 24 hours while the van was being driven around. At least that is what the owner of the vehicle said. I blogged about it you should read it on my page firefighterchronicles.com

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10/17/08

lotusb

I guess you could say that. It's a LONG story but I convinced my ex not to beat my date's head in with a metal bat as he stood over him in the middle of the street. Yes, I am writing a book about my life.

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10/17/08

josephgelb

i was told to stop drinking and i did for a day, people call me joe six pack times infinity packages

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10/17/08

Sebastyne

I think I may have saved my dogs life.

Went between him and a doberman who looked like he was not kidding this time. I took one for the team and spent a night at the hospital having my face stitched back on.

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10/17/08

gemjeweled

No, I haven't. I just could wish I could be that hero for a day!

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10/17/08

Hangingonahyphen

It's the other way. My life had been saved. Thanks to my landlord. I had just written a short story about it.

Here is how it happened:

hangingonahyphen.blogspot.com/2008/10/merchants-in-dark.html

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10/17/08

mikia328

Yes, when I was stationed in Okinawa, Japan in 1995. A friend of mine and I were walking on the beach when we noticed two Japanese women in the water. It was well past midnight and one of the women appeared to be trying to drown herself. When we went out into the water, we saw that the smaller of the two women was trying to keep her friend from going out any further. We then grabbed the arms and legs of the woman who was trying to drown herself and quickly smelled alcohol on her breath. After dealing with her struggling for a few minutes, we were able to get her out of the water and up to the boardwalk where a group of the women's friends were standing. Both of the women thanked us and we went on our way after a few minutes. I still wonder what became of the one who tried to drown herself.

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10/21/08

RTBjr73

A couple of years ago, myself and another stranger pulled a couple out of their crashed SUV, that was in the fast lane, before a an 18-wheeler came over the hill and smashed it at 70 miles per hour.

The thing that sucked though was I was the one who spent time in the hospital with a broken hand and wrist from busting out the car window to unlock the doors.

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10/21/08

psychosolodiver

I have pulled a few people out of the water while working as a Divemaster. Whether they were in imminent peril, I doubt. But if I wasn't there, they may have eventually drowned.

So, I really don't know.

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10/21/08

chrissymarie321

Someone once told me I saved their life..............and I don't how I did it?
I was told it was the right words at the right time...but it made me think afterwards about taking the time to listen ( cos I never even imagined things were THAT bad till this subject came up)

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