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Wisconsin Republicans: “Hey, let’s allow 14 year olds to work in bars, what can possibly go wrong?”
They're just trying to protect the kids!
“I am against child trafficking pizza basements by Hillary and all the woke people who insist being gay is cool, but a tiny 14 year old girl in a bar surrounded by a bunch of angry drunk guys is fine.”
Just in case
I’m actually going to reblog a thing just because this is really important.
As someone who has epilepsy and used to have several grand mal seizures a day, I’d also like to add that “offer help” can range anywhere from keeping the person calm to explaining to them where they are and what they were doing to even just telling them they should sit and rest for a while longer (lack or coordination is common, and it can be hard to walk straight or see clearly).
It’s okay for them to take up to a half hour to fully regain their bearings and sort out what they were doing prior to the seizure. Just answer any questions calmly and be there for support.
If they come around and you start to panic or shake them or ask them what the heck is wrong with them they are going to freak out and panic too.
I cannot stress it enough that this is bad.
If someone has a seizure and they come out of it, please. please stay calm.
They are likely disoriented and confused, even if it’s only for a minute or two, and you don’t want them panicking on top of that because they can have another seizure as a result.
IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT because last year a kid in my class had a seizure, none of us even knew he was at risk for them either so just cause you don’t think you know anyone doesn’t mean you don’t
stay safe
I have to stress how important it is to time a seizure. If it lasts more than a few minutes, call an ambulance.
DO NOT CALL THE POLICE. I’m dead fucking serious. I had a grand mal in public once and the POLICE were called and imagine coming out of the seizure, feeling like you got smacked in the head with a sack full of bricks, confused, dazed, in desperate need of some sugar to boost low blood pressure and some DIPSHIT has called the police and I was being threatened with being ‘drunk and disorderly’. It took a phone call to my doctors office to get them to back off. The police cannot properly deal with sick people.
Offer help can be:
- assuring person where they are/what time it is
- getting them something to drink if they can; seizure burns so much energy and does cause a blood pressure drop
- getting them safely to transport or a carer
- getting them some dignity like a blanket/towel [loosing control of your bladder and bowels is fucking horrifying]
- ensuring they have a way to get home. Someone who has just had a seizure should NEVER DRIVE straight after
- calling emergency services if you notice any of these symptoms because they may have stroked out.
Why you shouldn’t put anything in someone’s mouth: they will choke. Yes, they may bite their tongue but I can assure you it’s less traumatic than cracking your jaw on someone’s greasy wallet or choking on a spoon.
DO NOT HOLD ANYONE DOWN. Example: someone pinned my right shoulder mid-seizure a few years back and how I have a permanently displaced and clicking shoulder. Let the person flail around, those muscles are out of control and restraining them does cause more damage to the patient and you.
I’ve only been on hand for grand mal/tonic clomic seizures, and I want to warn people that you might not be able to roll someone or loosen their clothing while they’re seizing. Those involuntary contractions are strong. It’s like the adrenaline surge that gives you crazy strength in a crisis.
Get something soft under their head if you can, and also look for things their head might hit and move them or pad them. And don’t panic about the bits you can’t do.
To understand how ridiculous this is, the first successful powered airplane flew this same year, 1903
You’re understating how ridiculous
it wasn’t just the same year. it was nine days later
how do newspaper clippings from a hundred years ago violate community guidelines
to fly is to go against the will of god
CAN PEOPLE PLEASE REBLOG THE PIC WITH THIS CAPTION^ AND NOT THE ONE WHERE EVERYONE IS SAD AND ARE LIKE “POOR GIRL GOD BLESS”
poor girls hungover, god bless