G'day Doctor Mike! Our lifeguards always do their best in the most critical of situations. If you're ever Down Under, you're always welcome at Bondi 🤙 Important to note that some of these situations depict CPR methods that are over 10 years old, check in with your local first aid training centre on the latest resuscitation methods!
Deadset, lifeguarding is so much more than just what happens in the water! It's about making sure beachgoers get home safely after having fun in the sun 🥲
@@RealLifeRescue Completely agree! Honestly, life guards should be respected more because to me, they’re not as respected as much (please, i dont want to start an arguement)
Just wanted to add, that this show has been running since 2006, and guidelines and training were different back then-especially for CPR. The lifeguards do as they are trained and their practices change over the years to fit the updated guidelines. Also, training is different from country to country so what you see as a mistake might be what they're taught to do.
It also depends on their scope of practice. I know in California, for example, lifeguards have similar training to EMT's, yet here in Ontario, they've got CPR and AED training with water rescue courses, spinal and neuro stabliziation and transport training, among a few other things.
These Bondi dudes and dudettes are amazing. Yes, they may not do everything perfectly but they save thousands of lives every year! And whilst not seen in this video the way they read the surf and get people in is amazing!
I respect Dr Mike and believe he did not mean anything wrong but it's a bit lame to critique them when they don't do everything perfectly because a) at the state of emergency you don't remember everything because it's not a pleasant surrounding for anyone and b) like he said you have limited resources to work with
@@nbassasin8092 He's critiquing them so that people who watch this video aren't misled to think that they're doing everything perfectly, and make the same mistakes in a similar situation.
I love how he’s actually a doctor and not one of those fake ones who give u fake tips! Because when I found out that my sister had something called epilepsy or something like that which you could have a seizure at any moment my mom told me to turn her on her side and to give her medicine so Ty I learn a lot from u!
turning her on her side is the correct method! it’s because people having seizures can involuntarily vomit, and if they’re lying on their back, they can inhale that vomit, which is called aspiration and can be deadly. don’t try to put anything in someone’s mouth while they’re seizing, either. they can choke on it, but also, they could potentially bite down on your fingers. if your sister has a seizure, turn her on her side and try to cushion her head, and don’t try to restrain her or put anything in her mouth. you’re a good sibling for wanting to learn whatever you can to help your sister. 🩷
He did console him though at least, but he knows his son more than we do. His son was in pain, but maybe he was being a bit overdramatic, some kids (and adults) are seriously like that.
@@justmichaNW the father he knew they were helping him, maybe he was scared too. He did care at least. Maybe the boy was not overreacting, but maybe his father said that because he did not want his son to panick even more.
@@justmichaNW And only a parent understands how to deal themselves and their children in a stressful situation. He was concerned, but knew his son in good hands, that they were doing their best to help him. I truly do not believe he was trying to be callous.
@@hanikazuha better to break a rib than lose a life, im in lifeguard training/a volunteer lifeguard. we do cpr for babies, children and adults, mannequins obviously tho
@@strikechord Often times, but I would not define that with "correctly". Breaking ribs (in reality, often the cartilage between the ribs and sternum) is not an indicator, in itself, of correct or incorrect CPR. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't. But correct depth and rate can be achieved without the result of broken ribs. Age, size, and strength of the victim make a difference too. I just tell people not to pay too much mind to it. If it happens or not, acknowledge and move on. - EMT and CPR instructor
Thank you to everyone that has saved, attempted to save, or is training to save lives! I am nowhere near doing that for a living. I have been a teacher for about 10 years and have had mandatory CPR training twice through two different jobs. I hope more jobs make this a priority! I really enjoy watching your videos, Dr. Mike!
As a lifeguard for over 6 years ive treated a lot of these symptoms before and helped a lot. From doing CPR on drowned victums to spinal injuries off diving boards. A lot of people think its just the 'teen lazy job'. And for the 70-80% of the time, yeah, we look like we arent doing much but we have to be constantly aware of everyone in the body of water. And there is a surprsing amount of training, I like that this show doesnt gloss over a lot of things. WHile yes we arent doctors and we dont have as much qualifications we can keep someone going long enough for EMS to get there. Its honestly a wonderful feeling knowing you saved someone and having them come back to thank you.
Lots of medical and rescue ppl seem to be "not doing anything" a lot of the time. But what I realized is: as long as they seem very lazy and relaxed, everything is fine. Them being busy is a baaaad sign :D
What about when at a water park I saw a kid maybe 8-10 years old in the wave pool almost drowning and barely clinging on for dear life to the edge to get back to the shallow end and the lifeguard is just whistling at him to get away from the edge and die. So maybe not all lifeguards should be defended
@@Merumya I am a security guard, not a medical professional, but it's very much the same thing in my field. I tell people, "If I look like I'm bored out of my mind, then today is a good day. If I seem busy, someone's probably having a bad day."
Same with all people who work in emergency, relaxing day, nothing happens, boom... you are the most important people in the world. Honestly, it has never bothered me when anyone who works in any kind of emergency/lifeguard/guard etc job have an easy day, that means life is ok. The day these people do what they were trained for, that's is when you step to the side and let them do their job. Don't take instagram pictures, don't run up to the situation and try to make viral posts somewhere just because you were there. Let the people who have trained for this situation through so they can save lives. I remember I heard about a drowning incident close to where I live, and the police came out afterward to criticize the people who were there. This poor person who was near drowning was immediately surrounded by people with phones, the ambulance could barely make it to him due to the massive crowd. And unlike Austrlia, I live in Northern Europe, even in the summer our waters are considered cold.
As an American who loves watching Bondi Rescue, I never hear other Americans talking about it and it hurts my heart. It’s such an amazing show with lifeguards who absolutely love their jobs. Maybe now that you’ve talked about this show, other people will get behind it and make it popular worldwide.
For those wondering, the green whistle is Methoxyflurane, a non-opioid pain reliever. It is an analgesic used by medical practitioners, the defence forces, ambulance paramedics, sports clubs and surf lifesavers to administer emergency pain relief. It's non-addictive and simple to administer, making it an excellent choice for situations where fast-acting and uncomplicated relief is needed.
I truly don’t think people really realize how much lifeguards really go through. I was a guard for 4 years before the literal worst day of my life, when one of my childhood close friends, who was a highly accomplished swimmer, had a heart attack while I was on the stand. I was the one who pulled him from the water and literally couldn’t fathom what was happening, despite having performed saves in the past. We performed cpr on him until EMS arrived, and 4 days later he passed due to complications with his brain. I don’t think people realize that, while incredibly gratifying and like a sigh of relief to be able to have a survivor be able to thank you, it is deeply impactful when you lose a victim. I think we probably take it harder than trained medical pros, particularly while working at places where rescues aren’t as common, since we (hopefully) don’t experience losses as often. Every time something like that happens I believe lifeguards are often shoved to the backs of peoples minds when they think about those affected by victim losses. Medical pros are trained to be able to compartmentalize victim losses, and while lifeguards who have experienced multiple losses may be able to as well, we really are putting so much on the shoulders of teens and young adults (and anyone else who is a lifeguard) when they put on their uniforms, while often not giving them the credit (or sometimes mental/physical care) they deserve. (Though my case may be different considering he was my only loss and was a close friend… idk, I hope this all makes sense…)
It looked lik ehe got stung on the inside of his legs, the very most sensitive spot, and his dad was like..."enough of that mate." ???? Let me let a jellyfish sting you on the balls man and see if you aren't yelling and crying at the top of your lungs
FYI some of these Bondi Rescue eps are from 15yrs ago - we’ve learned a lot about CPR since then. Also the good thing about having the cameras is that the resusses are reviewed after with lifeguards to improve technique.
i love watching the videos from the folks at bondi... that first video, they did take him to the hospital (as they should) and later, he came back to the beach to thank the lifeguards and watched the video of him being saved! he was very grateful.
