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-Jericho Race 2016
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 **Re: FW: Winter Series #2 - Jericho Jan 23\\
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 Glad to hear that his heart is beating well. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've always been under the impression that CPR/rescue breathing does circulate blood and oxygen, thereby oxygenating the brain to some extent. I think they got CPR started within a couple minutes, so I'm hoping he'll be OK.
-**Race at Jerricho......What would you do?\\
+**Race at Jerricho……What would you do?\\
 Pmarcus** \\
-/23/16  #18578
+/23/16 #18578
 Hey All,
-First part of race day went well...with flat calm start and Nw bumps slowly building to some okay lumps actually clearing underneath your bow as you neared the turn buoy and the little rips in the water surrounding the last 1/4 to the turn...on the way back, those of that delicately got around the buoy due to a little twitchy-ness (Me....) got some outstanding pushes on the way home although it hurt a little to stay in front of them....In the HPK group, Shane M was able to surf away with Nic C in hot pursuit and yours truly battled with Chris D and Alan L/Beau W, (they put the hurt on the Mens' OC-2 division) in an OC-2 over "wave ownership" and I was lucky enough to own about Two more for the push to the finish with Paul C, fresh from Knee surgery, and Jim S and Jeff H not far behind....pretty fun conditions....Mike H and Brian S and Jason P and Ernie W and Dan M and Shane B (I am sure I missed someone)brought home the NWest in the Men's Oc-1...didn't really see the ladies finish (sorry....)
+First part of race day went well…with flat calm start and Nw bumps slowly building to some okay lumps actually clearing underneath your bow as you neared the turn buoy and the little rips in the water surrounding the last 1/4 to the turn…on the way back, those of that delicately got around the buoy due to a little twitchy-ness (Me….) got some outstanding pushes on the way home although it hurt a little to stay in front of them….In the HPK group, Shane M was able to surf away with Nic C in hot pursuit and yours truly battled with Chris D and Alan L/Beau W, (they put the hurt on the Mens' OC-2 division) in an OC-2 over "wave ownership" and I was lucky enough to own about Two more for the push to the finish with Paul C, fresh from Knee surgery, and Jim S and Jeff H not far behind….pretty fun conditions….Mike H and Brian S and Jason P and Ernie W and Dan M and Shane B (I am sure I missed someone)brought home the NWest in the Men's Oc-1…didn't really see the ladies finish (sorry….)
-So..I asked "What would you do?" Minutes after the finish as I paddled slowly to towards the beach...an Oc paddler dumped literally right off my bow...no biggy...he was wearing a dry suit, just cooling off..but something didn't feel right as I coasted up, no movement in between the ama and the upside down boat, from the paddler. I got super close and asked if he was okay, no answer (I couldn't see him yet) as he came into view he was floating face up, looked okay for a second, then I realized he was just submerging his face and what appeared like he was blowing his breath out and cooling his face, reasonable..but still no movement...then it registered, NO Movement...I instantly started yelling for help as the rescue boat was a mere fifty feet away or so! A delayed reaction from the surrounding OC finishers then they all realized this American Howlie Dude is yelling for help and the rescue boat is not responding! What seemed like the whole bay let off yelling at the boat to come...at this point another Oc paddler (Awesome dude) closer to his stern jumped in and elevated his head out of the water...I started to yell at anyone and everything (including the spectators) to call 911, (without being too rude and I am sure someone did, it seemed all I got back was the "deer in the headlights" look) to send help to Jerricho...That other OC paddler was still treading water holding the guys head up as finally the rescue boat approached....I hesitated, then paddled into the beach and asked for the twentieth time for someone to call 911, luckily a local (to me), Adrienne H was near and didn't hesitate to call....then the rescue boat made it to shore with a full blown CPR and Multi Defib shock happening in a very crowded boat ..lots of us tried to help, Paul C getting Defib and first aid stuff from the boat office, me doing what I could with specialist showing up and O2 and equipment being passed from beach to boat...then his significant other showed up and for some reason came right up to me, very distressed obviously, I did what I could briefly keeping her a little distance from the boat and luckily one of the race organizers knew her and came and comforted her from me...we lifted the paddler out, the paramedics put the patient on a stretcher and up the beach and onto the waiting ambulance...at the time of the event...the patient had a weak pulse and please, hopefully he recovers!!  But, I ask myself, trained in advance first aid, should I have jumped in first, what could I have done better, when they hit the shore they needed someone to relieve the exhausted rescuer doing CPR, I looked around and started to say I could then some responder guy luckily didn't hesitate, why didn't I!  So...I ask....Think about it now....when you are at a race, or paddling with someone along the "wall" in the Bay or surfing Jericcho and something happens, unexpected....What would you do or be willing to do?  Good luck to the paddler and significant....Be prepared!  Thanks to all the people trained and untrained that helped!!   Regards, P
