Yep..So today I'm getting errands done so I can get gone hunting again..I am walking into a building with a glass door..As I open the door I notice a older gentlemen walking towards the door..I hold the door open for him and he says "Thank You"..He makes maybe one or two more steps and drops flat on the floor..Another person see's what happen and starts chest pumps and checking pulse..Another person makes an emergency call..I take over on chest pumps..The elderly man was gone..I think he was gone when he hit the floor...

At least you tried.

I had to do that once. A very scary day and the old man I tried to help didn't make it either. We brought him back 3 times before the ambulance got there but he didn't make it. You'll probably be thinking of it for a long time. I did. Try not to let it bring you down to much. We did the best we could, I'm sure.

I'm glad you and others rushed into action. Those are some strong last words for someone to say.

I was on a job at someone's home where a guy collapsed like that. We took turns doing chest compression until the ambulance got there and he lived and is living today after a bout 5 years. We never breathed the whole 14 minutes it took for the ambulance to get there but somehow he started very shallowly breathing as soon as they put him in to drive off. Never give up- Larry

God rest his soul! His last vision was an act of kindness and that says a lot!

Chris

Good to know there are still good people out there willing to help their fellow man. Only hope I go like that.

was at a bar on a hot sunday afternoon just having a cold beer... guy next to me fell off bar stool ... i thought he was dead he turned terrible colors ... some guys did cpr... seemed like forever for paramedics to get there ... they took over... they worked on him long time shoked him 3 times including some injections... finally they got him breathing and in the ambulance. i sure have admiration for all them guys that didnt give up...i had writted him off for dead.

Sounds like the way my Dad died. He went turkey hunting one morning and didn't come home. He died with a shotgun in his arms lying face down.

Not such a bad way to go - appreciating an act of kindness from a stranger - you. My thought is that you should feel good about making his passing a happy moment and cherish the act to your dying day.

Lucky fella.

Do you think he’d still be alive if you didn’t hold the door open for him and he opened it himself?

Sometimes I think about stuff like that.


I mean no harm by the way.

You ain’t kidding......that’s a great way to cash out...verses all the other ones I’ve seen . With my luck the OP would save my life....and someone would have to feed me with a spoon for the rest of my life..

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No..He would have just been short those two or three of his last steps..When he dropped he dropped

I never saw it that way today..I think you could be right about that though..

Yep..I been thinking if today was my last day what would I be doing..I know tomorrow I'm making it the greatest day of my life..and all the rest of my days..

Exactly...good on you for your efforts. I'd want the same for a loved one.

I think i need to take a life saving course

excellent an act of kindness and willingness to jump in says more about you than anything