8:36 As someone who has dislocated their kneecap before, I can confirm that the pain drops almost instantly. It hurts at like an 8 or 9, spikes to 10 when it first pops in, then drops to barely a 1 a second or two later.
My friend dislocated their knee once, Im 12 and I ran about an hour or two back to my mom's house since my mom and dad are divorced, my mom's house was the closest, not the best idea thinking about all the creeps that could take advantage of her in that state, thank god a nice man was protecting her from weirdos when me and my mom were back. She went to the hospital and got her knee popped back, she's better now and laughs about it, it wasn't funny to me since I have asthma.
I have a condition that makes my joints dislocate with no reason and my left knee cap pops three times a day at least and it's so painful I can pass out. The relief of the pop back in is so good!
As a guy who can ONLY relate to this one particular “dislocation”, I am also a victim of getting both of mine dislocated. Agree with every statement 110% , one of the worst types of pain. Idk what would be worse but I’m sure it’s something. Luckily I didn’t have to go to the hospital both times, because I got my aunt to push it back over on both incidents and somehow she did it correctly? Bc it stopped instantly but could’ve been much worse since I obviously didn’t go to the ER.
The fact that doctor Mike is a literal doctor, one of the most time consuming jobs you can have, and he STILL makes time to consistently make quality content for us is absolutely top tier
@@Totallyacat-meow What part of that sentence are you having trouble with? He works part time as a Family medicine doctor, it's not one of the most time consuming jobs you can have.
I just have to say, as an epileptic, the first time I ever had a seizure was so wild. I had two in the span of two hours, the second being in the ER right before I was to be discharged. I fell off the bed because they didn’t put the rails up, opened a gash in my eyebrow that needed 14 stitches, and had to be restrained afterward by 8 grown men (mind you I’m 5’3 lol) since they had to get me on a backboard to get me back on the bed due to the possibility of spinal damage from the fall. I was incredibly aggressive, screaming and fighting against everyone while having no clue what was going on, and my mom tells me it was the scariest thing she had ever seen. And the craziest part is that I have absolutely no recollection of it. So yeah, the post-ictal phase truly is a strange time. 😅
i had a seizure of my own reading that. *8* GROWN MEN? fighting a 5’3 person? it just kept coming and coming. What an interesting story! hope you recovered well :)
Thats crazy, i dont remember mine either, after i was hospitalized they had the rails locked and a bed alarm on, which i learned the hard way when i wanted to pee lol. P.s. bed alarms are sooooo loud
@@yorukage5926 This can be a tricky situation in some places. Where i live there is a law against restraining people without their consent. And having bed rails up is a form of restraining and is not allowed without the patient's consent. Maybe that's why the rails were up. We don't know the whole story behind it so we can't really judge.
Aussies are all so calm in these situations, including the ones who are hurt. I found it funny how the guys finger was dislocated and he was just showing it off HAHA
@@wetube6513 Well, no, these people are not calm because they're Australian and are "used to it". They're not calm at all, it's called "shock", every animal has their shock response to an injury. Some humans responses are to be indifferent and lackluster emotion.
Staying calm is important. For the injured it keeps bloodflow down to reduce bleeding and for responders it helps making proper decisions. Panicking doesn't help. Things need to be done thoroughly and properly and not rushed.
@@tobomau shut up dude I’m Australian and everyone I know is so calm and once an American came to visit my friend a a party and this huge funnel web came along and only the American freaked can you explain that?
13:03 As a type 1 diabetic, just wanted to note that low blood sugar doesn’t ONLY result from patient error or overdosing. There can also be other, less manageable, factors like very high/low temperatures, exercise, illness, etc. It’s not always the patient’s fault
My oldest brother's type one, never the best managing it as a kid but got better and eventually developed genetic juvenile Ankylosing Spondylitis and genetic Crohn's tied to the condition and had severe aggression, depression and other issues tied to it also and so I can confirm this! Well, OK he was always one to eat and drink mainly fries, chips, nuggets, soda, pizza and just about every unhealthy bit of the overly stereotypical American diet in a lot of shows and movies, not really exercise and be held up in his room on his PC! However, that doesn't excuse underlying factors screwing with it as they do with everything else!
Im also type 1 diabetic , it often often happens that due to very high temperatures or generally high, maybe lot of sun, my blood sugar decreases quite fast, apart from that, being in the beach doing sports also decreases it so if you combine both of them toguether... well ;)
a friend of mine is type 1 diabetic, and (if i remember correctly) sometimes her body will actually produse a bit of insulin, so if she has already taken insulin, it will become a bit too much, and she gets low blood sugar
CPR has changed repeatedly in the last 10 years. Number of compressions, when to bag, when to shock, etc. Constant CPR training is a must. Great video!
@@josephplays3317 I can't tell if YT deleted my comment because it had a link. But I am correct, first aid is valid 3 years and CPR is 12 months. Please just google this yourself. Also you are a literal child posting roblox videos. You need to be 13+ to have a TH-cam account.
I went into this dearly hoping you wouldn’t rip into Bondi Rescue too harshly, and the damage wasn’t as bad as I thought it’d be so thank you for that. It was interesting seeing someone else’s view on it
As someone who watches the show regularly I can also confirm 9 times out of 10 there is an Ambulance being called. Generally whoever is guarding the tower will call an an ambulance. Also our CPR techniques have changed alot over 10 years some of techniques shown here is based on old information. The lifeguards are also trained in more advanced first aid also
Its good to have that perspective and its also good for Doctor Mike to say what the current procedures are so the viewers know how to help if they ever have to give cpr and know how to effectively give cpr in different situations like drowning
Yes, he's quite judgemental of their procedures but some of the lifeguards are actually also trained paramedics, and there's an ambulance being called almost always.
Something kinda related to this when I was 3 or 4 I was eating fish sticks and I started having an allergic reaction and so my mom went to the store to buy something like medicine and my dad called her and said that my face was swelling up so my mom rushed me to the emergency room and they made me drink some medicine and I threw up on them and they did the test and could not figure out what I was allergic to and on the ride there my lip was touching my nose and my throat was swelling a lot so I’m 9 now good thing that I’m okay but we don’t know if I’m allergic to aspirin or what ever is in fish sticks and one time in second grade some kid thought I was lying about it he shoved fish sticks near my face but nothing happened and he was in big trouble
I watch regularly also, I suspect he's really saying that for the benefit of us. Not necessarily judging those lifeguards, at least it seemed that way for me.
