so today i was walking from the med center to the accounting office when i noticed this girl lying passed out against a stop sign. an older woman was attending to her and i ran over to find the girl half-conscious with her eyes rolling back in her head. i knelt down next to her and just as i was starting the ABCs (airway, breathing, circulation) a guy ran over and identified himself as a physician.
after about 2 minutes there were no less than 5 med students, a hand full of nurses, and 2 public safety officers standing around the girl waiting to help. we found her some water, waited for her to throw it up, told her it was ok that she threw up and then loaded her up and drove her two blocks to the emergency room.
let this be a lesson to all of you: if you’re going to pass out from dehydration/heat exhaustion, you should always try to do so on a med school campus. doing so ensures that over-eager med students fresh out of second-year will rush to your rescue.
