Snake Puts the Aqueeze on A Worker…and the Worker Bites Back!

Our June edition of Safe Supervisor came in and there is a pretty interesting story in it. Normally I would love to tell you about how our Emergency Instruction Device (EID) helps people know how to handle a bite or sting emergency with step-by-step audio/visual instructions in English or Spanish, but in this article Kenya’s Ben Nyaumbe figured out how to manhandle his way out of a 13-foot python’s mouth!

The snake coiled itself around one of Ben Nyaumbe’s legs when he accidentally stepped on it. The serpent then dragged Nyaumbe up a tree and tried to swallow him. Luckily, the worker was able to use his cell phone to call for help, but he had to resort to some desperate measures before anyone arrived.

Nyaumbe used his shirt to cover the snake’s head as it tried to swallow him and finally resorted to biting it on its tail after it wrapped itself around his upper body.

The story got international attention, being reported all over the net. You can also see the article as reported from the BBC here.

Major props to Ben for his quick thinking and fast action! Half of me is totally grossed out by the story, the other half thinks it’s funny. I’m having a hard time imagining what I would do in this instance. I came across a python once on a trail in China, but I was able to run away like a little girl then. What would you do in this case? Leave a comment below.

-Will

Pixar’s Up-isode #2: First Aid

I love Pixar films. Their next feature is called UP and is an animated comedy adventure about 78-year-old man and an 8-year-old boy on a hilarious journey into a lost world. Pixar is putting out short clips online cleverly called “Up-isodes”, and the second one features the boy trying to apply a bandage to a scrape on the old man’s finger. Good thing everyone here at Think Safe knows how to use a bandage…I think If not I’ll just use our Emergency Instruction Device and we won’t have to worry about anything.

Enjoy!

Looks like Pixar has another great film coming our way this summer! Have you ever had a funny first aid experience like this?

Stories: AED saves a life 3 times

Do you think that you’ll never have the need for an AED – and even if you did, never more than once in your lifetime?  This week’s story is about an Idaho man who has been rescued three times thanks to well equiped health facilities and trained staff.

The story is told by James Moroney, who received the shock of his life when talking to Dale Irvin, a personal trainer and employee in charge of safety products at a chain of health clubs in Idaho.

Dale told me that “it is a good thing we purchased these [AEDs] or else I wouldn’t be here.”  So I inquired “what do you mean Dale?”

He proceeds to tell me one of the craziest things I have heard in my time at Think Safe Inc. He himself has been saved three times by AED’s.

He has a rare heart condition that causes his heart to flat line during his training sessions and the only thing that will bring it back to a normal rhythm is an AED.

I was so intrigued by this gentleman that I proceeded to talk with him about this heart condition for an hour. We chat via email and on the phone monthly and every time we start a conversation it begins with me asking Dale if he had a AED used on him since last time we talked!

Do you have a story about being saved by or saving someone with the help of an AED?  Leave a reply and let us know or write a guest post!

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Wishing you a long and healthy life!

-Think Safe, making minutes matter.