As an Australian I’ve only been stung by a bluebottle once when I was about that young boys age age it was only a small section of my foot and I screamed just as much as that young boy, bless him he is so brave😢❤😢❤
In Australia, the emergency services number is triple zero. Also, as others have mentioned, some of the episodes are over ten years old, so the procedures may seem dated.
Anyone who's ever tried to give a kid medication knows the little guy who got stung was in a lot of pain. He was taking the meds before the life guard even fully explained how it would help. 😄
I’ve been stung by a blue bottle before, and I hurts like hell. Props to that little kid. He took the pain well for his age. Edit: wow never gotten this many likes before Edit 2: I love everybody’s story’s and suggestions!
One thing I always tell tourists when they ask as a beach guard is to not touch those even though they are pretty. If it’s colorful and pretty it’s probably dangerous. You have no idea how many people don’t know especially kids
Dr Mike, with respect my man, these surf life savers are highly trained (they are not lifeguards, a surf life saver is very different) and more than capable of saving lives (as they’ve done many times) whilst waiting for an ambulance to arrive (which yes, can take quite a while in certain areas). Often in Australia we are surfing, swimming, etc in highly remote locations and these guys are all we’ve got until a helicopter arrives from the city and I’d trust them with my life in the meantime. Their actions are often the thing between life and death in the moment, not the paramedics who simply often arrive too late but of course do well to stabilise the patient after all the commotion is over. (Also paramedics have no idea how to actually rescue you safely from the surf first without getting themselves killed too in the process).
I'm an EMT and the one person with a dislocated hip I saw was incredibly chill. He claimed to have 3 out of 10 pain, really just a bit of discomfort. Never screamed the entire transport while his hip/leg was all fucked up. It was wild.
I have a genetic disorder called EDS which can cause things to dislocate much more easily. It still hurts, but often it isn't quite as extreme or unbearable. It oftentimes goes undiagnosed. I wonder if that could be an explanation as to how she remained so calm. Either, way, she was tough as nails.
ive seen a couple, actually all one after the other in the same day, all screaming violently in pain. one after bowling, the other face down in a parking lot.
I recall a story of a family with an extreme level of pain tolerance. Their nearby hospital knew them well, so when they came in and said something was a 3 or 4/10, they rushed them to any available physician/ICU immediately. It was really interesting because they'd come in with a metal spike through their arm and say it's like a 3/10.
As someone who has experienced a variety of pain, I’m able to psych myself out by concentrating on other things. There’s also evidence that redheads have a higher tolerance to pain. And I believe it.
Can confirm those jellyfish stings hurt like absolute hell. The worst part is the pain doesn’t fade but stays at a solid 10 until you deal with it. Had one stings me all across my arm and stomach. Easily the worst pain I’ve ever felt. Poor kid!
One thing that you should *never under any circumstances* do to treat a jellyfish sting is urinate on the wound. This is an old wives tale that has been disproven.
As a former lifeguard it’s amazing how well drowning victims respond to CPR. I was brought back myself from drowning at 5 years old after over 11 minutes under water.
@@TheComebackKing20 They might’ve been lucky enough to not get any major brain damage, or recovered well. Either way, it’s great to know they survived. 👍
I have epilepsy and you are spot on the seizures. Before, during, and after certain types like this man. I still can have ones where it's confusing once out of it. I've never thrown anything or gotten angry after them though. Generally if I had fallen down the first thing to pop up in my mind is if my glasses are ok.
As someone who’s had 6 knee dislocations I can confirm. When it’s out it hurts A LOT but as soon as you put it back in it hurts for like 2 seconds and the pain just stops. The worst big after is the swelling and stiffness.
yea i dislocated my knee like 3 times in total and it hurt a ton for like that short amount of time, and you literally can’t walk at all. it honestly sucks.
When I was a teenager my knees would pop out all the time. I’d just have to sit on my leg in just the right (or wrong) angle and when I’d try to get back up, and instantly fall back to the floor in sheer agony for a few seconds until I felt things snap back in place. The relief was instant. Just a bit of stiffness and minor inflammation. I was a very scrawny waif of a kid back then so I honestly think I just didn’t have tissue enough to keep my knee in place and it sort of wandered a bit when bent at certain angles. Now I don’t have that issue. Plenty of padding to spare! 😆
Definitely not my experience mine went out after a skateboarding accident popped it back into place myself and I hurt like hell the entire time it would pop back out periodically too ended up needing surgery cause I stretched the muscles holding the knee beyond what physical therapy could fix still not the same to this day
On the person having the epileptic seizure: Dr. Mike says, that they can be extremely aggressive after the seizure is over. This is 100% correct. Experienced it once myself. Helped the guy though the seizure and once he had recovered and I asked him to sit down and chill for a while and told him what had happened, he did not believe me and wanted to beat me up!
I have a friend who I've had to hold through seizes dozens of times. They're bad enough sometimes i have to push his tongue in his mouth and always make sure he's breathing, but they're common enough that it's just habit now..."Oh, this again." One of the first times, he looked at me with what i can only imagine was a hyper-depersonalized perspective. He was bug-eyed and just frozen, as he started to come back, he looked at me, who had been holding him for minutes now, and just started screaming, pushed me off and ran to the corner to fetal. We actually talked about it recently, how I now can prompt him the moment he comes back, I see it in his eyes..unglazing and how he's improved his ability to handle the transition to where there's no fear anymore, he knows what he's losing. Like a dmt dive ;P. At this point in life, he just accepts whatever I says happened on the outside during the event, and he's also gotten really good at handling the jarring transitions, taking him a fraction of the time to process and reintegrate. He was always well-adapted to that sort of transition, having suffered what was apparently DID due to traumatic experience. Violence in those situations is fear, it has to be. It's hard to explain derealization, or hyper-stimulation, or any number of things people can suffer. But, from my experience, you're reduced to your base function. It'd be like sleep paralysis, but of the mind. You know when you actually move the ball, that feeling, that thought. The thought that is alone moving the ball, not other thoughts. Imagine losing the ability to perform those thoughts. You know your body can move, so you fear the fact it won't, because you don't understand the mechanism. You know your mind can think thoughts, that you can do 2+2=4, you know that you nkow your name, you know that you know what humans and animals are, but you can't. In this moment, all that knowing you know is wrapped up in, "I am so confused, nothing is what I know, what did I know again?" You don't even remember what it was you trusted, what it was you thought you knew. You literally cannot. Life is a picasso painting and everything you relied on has been exploded into that perception. We stand up, that required so much awareness of the world...even that is made impossible...and there's the prospect this is the new forever, with no explanation... Now..... I could imagine a particularly bad variant of schizophrenia leaving you in a perpetual state like this...
