first aid

Japanese active coast guard demonstrates how dangerous it is to fall into a reservoir pond【Video】

If this guy can’t lunge free, then there’s no hope for the rest of us.

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Band-aid lifehack: Japanese Twitter blows the Internet’s mind with new way to fasten bandages

Never again will you have to endure the shame of a slippery band-aid.

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Man revives woman with AED, branded a “pervert” for removing her clothes to apply electrode pads

A man in Japan says he was questioned by police and branded a “pervert” after providing emergency medical assistance to a stranger. The man was attending to a woman who had been involved in a traffic accident when he believes someone who saw him cutting through the woman’s clothes to apply a defibrillator to her bare chest called the police and reported him for behaving inappropriately.

An Automated External Defibrillator (AED) analyses the rhythm of the heart and, if necessary, delivers an electrical shock to help it return to normal. AEDs are provided in public places and are designed to be operated by members of the public, even those with no medical background. The man is now calling for better understanding of the correct use of AEDs.

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