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Old Sat Sep 08, 2007, 07:40am
Mark Dexter Mark Dexter is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RookieDude
I remember being taught, in our First Aid class, that anytime you had an injured individual lying on their back...

you should "roll them over" on their side so that the vomit, blood, etc. can escape to prevent them from choking to death.

Does this have anything to do with the discussion?
Yikes!

This should only be done if you're absolutely sure that the person has no neurological injuries (which can be hard to rule out) or once the person actually starts vomiting or hemorrhaging.
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