Can second this, am epileptic myself, diagnosed 15 years ago. It’s awful, I nearly attacked a paramedic after my first ever seizure because he wanted to take my bloods to do a glucose level. They got my mum (I was 13) to show me that it didn’t hurt, still wouldn’t let them do it 🥴
@@NubsWithGuns Hrm, well I'm the one there, watching and measuring over years, as well as getting input on his internal experience. He literally just recovers more quickly. This isn't a one off measurement, I have the experience of watching someone who seizes multiple times a day for years improve in the direction he believed in. I saw it not only reduce in frequency, but intensity. I saw him go from unable to integrate multiple personalities, to none of them ever percolating up again. (Which I'm sure will only be impossible to you.) I know where your statement comes from, but before I believe a science so poorly understood thrown at me without any self-thought, I'll think for myself. I watched it happen, you can't tell me it's not possible because a book told you otherwise. Especially when you're in the stage of believing parotted facts rather than breaking down the functional systems and understanding why. I'm not saying you're wrong, but to be so rigid in thought, will be to your detriment. I'm sure your fact goes in most cases, but I saw something firsthand that I can explain with my own theories, that to me, proves that's an over-simplification. It makes sense to me that most people can't do anything about seizing, but it doesn't make sense to me that means nothing can be done. It also makes sense it was nothing out of my friend's will that enabled him to overcome it. Turns out though, every day things happen that will betray your rigid expectations if you can't take abstractions and generalize, instead only overfitting. If you can get hit over the head with a beer bottle as a jock and come out a fractal savant, I'm going to assume a brain can seize can stop seizing one day. Now it's a different story to force your brain to stop, it could be construed as luck. There's just so many angles where to assume from some random comment on the internet it couldn't happen when that person watched it happen...When there's plenty of reasoning to know one thing, that we don't know nearly enough to be absolute about anything human...
I got stung by a blue bottle when I was 7/8 (I was born in Durban on the coast of South Africa - very common down there) ended up screaming in a resturant while some poor teenage waitress doused my thigh in vinegar. It really does work wonders! My dad, who got a pretty big blue bottle sting as a teenager, told me there was no need to be too dramatic about it 🤣🤣 he bought me an ice cream and took me home for a nap when the pain faded. It was sensitive for a few days and then I was fine. Surprised my mom let him live.
That dad being like, "Enough, mate!" To the screaming kid was THE most Aussie dad reaction, lol. "Severe, unrelenting pain is no reason to carry on like that. You're not dying. Harden the f*** up!" Poor kid. I'm a severe chronic pain patient and have been since birth, and I wouldn't wish truly severe pain like that on anyone, nevermind a child. I hope he has another parent who's more understanding and supportive.
@@krissieturner7885 That's not surprising, either -- I'm from England originally (Liverpool) and that attitude is unfortunately a big problem there, as well. Although it does seem to be a more embedded part of masculine culture here in Australia. I think, in British culture, it's more about keeping a stiff upper lip and not "embarrassing" onself by being seen freaking out. Whereas in Australian culture, it seems to be more of a masculine, "harden the f*** up" mentality.
@@chronicallyfabulous88 My grandma, back in the late 70s, she seemed fit and healthy to me. She was going to work every day. Even volunteering on the weekends. Never seemed to stop. One day she asks for a "Day off". Goes to the hospital, and never comes back out. Apparently she had been in pain for months with (Liver, I think) cancer. Very stoic. Stiff upper lip.
@@Magpie_Media Sounds like my paternal granddad. He was in constant pain for many years with slow-growing prostate cancer. My nana always just said he had "grumpy old man syndrome", because he was always a little irritable, but insisted he was fine. His cancer was discovered when he was hospitalised for something unrelated. Of course, my nana (his wife) was every bit as tough and stoic as he was. She fell down the stairs in her 80s and fractured 3 vertebrae. After having already endured many years of surgeries on various joints (I inhereted my Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome from both of them), she said, "If you think I'm going to let you lot poke around in there again, you can get knotted!" So instead of getting the surgery she needed to repair the damage, she just lived with 3 spinal fractures that never healed for another 9 years, lol. Our family called her the Tank -- and that started before her tumble down the stairs. While these people are obviously impressive, a culture that expects people to suffer in silence is an inherently toxic one. For every person who just endures like that, there's at least one who succumbs to the burden of their hardships.
"Go play in the ocean; there's spikes with poison in there!" I'm SOOOO with you there. I rarely EVER voluntarily go in water I cannot see the bottom of. I've been snorkeling in clear water before and that's usually okay as long as I'm like a good 10 feet or so away from the bottom. But man I hate being in the ocean most of the time. Walking in some waves up to my calves or so is about it for me. No regrets.
Mike, as a type 1 diabetic, thank you so much for being respectful and thoughtful when reacting to someone with a low. I’ve had several to many times to count and they genuinely are terrifying! You explaining it meads to less people calling me a freak in class, good job!❤
People called you a freak for having a medical issue?? People can be so stupid and cruel. It's already hard enough having an autoimmune disease, especially diabetes, you don't deserve to be dealing with them as well. Just know that there are many people out there that are compassionate and nice, and I hope your classmates can grow and learn soon as well. Hugs from Germany
As someone with epilepsy and type one diabetes I can confirm, the post-ictal phase is weird af. I once had a bad seizure at work. A few days later I was talking about it with a coworker, who said "it took maybe about ten minutes for the paramedics to get here." I just stared at her blankly- I had NO IDEA that paramedics had been there. She said I'd even talked to them after the seizure, but I don't remember it at all.
My boyfriend is also a type 1 diabetic and epileptic. Post-ictal phase is definitely weird! Once he told the paramedics I was his sister (which gave us a good laugh after). For the next day or sometimes even 2 days after a seizure he doesn’t remember much.
Yep. And right before, as well. I have JME and right before I have my seizures, people ask me questions and I tune out. I only remember having my seizure. That's only one example though
Woww, it is such a weird feeling to realize your memory crapped out on you. I have memory problems from damage from electroconvulsive therapy (ECT, they run electricity through your frontal lobe to induce a seizure). I got 12 rounds and have long, mid, and short-term memory loss and problems. Also writing that out I just realized the common element is seizure...
As a trained Lifeguard, I can tell you that until paramedics show up, we need to do everything we can until they show up. That includes getting medical history. That can be really important to what we do next.
That makes sense, especially if the ambulance is delayed. Plus I’m sure any extra information you can pass on to the EMTs can help the patient get proper care faster.
I don’t have any experience like this, but I thought it was def a good call to ask for medical history. What if he’s not coherent by the time they arrive?
@DatingMatis156 I want to ask you a question out of curiosity if you don’t mind, how does the fear of getting AIDS by CPR effect a lifeguard? Do you resume the job after you sign a contract regarding that firstly?
There is soooo much you have to do in saving a person’s life as a lifeguard at a public pool. Critical incident reports, talking to paramedics. Luckily for me, I’ve never had to do it but as I like to say, lifeguarding is saying nononono don’t do that and being constantly being paranoid.