+So..I asked "What would you do?" Minutes after the finish as I paddled slowly to towards the beach…an Oc paddler dumped literally right off my bow…no biggy…he was wearing a dry suit, just cooling off..but something didn't feel right as I coasted up, no movement in between the ama and the upside down boat, from the paddler. I got super close and asked if he was okay, no answer (I couldn't see him yet) as he came into view he was floating face up, looked okay for a second, then I realized he was just submerging his face and what appeared like he was blowing his breath out and cooling his face, reasonable..but still no movement…then it registered, NO Movement…I instantly started yelling for help as the rescue boat was a mere fifty feet away or so! A delayed reaction from the surrounding OC finishers then they all realized this American Howlie Dude is yelling for help and the rescue boat is not responding! What seemed like the whole bay let off yelling at the boat to come…at this point another Oc paddler (Awesome dude) closer to his stern jumped in and elevated his head out of the water…I started to yell at anyone and everything (including the spectators) to call 911, (without being too rude and I am sure someone did, it seemed all I got back was the "deer in the headlights" look) to send help to Jerricho…That other OC paddler was still treading water holding the guys head up as finally the rescue boat approached….I hesitated, then paddled into the beach and asked for the twentieth time for someone to call 911, luckily a local (to me), Adrienne H was near and didn't hesitate to call….then the rescue boat made it to shore with a full blown CPR and Multi Defib shock happening in a very crowded boat ..lots of us tried to help, Paul C getting Defib and first aid stuff from the boat office, me doing what I could with specialist showing up and O2 and equipment being passed from beach to boat…then his significant other showed up and for some reason came right up to me, very distressed obviously, I did what I could briefly keeping her a little distance from the boat and luckily one of the race organizers knew her and came and comforted her from me…we lifted the paddler out, the paramedics put the patient on a stretcher and up the beach and onto the waiting ambulance…at the time of the event…the patient had a weak pulse and please, hopefully he recovers!! But, I ask myself, trained in advance first aid, should I have jumped in first, what could I have done better, when they hit the shore they needed someone to relieve the exhausted rescuer doing CPR, I looked around and started to say I could then some responder guy luckily didn't hesitate, why didn't I! So…I ask….Think about it now….when you are at a race, or paddling with someone along the "wall" in the Bay or surfing Jericcho and something happens, unexpected….What would you do or be willing to do? Good luck to the paddler and significant….Be prepared! Thanks to all the people trained and untrained that helped!! Regards, P
 **Michael Gregory** \\
-/25/16  #18589
+/25/16 #18589
-Sad news, hope for good outcome.  The fact that this fellow fell into cold water may be very much in his favor.  In such events, the very most important thing is keeping the airway clear and start effective chest compressions right away - it's all about ventilation at that point.
+Sad news, hope for good outcome. The fact that this fellow fell into cold water may be very much in his favor. In such events, the very most important thing is keeping the airway clear and start effective chest compressions right away - it's all about ventilation at that point.
-Take a Basic Life Support course and learn how to respond effectively.  No more blowing in faces, yuck.
+Take a Basic Life Support course and learn how to respond effectively. No more blowing in faces, yuck.
 **lori & beau whitehead**
-/26/16  #18593
+/26/16 #18593
-Unfortunately I get to do CPR on patients about once a month.  But when I do it, I'm part of a 3-6 person team and we have a lot of cool equipment.  It's a whole lot different (and harder) for most folks.
+Unfortunately I get to do CPR on patients about once a month. But when I do it, I'm part of a 3-6 person team and we have a lot of cool equipment. It's a whole lot different (and harder) for most folks.
