Never a dull moment in Iraq. Wednesday nights are SURF N TURF here in Iraq. A choice of a slab of meat, crab legs, or shrimp. As CDR and I were eating I noticed some Marines a few tables down that looked to be rough housing. It turned out that someone was choking and was receiving the Heimlich maneuver. I stood up and looked back to where our ER docs were sitting, but they had left already. By this time the thrusts were so intense that the pt was being lifted off the ground and puking all over the floor. It looked like he was getting the job done so I did not feel the need to ask if I could cut in. The pt was ok so I gave the rescuer a pat on the back and said good job.
It reminded me of a Seinfeld episode where the whale was choking on a golf ball Kramer hit into the ocean. George was pretending to be a Marine Biologist and was called upon th save the whale.
It reminded me of a Seinfeld episode where the whale was choking on a golf ball Kramer hit into the ocean. George was pretending to be a Marine Biologist and was called upon th save the whale.
3 comments:
You are so funny. I love Sienfeld an watch it over and over every night at 5 and 5:30 and then again at 10 and 10:30 It puts me in a good mood for dinner and bedtime. Happy Birthday, again.
Love, Dawn
FUNNY! HA HA!
I would think a incident like this would get the marine doing the rescue recognition in his personal file at the least. But then someone would have to report it and do paperwork.
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