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Why First Aid?

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I'm home alone at about 9:30pm working on one of my other blogsites http://www.pohfolk.tumblr.com/ when I hear a massive metallic .THUD. I jump up and look over my railing to see if something has fallen in my loft, realizing very quickly that this thud was not inside my apartment but just outside. About 6 feet away from my front window to be exact. I raced to the window to see a man in his 20's lying on my sidewalk bloodied and in obvious agony.

I am a first responder for first aid, I have always upkept this as part of my personal training business, so I grabbed my medkit and raced outside. I arrived to find him lying on the ground in considerable pain, pallid and breathing short raspy breaths. He had fallen from a balcony 2 storeys up and landed on a metal telephone box. he was NOT in good shape.

After stabilizing his head and explaining why I needed him to stop moving I realized that it sounded like he'd broken either ribs, his back, both, and/or suffered some type of head injury. We stabilized him for a couple of minutes until the paramedics arrived. They said nothing to us. He gave me a *pound* on the fist and we parted ways. I really hope he's doing ok at Vancouver hospital, I think I will try and reach him and see how he is doing.

Now I know why First aid....
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