-MG is correct.  Forget about mouth to mouth.  Focus on uninterrupted chest compressions until first responders arrive.\\
+MG is correct. Forget about mouth to mouth. Focus on uninterrupted chest compressions until first responders arrive.\\
 Couple interesting facts about the human body & CPR;
-As you do chest compressions, you are building pressure inside the patients vascular system, and keeping blood going to their brain, which is critical for survival.  It takes awhile for that pressure to build, and the pressure drops very quickly and easily when there is any pause or delay in compressions.  If you are doing 30 compressions and 2 breaths, about 15 of those compressions are simply getting the pressure built back up again.  That 5 to 10 second pause you take for the two (meager, low oxygen) breaths completely drops that vascular pressure back to ZERO.  What little O2 you are actually blowing into the patients lungs is now completely wasted.
+As you do chest compressions, you are building pressure inside the patients vascular system, and keeping blood going to their brain, which is critical for survival. It takes awhile for that pressure to build, and the pressure drops very quickly and easily when there is any pause or delay in compressions. If you are doing 30 compressions and 2 breaths, about 15 of those compressions are simply getting the pressure built back up again. That 5 to 10 second pause you take for the two (meager, low oxygen) breaths completely drops that vascular pressure back to ZERO. What little O2 you are actually blowing into the patients lungs is now completely wasted.
-Another interesting discovery, is that chest compressions act like a bellows, and when you release pressure on the "up-stroke" of the compression, you create negative pressure inside the lungs, allowing air to naturally get inhaled.  \\
+Another interesting discovery, is that chest compressions act like a bellows, and when you release pressure on the "up-stroke" of the compression, you create negative pressure inside the lungs, allowing air to naturally get inhaled.\\
 Bottom line; compressions save lives, not mouth to mouth.
-**Bear River Properties / Denise Dibb Thompson <bear-river-properties@...>** \\
+**Bear River Properties / Denise Dibb Thompson <bear-river-properties@…>** \\
-/26/16  #18594
+/26/16 #18594
-Mahalo Beau!  Great information!
+Mahalo Beau! Great information!
 **Rick Lingbloom**
-/26/16  #18595
+/26/16 #18595
-I love your clear and simple explanation of CPR Beau. Thanks for  what guys like you, Mike H., and so many others do to help our community.
+I love your clear and simple explanation of CPR Beau. Thanks for what guys like you, Mike H., and so many others do to help our community.
 Rick L.
 **Reivers Dustin** \\
-/26/16  #18598
+/26/16 #18598
-I moved here in '86 and have seen the fire districts go through some really tough evolution as the county and city have changed.  The basic core structure and the people that make it work is special.  Never seen anything like it in the other places I've lived.  Some of the wonderful side effects are not obvious.  An example would be Ski-to-Sea.  Yes, we have a special geography, but so do a few other places that have tried to pull this type of thing together (anyone remember Ridge-to-River?).
+I moved here in '86 and have seen the fire districts go through some really tough evolution as the county and city have changed. The basic core structure and the people that make it work is special. Never seen anything like it in the other places I've lived. Some of the wonderful side effects are not obvious. An example would be Ski-to-Sea. Yes, we have a special geography, but so do a few other places that have tried to pull this type of thing together (anyone remember Ridge-to-River?).
-Very few other giant relay events hang together as well as Whatcom County.  A lot because of a background culture of volunteers.  Some of the other venues won't allow their first responder system to have anything to do with it.  The structure can't handle the legal exposure.  And the individual trained personnel get burned out.  It's not for the faint hearted.  These guys are pulling drunks and druggies out of single car accidents at stupid hours.  Not just the natural incident stuff.  They are there quickly in some of the counties remote areas until paramedics with fully equipped transport can get there.  There's high angle response, fast water response, fire response, mass casualty, yadda yadda on and on.
+Very few other giant relay events hang together as well as Whatcom County. A lot because of a background culture of volunteers. Some of the other venues won't allow their first responder system to have anything to do with it. The structure can't handle the legal exposure. And the individual trained personnel get burned out. It's not for the faint hearted. These guys are pulling drunks and druggies out of single car accidents at stupid hours. Not just the natural incident stuff. They are there quickly in some of the counties remote areas until paramedics with fully equipped transport can get there. There's high angle response, fast water response, fire response, mass casualty, yadda yadda on and on.
-Thanks for your service Rick L. and thank goodness for the professionals like Mike H. and Beau.  Might be others I don't know about.  I've had some non-paddling buddies into this and it can be tough work.
+Thanks for your service Rick L. and thank goodness for the professionals like Mike H. and Beau. Might be others I don't know about. I've had some non-paddling buddies into this and it can be tough work.
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