Captain Jack is an idiot...

[ffutures]

I liked last night's episode a lot, but there were two moments of EXTREME dumb that really annoyed me...



When someone calls you and tells you they are in danger, and you get there about five minutes later and find that she has drowned (or however she was killed), you do NOT cuddle the corpse and do sod all else - you start CPR and keep going until the paramedics arrive.

Similarly, why did nobody try the Heimlich thing etc. on the guy who was attacked at the end?

Other than that, a nice creepy horror / Highlanderish episode and very different from the usual alien invasion thing.

Wonder if Terry Pratchett saw it, and what he thinks of it, given his own work in this field.

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[epocalypse.livejournal.com]

It annoys me as well but actually is what happens in real life more or less (unfortunately). Despite the best advice being given by 999 call takers in Ambulance control centres people tend to panic or shut out what is going on.

I have found families sitting in one room weeping while the patient lies next door or the even the family member having to be dragged off the patient to allow us to work.

Handy advice. If you are squeamish about the whole mouth to mouth thing just do chest compressions, it is better than nothing at all and DON'T do CPR on a bed or soft furnishings, it doesn't work, get them on the floor (don't worry about hurting them they won't feel it).

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

The thing is that these people are supposed to be trained professionals, the best of the best - and the characters in both scenes included Gwen Cooper, a former policewoman who would have certainly done the emergency medic course, and Toshiko Sato, who is some sort of doctor - she's acted as a pathologist and given first aid in Torchwood and Doctor Who episodes.