Man this brings back memories, we grew up watching this show and I remember the highlight of my entire childhood was getting to meet them in person and ride around with them
9:17 A few years ago, my blood pressure kept dropping and my mother called an ambulance. As they checked my vitals in the livingroom, they tried to get me into the ambulance as fast as possible without scaring my mother. The hospital is about 8 minutes from my house, 3 or 4 minutes via ambulance. All I remember was bouncing up and down from how hard he was doing sternum rubs, to keep me from losing consciousness. I remember hearing the emt tell the driver, "you really gotta hurry up man!". And he kept telling me, "stay awake Mike, stay awake! If you pass out I'm going to have to give you adrenaline and you don't want that." I continued closing my eyes, but he never gave me adrenaline. Their's a bridge 1 block from the emergency entrance of the hospital. It takes about 10 seconds to get to that entrance from the bridge. But in that moment , it felt like we were on that road for a couple of days. When they wheeled me into the hospital, I thought, "finally, I can sleep". Then all I remember was waking up with a tube in my throat and being connected to so many machines. Their was a nurse sitting next to me reading a magazine. When she noticed that I woke up, she pulled the tube out and it hurt so bad because my throat was soooo dry. But within a day I was back to normal back home. Apparently I suffered from some kind of allergic reaction that day. They gave me a prescription to take 1 pill every day to make sure it never happens again.
I had anaphylactic shock after receiving a lidocaine spray to the throat for an upper GI. I kept telling the nurses that my throat felt swollen, but since I just had a camera down it, they assured me I was fine. I kept feeling dizzy, breathing hurt, and I watched the monitor as some number was dipping down lower and lower. I asked, "Is that normal?" but by then the nurses all thought I was nothing but a problem patient and wouldn't look at where I was pointing. The last thing I remember was looking at my IV and seeing blood flowing back up into the tube. I told my mom, "That doesn't look right." After that, I vaguely recall the sound of alarms going off, but nothing else. Apparently, I stopped breathing, my heart "went erratic" (I am curious how) and my blood pressure bottomed out. The nurses had to invert the bed to make sure blood at least got to my brain, while they pumped air into my lungs and got epinephrine in me, bringing me back from near-death. I woke up to a doctor screaming at my mom, "Why didn't you tell us she was allergic?" and my mom defending, "How could I know she's allergic to something SHE'S NEVER HAD BEFORE?" I had never had lidocaine. Apparently, a severe allergy to that medication is extremely rare, to the point where many doctors have told me "it can't be the lidocaine." For example: ten years later, I was in the operating room, the anesthesiologist was running late, he comes in looking pissed off, looks at my chart, and screams, "NO ONE is f**ing allergic to lidocaine!" I grabbed a nurse by the arm and begged, "Please, PLEASE don't let him give me lidocaine, it's a SEVERE allergy, I almost died last time!" Worst way to go under anesthesia EVER! Yet over the years, most doctors have written it off as "no one is allergic to that" and it's rare for me to find a doctor who goes, "Huh, I didn't know that allergy existed, I'll look into alternatives for you." That's become my own personal litmus test for a GOOD doctor. I mean, when you're 14 and the ER doctor leans into your face and says in a terrifyingly firm voice, "Listen to me, kid. Don't you EVER use anything with lidocaine in it AGAIN, or you might not be coming back next time"..... you listen to the doctor who just saved your life.
True... some little educated fools wants to proof that they are never wrong and their carelessness often costs lifes... and there is noone to sue them...
Thats effed up! I'm used to as a nurse and also as a patient occasionally systematically before even minor operations being asked if there are allergies to anaesthetics, actually lidocaine allergy is not rare at all.
@@parijatsutradhar They are exactly the opposite of "little educated". Only a "little educated fool" would call someone with 10+ years of education in a specific field "little educated". It's because of their education that leads them to believe that. Lidocaine was invented as a hypoallergenic replacement to Novocain, which did have a somewhat common (not non-existent) level of allergic reaction. Anaphylaxis caused by Lidocaine is almost non-existent.
"Okay dad, maybe give your son a hug." THANK YOU. You don't man up your son by invalidating his pain. You actually damage his trust in you and soon you'll be wondering why he hasn't called you in over a month.
FR I mean the kid was just stung by something that’s causing his entire leg incredible pain and you want him to stop crying?? Like stfu if you got stung like that you’d be swearing all over.
As a Surf life saver myself as well as a parent who has treated hundreds of blue bottle stings, kids can often overreact, understandably. This overreaction can not only make the situation worse but a hug is NOT always the answer. Many different techniques may be needed to calm the child and yes sometimes this includes a parent telling their child to calm down or I have even had some tell their child to "cut it out". There was no malice in these words but the only thing that got the childs attention and actually worked to calm them enough for us to actually treat them. Some kids that are so worked up will refuse treatment and thus prolong their pain.
thank you, Thank God there are people who spend their life studying and dedicating their time into helping people (real heroes) just like our life saving teams on our beaches across Australia, and they never ask for nothing in return. and when I say DEDICATE i MEAN dedicate. Cheers
BIg thing to note here: 99% of the time, these guys are handling the medical situations while WAITING for an ambulance. And they often have so many life-threatening or critical situations happening simultaneously that, even when an ambulance arrives, they have to continue helping the patient because the paramedics had a more serious injury to handle first. Also, the Bondi lifeguards are given more specialized training (some of the lifeguards are also paramedics in the off season) so sometimes they ARE qualified to handle the situation, definitely more qualified than the average lifeguard. But they still call an ambulance.
@@KusherK_ no that is a perfectly reasonable reaction to excruciating pain- especially considering that's a CHILD! In this situation you'd want to calm the child down and try to encourage them through it instead of saying a dry "enough". Doing what his father did can make a child feel like they're not being treated seriously, which is especially harmful when they're dealing with a painful and possibly traumatic experience
@@ricegorm Na it's not at all, Been sting by hundreds of blue bottles and so have all me mates growing up the dad knows the kids over reacting aint even that painful
Finally someone that gets it right! I`m a type one diabetic and I was so glad to hear Doctor Mike explain type one correctly and call it what it is, an autoimmune disease! I was born this way and it really is difficult to keep our sugar under control all the time.
As a person that is severely allergic to peanuts, and has experienced a reaction like that woman did, I have MAD respect for her as it kinda feels like you're suffocating in my experience. 😬
Same, like you don't know if your frickin gonna die bc of a simple candy or wtvr and when it happened to me, i just feel my throat kinda bubbling up and swelling and i feel like i cant breathe and then i breathe so hard and right when i breathe out, my throat starts closing again
I used to be severely allergic to wasps - I went through 4 years of desensitizing therapy with wasp poison vaccines- and I got stung thrice, first time I had eczema all over my body. The second time I had a burning feeling in my eyes, ear conducts and nose (inside) but my heart rate was dropping A LOT, when the ambulance came they had to inject 2 doses of intramuscular adrenaline and 2 more on a saline dip and I fainted on the way to the hospital. Third time I was stung I injected my epi-pen as soon as the symptoms started and I was out by the time the ambulance arrived, I spent two days in the ER. Before I was diagnosed, I had this notion that anaphylactic reactions make you feel suffocated but that was never my case. It may also have been exacerbated because I have - diagnosed- hypotension. Worst thing about allergies is that they get worse over time.
I've been a lifeguard at a public pools for 5 years. And last year we had a man drown due to having a seizure while in the water. We were able to save his life thankfully, and there was a male nurse to help out. I was one of the initial responders. Me and the other guards that help this man were awarded plaques by the city because a very nice lady made a huge post about it on Facebook, and it was also probably because 3 other pools had drownings and weren't able to save the victims that week..... It was on the news as well!
