Have you ever had to handle an emergency?

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What was it?

MrOracle · Accepted Answer

Smaller emergencies, yes. Nothing apocalyptic.

We had a fire and an evacuation in an office building I worked at, and I was on the emergency team, so that was kind of a big deal. The fire started in another company's space and didn't cause much damage to us, but we had a big server farm in the basement that was a concern beyond getting people out of the building - which we did quite quickly. For us, it was mostly a nuisance in the long run. It could have been much worse.

I've encountered 2 vehicle fires, and one got a little exciting. A lady driving a big early 80s car was hit by a truck that ran a light, and it bent her hood and must have broken a fuel line (probably didn't take much with 30+ year old rubber lines), so after about 10-15 seconds of smoke coming from under the hood, some flames appeared. The problem is that the lady was stuck. The driver's door wouldn't open because the accident jammed it shut. She'd been pushed towards the center of her bench seat, and was sitting on her seat belt buckle so she couldn't unlatch it, and neither could I when I tried to get her out of the passenger side. Luckily I always have a knife on me, so I cut the seat belt and pulled her out. She was really upset that I cut her seatbelt, not understanding that a car can be an inferno inside 30 seconds.

Luckily, guys from 2 directions - one from a motel and one from a big-rig - showed up with full-sized fire extinguishers and sprayed down the engine compartment and got the fire out. Police and fire were there 2 or 3 minutes later - fire department being half a mile from the crash site - and that was the end of that drama. That also could have been worse.

The other car fire, the car was a total loss, but there was no crash - presumably a broken fuel line on the freeway - and they pulled over and everyone got out immediately.

My beloved, reliable, nearly indestructible Toyota 4x4

I've pulled at least 4 cars out of ditches and one out of mud when I had my pickup, and broke 2 straps in the process. Only minor drama there.

andreasderjuengere · Accepted Answer

Handling, as in: being in charge - only once.

I organized the ''rescue'' of a yacht crew who had severe damage on their own boat when no one else was near enough.

The other relevant emergencies were just first aid contributions in traffic accidents; there were others around as well.

Irrelevant emergencies: I often got more beers in during parties.

DeeDeeDeVour · Accepted Answer

When I used to live in the Philippines, I often volunteered to participate in relief efforts in calamity-struck zones. During one of those missions, a face section of a hill broke loose and slid onto our triage tents and buried us underneath. My husband (then boyfriend) encased me with his body and helped me out of the mud that engulfed the relief center. Soon after, we rushed to pull more people and rescued animals out as many as we could. Drenched in mud in the pouring rain, I repeatedly called out for help on my handheld VHF radio while running several kilometers to the nearest village to get help where I rounded up a fleet of vehicles and volunteers to serve as emergency transporters. Meanwhile, I asked some villagers to help me set up a elementary school basketball court to be the makeshift emergency center and shelter.

420Rachel · Accepted Answer

Thankfully not yet. At the restaurant I currently work at we had a customer have a seizure. I called 911 but so was everyone else in the building lol.

Massageman · Answer

A team of "professionals" was breaking up and hauling concrete on our property. One (seemingly inexperienced) guy tried breaking a chunk of concrete about the size of a big bushel basket by hitting it with a hunk of re-bar. Of course, the concrete stopped the rod cold, the sudden stop reverberated up the rod, into the guy's hand, bucked backward, and broke his arm. The guy was getting faint, so I put a cloth tarp around him and had him sit down in the lawn. I ran to get parts for a makeshift splint: 2" gauze and tape from the bathroom, and a box of chopsticks from our pantry. I had "McGyvered" a splint just as his boss pulled up in the company pick-up truck to check his progress. I explained what happened and the boss drove him to the local hospital about 2 miles away. I didn't hear back from the contractor or the hospital, so, I guess I passed.

Sidenote: I've taught First Aid, Phlebotomy, Medical Terminology, Anatomy, Massage Therapy and Kinesiology courses at the college level, but this was the first time I really had to put any of that into action.

exitseven · Answer

Too many to count. One time I was standing in line at the unemployment office when somebody comes over the PA ans saus there was a Ford Bronco in the parking lot that was on fire. I realize that I was parked next to it so I run outside and see that I am parked next to it and it it's fully involved. The tires were on fire and flames were coming out from under the hood. I have to unlock the door and I could feel the heat on my back. I hoped that the gas tank would not explode. I got in and backed out just as the fire dept showed up.

Anonymous · Answer

I saved my little brother from almost drowning once and fought my heroine withdrawing roid raging step brother when he snapped on my mom and started throwing shit at her while screaming. Another time my step father and I got pulled out by strong currents in the ocean and he pulled something trying to swim back. I had to go back to shore to get the lifeguards so they could get a boat to get him out. I was too young at the time to pull him behind me. There was another time where my little brother slipped on a plastic playmat and split his head open on a cabinet. Ahhhhhh, memories lmao

bowenw · Answer

A roommate unconscious from falling down basement stairs in a small town where there was no 911 service and trying to find the number to call an ambulance.

Anonymous · Answer

Yeah... really depends on the situation no emergency is the same. If you're asking someone whose worked in a office their whole lives or a factory they may have only dealt directly with a few emergencies in their lives and what many people consider to be a emergency really aren't.

If you're a law enforcement officer, firefighter/ fire personnel, or EMS or if you're a doctor or a nurse then you have dealt with more emergencies then you can even remember all depends

SnowedIn · Answer

Fought fires and some flooding on ships when I was in the Navy

Andres77 · Answer

Car accidents, runaway horse, “the guy that’s not breathing”

BlurryHaze · Answer

A few times. But most recent is an elderly lady that needed medical assistance who I ran into outside my local shop.

Sparkie460 · Answer

I have had so many in my lifetime like my wife going in labor, my daughter choking on a piece of meat, a fire in the dumpster that was in the driveway of my parents house. There are so many more but those are the ones that came to mind quickly.

curiousguy780 · Answer

I drived a bus full of passengers while the driver had a heart attack and I carried the bus hospital till other driver came to job

CubaPirate · Answer

Just pulling a drowning man out of the sea 🌊

Voldra · Answer

All the time, I'm a volunteer fire fighter in my community, unfortunately I can't mention specifics, there's things like HIPPA laws preventing me from doing so.

Ironic_Method · Answer

Fires, fatalities, machinery injuries, stroke, heart attacks... Lots from being an Operations manager.

Fireguy17 · Answer

Yes, all the time, that is my job.

sirderpsalot123 · Answer

I have saved the world a good four times now.

PetiteBabe64 · Answer

No never a day in my life.

Calenderagressive · Answer

Stopped a school shooter once

Nikki1989 · Answer

Yes, neighbour having a heart attack.

Googlemyahoo · Answer

Yea fires

Fuentes · Answer

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