Wednesday, October 30, 2013

On Defibrillators

Here's the horse from yesterday's puzle:


I found this on Pinterest the other day and thought it was funny!



My husband M was at the gym the other day. He happened to be in the same room where a lesson on using the defibrillator was taking place. The instructor made some interesting points. He told the students to ensure necklaces, even nipple and navel rings are removed before using the equipment, else it won't work properly. Angina medicine patches also have to be removed. He explained that a heart attack causes the heart to pump blood in an abnormal fashion and that what the defibrillator does is to stop the heart in the hope that it will re-start and correct itself.  Interesting information, I thought.

And I discovered a 'simple English Wikipedia' when I googled 'defibrillator', how neat is that?
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10 comments:

  1. Anonymous30 October, 2013 01:07

    Interesting information, Christine! I would never have imagined that a toad could look like a horse. Lol.

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  2. Valerie-Jael30 October, 2013 04:19

    Love the Google comment, must upload that one to my memory! How complicated to have to remove all those metal bits, some people have so much it would take ages! Have a lovely day, Valerie

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  3. Icy BC30 October, 2013 04:55

    That's interesting info for sure, but the teenager's comment is just fantastic!

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  4. Plowing Through Life (Martha)30 October, 2013 06:28

    Interesting information, indeed! Never thought about the removal of jewelry and such. Good to know!

    Love the Google comment! I can think of a few people that this would apply to :)

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  5. Optimistic Existentialist30 October, 2013 08:04

    I wonder what's harder to see - the toad when the picture is this way or the horse when it's rotated clockwise?

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  6. Adam30 October, 2013 10:15

    you can see the horse much easier with a simple turn, how neat

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  7. Kay30 October, 2013 11:15

    Wow! I sure didn't know that about the defibrillators. I saw the horse quickly but had a hard time finding the frog.

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  8. Helen Campbell30 October, 2013 11:57

    I saw the horse yesterday! It's a cool picture.

    Hey, I can't get your email link on your blog to work. You won the giveaway on my blog, (yay you!) and I'll need your mailing address. Please send to natureswalk at comcast dot net and I'll get it off to you!

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