When my index finger dislocated (I tripped in a staircase), my immediate instinct was to pull it ! But it didn't work because I didn't know in which direction to apply pressure and pull, and I think muscles tense unconsciously anyway. It didn't cause me pain right away, I started feeling pain an hour or so later while wainting at the hospital. A doctor had to inject my finger with something before succesfully reset my finger bones right.
For some of us that is just day to day life! I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. That hip dislocation? That happens if I sleep wrong. My shoulder came out of socket the other day in the market when I tried to get a watermelon out of the bin. This may be something that he is use to doing. For me dislocations are not that big of a deal because they happen all the time.
@@KitarraChaosWeaver my mom doesn't this condition, but she dislocated her left shoulder more that 8 times and could dislocate by just throwing something If that happens she just pops backs in tho
Watching these make me actually realize how much more we should know about all these basic ones, like the difference between drowning and cardiac arrest on land.
I don’t know if I’ve ever actually seen a video of someone performing CPR on a real person before. I’ve gone through CPR training, at least used to know how deep to go by feel, yet seeing it done properly on a real person was so uncomfortable because it just looks so incredibly deep. I finally understand why doctors emphasize how deep it is, because as a bystander who was uneducated, I can see how one would think that the person performing CPR was doing more harm than good.
Defiantly would recommend watching the rest of the Bondi rescue episodes. We use them in Australia as apart of our First Aid training so you can actually see what it looks like.
Would definitely recommend watching more Bondi Rescue then. They frequently do CPR on both drowning victims and people in cardiac arrest. Sometimes on multiple people at once. It definitely shows what it’s like in real life. They don’t hide how brutal and frantic it is. An example of an interesting case was one where a man was complaining of severe chest pain. The life guards had already called an ambulance and had him attached to a defib in case. And you see him have a heart attack and go from completely conscious to in cardiac arrest within a few seconds. And then brought back to life a few minutes later through CPR and the defib. It’s pretty amazing.
As someone who has a deadly peanut allergy, watching the woman have an allergic reaction was generally terrifying. Just looking at it and the thoughts going through my head of things like ‘that could happen to you’ e.t.c, I have been extremely lucky and have had loads of close calls but watching her reaction was completely unexpected and scary.
100% with you on that. I have a anaphylactic nut allergy and have to be so careful all the time. Thankfully only gone into an allergic reaction once before I knew of the allergy but mum is a nurse and was near as hospital.
I’ve stepped in a sea urchin in Portugal once, I wasn’t givin anything to numb the pain because if I do, the wounds will swell up and it’ll be difficult to pull the spines out. It was a crazy experience actually. There were 7 needles deep in under my foot and I had to go to the hospital. I was in immense pain when they took me to an operating room and just pulled the needles. The crazy bit was I was screaming like hell (BTW I was 13) and they left the door open from the room into the hallway with like 40 people there listening to my loud screams of pain, and they could see me too. I made very uncomfortable eye contact with some very afraid people.
Your first sentence makes no sense. Oral or IV pain meds would not swell your skin. Likely not any novacaine even. It's obviously just their practice to yank them out, it doesn't take that long.
I had an old cat who developed seizure disorders around 18 or 20 yrs old (vet always said aside from the seizures, all his vitals looked like a cat half his age, apparently oriental short hairs age slowly). He'd have his seizure, which was always horrible to see, of course, and every time, a little while after it ended, he'd let out this weird warbling yowl and stare off into space for about 5 minutes, and then he'd try to walk away, but his back legs always needed another minute or two to catch up. Then he'd find the nearest person, curl up next to them and just purr.
yeah my chihuahua is 11 (I think lol) and starting having seizures this year, he had 6 in one night but the vet didn't know what was causing them, we almost put him down but cause he stopped having them so often and like you say would pant, be lost in space, tounge go blue etc etc he'd be fine 10 minutes later, eating, snuggling, walking on the beach etc etc. it's interesting.
@@emirachelnatalie3397 sorry to hear that, it's horrible to watch even when you know they are fully checked out while seizing and aren't actually experiencing it. My vet put the cat on phenobarbital and it helped enormously. Maybe that is an option for you guys. Good luck with your little one!
@@emirachelnatalie3397 My childhood dog also developed seizures (quite early in life though, no one knew why) and it was so awful to watch. All we could really do was sit with him & pet him & talk to him gently so he knew we were there.
Bondi Rescue is a really interesting show. The one where they were doing really slow compressions was something like 15-18 years ago from memory, maybe 2004-2006 time period. It was before CPR protocol was updated in Australia. Also good to know, some of the lifeguards are part time paramedics, part time fire fighters etc. I think one is also a physiotherapist. So some of the things you may see them do are a little more advanced depending on their other job outside of being a lifeguard.
I watched a video where they did a q&a with the lifeguards present for Taka's rescue. when the episode first aired the guidelines for CPR in Australia were different. That's why it appears so slow, they were trained to do it that way. And the training is different from country to country. I remember seeing another episode where they were doing chest compressions at 100 BPM and a foreign doctor kept intervening to tell them to slow down, they had to yell at him to go away lol.
Nearly 20 years ago I did some surf lifesaving training (haven't kept up with it at all), and at the time we were taught two procedures - EAR and CPR. When was EAR withdrawn?
Dr. Mike, I want to say thank you for doing what you do. Last week I cut the top of my hand open and almost severed my tendons. Remembering how you said to put pressure on an open bleeding wound, I was able to lessen the bleeding and prevent further damage(e.i.- my tendons drying out.) The physician who sewn my hand was super awesome so thank you to all those in the medical field!
I love Bondi rescue so much, I have easily spent countless hours watching and rewatching episodes. I recently started watching a lot of Dr. Mike, so this video made me particularly happy. I would absolutely love to see a part 2! Shout out to the hard-working life guards at Bondi (or any other dangerous beaches) that put their lives on the line every day!
When I took CPR classes a few years ago, they showed us the video of the man that was found floating unconscious. They showed it as an example of agonal breathing . I remember they mentioned that the chest compressions were too slow but that it was an older video and that was the recommended speed of chest compressions in Australia at the time it was filmed.
@@jasminespencer2872 for the man at 8:40, it sometimes looks like his mouth is gasping and he is breathing, but this is a spasm and not real effectual breaths. It's called agonal breathing, because of how it appears. Sometimes people can mistake it for 'recovery' and cease CPR, which is not the right thing to do, and this video is a good educational example of what it can look like.
The Post-Ictal phase is such an odd and scary thing to witness. My sister was diagnosed as an epileptic recently, and thankfully she’s on the right meds. It’s weird because she remembers everything that happens during her seizures and describes what’s going on in her head. Honestly sounds terrifying
I am prone to having seizures myself and I take medications to keep them under control. In the post-ictal phase I am extremely tired, my back is extremely sore, my head feels like it's being squeezed in a vise grip, and my legs feel extremely heavy.
