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I remember when it was a big shared sentiment in the queer community that "sex =/= gender =/= pronouns =/= physical appearance or expression" and. I feel like everyone even other trans people have forgotten about all that except the first part. and in many cases people forget the whole thing entirely

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Advocates say that before Keith Porter was shot and killed by an off-duty ICE agent, he fired gunshots as part of a New Year's Eve celebrati

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fine-ass-fatshion

This is not like a fully completed thought but yk

So I've done my first aid + CPR a few times. And every single time I try and bring up scenarios for fat folks

Specifically like 'what if someone is too large for me to wrap my arms around then to do the heimleich'

And its incredibly rare I get a decent answer.

How absolutely insane is it that me, as a fat person, is asking how to have MY life saved or to save ANOTHER life, is an impossible feat if someone is fat.

Most of the time they tell me to 'just try anyways uwu'

There has got to be a better option.

whiskeydickclaws

From a first aid and CPR trainer, who is also fat.

The heimleich is scientifically as effective as slapping someone VERY hard on the back. The only reason it's so well taught is the man that invented it did a lot of great PR for himself. It's also a bit easier for smaller framed people to get the necessary force in, because people are often extremely scared to hurt people, even in life threatening situations.

With larger bodied people, whether they be fat, tall, muscular, etc. If you cannot get your arms around them, literally just slap the shit out of their shoulders. You want hard, open palmed slaps right in the center of the shoulders or slightly below.

If they are too tall for you to reach that high, guide them to lean over the back of a chair, and then slap slap slap slap slap.

It's been proven to be just as effective through many studies. It just doesn't have a trademarked name and a dramatic effect in film.

If you have to do CPR on a larger bodied person, again, fat, body builder, tall and broad, whoever, the trick to finding where you want to put your hands if going to be to take your hand and shove it in their armpit. No seriously. Put your hand in their armpit, then drag it in a straight line towards yourself until you're in the center of the chest, then put your other hand beneath that one. This is where you push. Then you are going to move the arm closest to you out of the way so you can get closer to them, and get the leverage you need to press down for compressions. The more of your body weight that is over your hands, the better the compression will be. Act like you are trying desperately to pack the last of your clothes in a suitcase, and just slam down hard on their chest.

They will make *horrible* noises. You might even break ribs.

But a broken rib is better than being dead.

One day, perhaps, other CPR and First Aid instructors will actually know and teach this shit. But the medical field is filled with people who don't know, don't care, or just outright hate fat people. So while this information won't fix your complaint, I do hope it helps someone out there with saving their loved ones, should it ever be needed.

sleepydumpling

Information that will save lives.

delphiniumjoy

The other option for choking care when you can't reach around the person's middle is chest thrusts. This can also be done for pregnant people and people in wheelchairs, for whom the Heimlich maneuver (officially called "upward abdominal thrusts" now because the Heimlich Estate sued over trademark) isn't an option. To do this, wrap your arms under theirs, and put one fist in the center of their chest, in the same place you would do CPR. Cover that fist with your other hand and pull straight back. Of course, this still doesn't work as well if there's a really significant size difference, so the OTHER other option is pretty much just CPR.

Have them lay flat on their back and do exactly what prev said above. It'll suck, especially because they're still conscious for this type of choking, but this is how choking is treated for anyone when they collapse, so it is also a way to get the object out.

The current recommendation from both the AHA and ARC for anyone is to alternate between back blows (hitting them really hard between the shoulder blades) and abdominal/chest thrusts. A combination of techniques is your best bet.

Source: I'm literally teaching a FA/CPR class rn.

It is absolutely an excuse to hurt black athletes for existing.

how did vi cope without cait? (she didn’t)

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took me a long time but i’m rly proud of this one! i’ll be going by punk_rat_draws on all my other platforms, but my tumblr username is sentimental to me LOL

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