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When I was trained in lifesaving, one strategy for panicked victims, who might drown the rescuer, was just to give them some space to drown enough to lose consc
by mirimir 7y ago
When I was trained in lifesaving, one strategy for panicked victims, who might drown the rescuer, was just to give them some space to drown enough to lose consciousness. Then they were much easier to rescue.
- wheelerwj 7y agoit doesn’t usually apply to drowning victims, but more broadly its applied when someone is choking in general. if someone is refusing help, you wait until they pass out, and it becomes implied consent. I assume in this example, that would be firing or otherwise being told by your supervisor to take the help.
- kevingadd 7y agoConsent isn't necessarily the issue in drowning individuals, since the instinctive drowning response can make it dangerous to save them even if they're not about to tell you 'let me drown'. Maybe actually a good comparison for software teams that refuse to make incremental improvements out of fear or panic... it's not that they don't want things to be better or refusing help, necessarily - they're just terrified of the consequences if the improvements go wrong.