When I'm post ictal I pretty much go straight into a panic attack, along with the worst nausea you've ever felt in your life. That and extreme disorientation and confusion and strangely I lose about 30 minutes of memory before it happened. Usually back to normal ish within an hour... It's not pleasant
I just want to add I’ve been a lifeguard for 10+ years and am still a lifeguard today and we are always trained to administer oxygen even if the GID or victim has regained consciousness and attach a pulse ox immediately after they regain consciousness, if the pulse ox reads above 95 you can remove the oxygen but until that point our training tells us to continue oxygen
Ofcourse you can continue giving oxygen but I think he’s refering to the ventilation, you dont want to continue ventilating a patient who can breath on his own
00:58 WOW those life rescue hacks dont turn him to clear the airway! 🤦♂🤣 What dangerous negligent hacks? 03:30 finally clear the airway which may have bene preventing the rescue! 05:00 WOW no vinegar to neutralise the stings, lets just watch it burn out! Glad they arent fire fighters but they have to be smart! so thats good! 09:00 WOW how is that guy employed hes never done a first aid course even? 🤦♂🤣 10:40 first aiders only no drugs allowed! Eppy is maybe the exception!
Okay but I hated how they left him on his back while he was vomiting. He's gonna start breathing once they revive him and then hes just gonna choke on his puke.
As a drowning survivor I would like to mention that you should never go to the beach alone especially in australia which is where I live due to the way that beaches look beautiful and safe it is common for tourists to mistaken waves and calm water for rips I hope this helped and trust me Australia is absolutely beautiful
Here is America I live In Michigan (state that looks like a glove/mitten) close to Lake Michigan. It seems like every year we sadly have drownings from many people from out of state as they don't understand the dangers of the rip currents as well as locals have drowned as well. You can swim in one spot and 5 to 10 miles down the road the water has a new persona. Even locals who have lived in the areas of the Great Lakes for many Generations are always wary of The lakes. The Great Lakes are peace at times but don't let that fool you as they can be Deadly. However Lake Michigan despite being the deadliest of the lakes does give up her dead while Lake Superior (looks like a wolf/dog's head) will never give up her dead as it is more colder than the other lakes. The Song The wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald which is a song by Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot tells the true story about just how deadly and unpredictable that lake is and that. Side note of this is that The ship if it was empty would have made it to Whitefish Bay.
No INCORRECT!!! you should NEVER go to the beach and swim when there are no LIFEGUARDS!!! I have learnt that the hard way TWICE unfortunately. First time 5 people drowned and died and lucky me got to witness it all including all the bodies. And second time I was pulled out of the water by a lifeguard when I had just blacked out. It's not fun.
@@rileybell7125 and you are incorrect also. Drowning is separated into 2 categories - Drowning leading to death, And drowning where you actually survive. I know this because I literally got into this same argument 2 days ago so I looked.
Doctor Mike, watching your face while Aussies be Aussies is priceless! They're a whole different kind of people, when most everything in your country is trying to kill you there's no point sweating the small stuff. New Zealand has a version of this show called Piha Rescue, you should check that out too!
my little sister has the same allergy to cold water. and she totally had an anaphylactic reaction.we had an eppypen for her now. she hasn't had a reaction in a long time but totally crazy.
(Edit below) From an EMT, If someone stops breathing DON’T start chest compressions immediately! Check their pulse first please! If they don’t have a pulse, go in to compressions. If they do, just give them air. Please don’t do compressions on someone with a heart beat! I love your videos, Dr Mike and obviously you know this. But the advice was a little confusing here. Edit: A few people have made a very good point that my advice is solely for people in the medical field. If you have no experience in detecting a pulse, then start compressions no matter what.
As an ICU Physical Therapist and Lifeguard, I totally agree. But they keep that information for Healthcare professionals who are trained to find a pulse and give the 10 Rescue breaths. An average civilian trained in cpr may lose precious time trying to identify if the victim has or doesn't have a pulse. So if unsure start Chest Compressions!!
I think its appropriate to tell laymen to start chest compressions immediately. From what i have heard, laymen sometimes mistakenly think there is a pulse because they are stressed, and feel their own pulse. The damage of not doing chest compressions when its necessary far outstrips the damage of doing unnecessary chest compressions.
This is incorrect information. The recommendation for BLS is not to check for a pulse, but to start chest compressions in case of inadequate breathing pattern.
My first week lifeguarding (indoor pool) someone ran on the pool deck, slipped, and *sliced their tricep open on a tile stair way*. Blood everywhere, trauma for the guy and everyone who cried, vomited, and fainted that day (it was a two dollar swim day, very popular among families, and young teenagers who had the day off and not a ton of money to spend) I think I used 2/3 of my life guard and CPR training with the exception of the defib that day. Good welcome to the party 😂
It's ALWAYS the discount days when people get seriously hurt. Well, almost always. I had a girl accidentally kick a grate at a birthday party, and she pretty cleanly sliced off the first several layers of skin on her toe and foot. She was fine to be released, but I did not envy her. Same thing happened to an older gentleman on an average Tuesday, except he had that thing where you don't really feel pain. So he'd been swimming and walking around before he realized he was bleeding excessively. Happened like 20 minutes before my shift started. I walk in and they're bleaching all the blood off the deck, like, "What the hell did I miss?"
Just last week we had a guy who was sliding around the shower area in the changing room and severed a tendon in his leg on the edge of one of our benches… I was just relieved I can’t go into the mens changing room so the guys had to deal with it ngl He was actually really calm and we didn’t know how serious it was but he did need surgery of course
Taka’s rescue and resuscitation was one of the craziest ones on the show to me. Seeing the spasms was so shocking to me but appreciate the unfiltered look into how medical emergencies can look so different
When I took a class called “responding to emergencies”, we learned about blue bottle stings and were taught to remove all tentacles, rinse with salt water, not vinegar. And then ice it.
Basically similair concept, they probably told you salt water because that is more available in those situations than vinegar, icing it in the end works in both cases I think. So you can do both, it's just that a lot of times you don't have some vinegar lying around while salt water goes hand in hand with jellyfish stings And as for the reply, peeing on it is a myth
That dad was trying to give his son strength, and an anchor. You have to understand healthy father-son relationships: the son looks up to and always wants to make his father proud. So a father that gives you reason to impress, for example "that's enough" to a son that screams in pain, can give the son strength and motivation to push through thanks to how pumping adrenaline can work differently depending on mindset. For example, pushing through pain and suffering, which in turns promotes the painkilling mechanism of adrenaline. It's also an AU dad, but that's besides the point.
The post ictal phase is exactly why my son had a service dog. His actually looked very similar to this mans seizures, and anytime he came out of one, he would be anxious and confused and scared during the 'pause' as he calls them lol. he out grew them thankfully. but his dog angel was an amazing girl, and could tell how much he needed her anytime he had an episode.
Yep! Mine dislocates multiple times a week (I have a medical condition where my joints dislocate regularly). And it always just slips back in after a bit of a bend and push!
I've been a lifeguard for almost 6 years now and I love that you've made a video on this! it's so hard sometimes knowing that I can't do anything else for someone while waiting for paramedics and is part of the reason I'm becoming a doctor myself! Also, I'm now certified to teach and I hope that I can do my part to prevent those from drowning :)
My friend dislocated his knee in the same way by running into his chair and his mom walked by, sat him down and popped it right back in immediately! It looked rlly weird
You would be surprised how many well-paying medical specialties are only chosen by the handful of weirdos in medical school who AREN'T disgusted or just put off by them, and that tiny group of strange people literally become ALL of the docs in that specialty. E.g., urology.
I like that at 9:50 after he said what he does and seemed more complicated he went back and explained how their position can also be tougher than his position. I really appreciated that he didn’t make himself seem better but explained both sides.
WIth the epilepsy, my dog went through a phase of getting fits and I always gave him lots of soft praise and pets when he woke up to ease his confusion.
The fact that Bondi rescue is a very famous Australian show, and when Dr mike posted this I completely felt honoured! I’m only 12 and I find his videos so soothing and factual, his dad jokes and his facts makes this channel very approachable to kids, I am evidence to this fact. He is like that fun uncle everyone wants 💞
Small important note: bagging a patient with O2 isn’t indicated just based on pt consciousness, it’s also about the rate/quality of breaths. And suctioning and giving breaths isn’t always an easy balance in 911. Hard to tell from the video what his respiration rate was though. Anyway, just little details. Your videos are fantastic!
you do not know the good you are doing by explaining these things, you may think you know, there are too many facebook/reddit doctors here, THANK YOU SO MUCH MIKE
8:20 I loved the way he phrased it. "Gently" This happened to me once, and There's no gentle way about fixing it. And my doctor said, this is gonna hurt, so brace for it. I almost swore at him haha
when I had my shoulder dislocated I thought putting it back would be painful af, so when the doctor told me I´m gonna be feeling "pressure" I was like "yeah right, and the excrutiating pain too" - but, to my very big surprise, it almost didn´t hurt (except the last part when it jumped back to place). But a knee might be different, thankfully I don´t know :D
@@okayy8226 the pain is significantly reduced after its back in place. but it does require a few weeks to return to the sports. However, from my personal experience, dislocated kneecap is nowhere near the pain of Torn ACL MCL and Meniscus. I have grade 3 tear in all 3 of em after multiple falls during football matches (aka soccer for others). I can still walk after recovering from the sudden shock, but the pain starts after a few hrs and its full-on hell. If its just the same level of pain constantly, its still fine (not exactly fine but still), but in this case, its a pulsing kinda pain and its just too much to and our knee's range of movement is significantly reduced.
I was a ARMY deep sea diver for 20 years and have seen things like this, good stuff, I have also been stung by a box jelly and that is no joke. Worst pain I have ever felt and it lasts for weeks.
i remember whent swimming and came out of the water with a few small cuts like not connected to eachother was in water with jellies would i have been stung
It wasn't a box jellyfish. If it was the kid would be bellowing for *days* in agony which is impervious to *all* painkillers including pethidine. Box jellyfish are much further north than Sydney, right up in the tropics past Townsville. This is a "bluebottle" jellyfish. I was completely wrapped, pretty much head to toe, in bluebottle tentacles (Portuguese Man-o-war) and it stung a fair bit but it wasn't anywhere near as painful as the kid seems to be expressing (that's why dad is like: "dude") but he's a kid so I'm not holding it against him or anything. Vinegar immediately killed the pain. They sprayed it on the moment I got out of the water. 5 minutes later I was throwing frisbees.
@@aarondavis8943 i mean this was a child,probably not even 10yo. It was the worst pain he experienced in his whole life, of course he was screaming. An adult has many more experiences and a frame of reference for different levels of pain and how to express them and manage the feeling of pain
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@@Vortex04707Hello sir
G'day Doctor Mike! Our lifeguards always do their best in the most critical of situations. If you're ever Down Under, you're always welcome at Bondi 🤙 Important to note that some of these situations depict CPR methods that are over 10 years old, check in with your local first aid training centre on the latest resuscitation methods!
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Deadset, lifeguarding is so much more than just what happens in the water! It's about making sure beachgoers get home safely after having fun in the sun 🥲
Honoured to be the third :(
@@RealLifeRescue Completely agree! Honestly, life guards should be respected more because to me, they’re not as respected as much (please, i dont want to start an arguement)
whats good mate
Just wanted to add, that this show has been running since 2006, and guidelines and training were different back then-especially for CPR. The lifeguards do as they are trained and their practices change over the years to fit the updated guidelines. Also, training is different from country to country so what you see as a mistake might be what they're taught to do.
Yeah that slower CPR scene specifically is super old - probably before the guidelines were updated
It also depends on their scope of practice. I know in California, for example, lifeguards have similar training to EMT's, yet here in Ontario, they've got CPR and AED training with water rescue courses, spinal and neuro stabliziation and transport training, among a few other things.
That doesn’t mean it’s right tho
At the time, it was.
@@autumnlove96able But at the time that was considered right.
These Bondi dudes and dudettes are amazing. Yes, they may not do everything perfectly but they save thousands of lives every year! And whilst not seen in this video the way they read the surf and get people in is amazing!
I respect Dr Mike and believe he did not mean anything wrong but it's a bit lame to critique them when they don't do everything perfectly because a) at the state of emergency you don't remember everything because it's not a pleasant surrounding for anyone and b) like he said you have limited resources to work with
@@nbassasin8092 especially when they're not EMS, they're lifeguards. just doing what theyre trained to do
100% agree, they are super empathetic and are super nice, trying their best to rescue as many people with the knowledge they have
heheheh dudettes. adding this to my list of favourite words.
@@nbassasin8092 He's critiquing them so that people who watch this video aren't misled to think that they're doing everything perfectly, and make the same mistakes in a similar situation.
I love how he’s actually a doctor and not one of those fake ones who give u fake tips! Because when I found out that my sister had something called epilepsy or something like that which you could have a seizure at any moment my mom told me to turn her on her side and to give her medicine so Ty I learn a lot from u!
Turning her on her side is actually correct, you just can't restrain her. Both my daughter and I are epileptic.
@@ladywolf_9454that’s literally what they said?
@@ladywolf_9454I’m epileptic too! Whenever people find out I have seizures, it’s always “oMg wHaT Do I dO iF yOu hAvE a SeIzUrE?!”
turning her on her side is the correct method! it’s because people having seizures can involuntarily vomit, and if they’re lying on their back, they can inhale that vomit, which is called aspiration and can be deadly. don’t try to put anything in someone’s mouth while they’re seizing, either. they can choke on it, but also, they could potentially bite down on your fingers.
if your sister has a seizure, turn her on her side and try to cushion her head, and don’t try to restrain her or put anything in her mouth. you’re a good sibling for wanting to learn whatever you can to help your sister. 🩷
You should definitely do that 😭
An Aussie saying "mate" has got to be one of the most soothing things to hear when your anxious about your medical issue. That or "love"/"hun".
An Ausse saying "mate" has got to be one of the most soothing things to hear when your anxious about your medical issue. That or "love"/"hun".
An Aussie saying "mate" has got to be one of the most soothing things to hear when your anxious about your medical issue. That or "love"/"hun"
It's always the endearment with the accent, it's really so comforting
An Aussie saying “mate” has got to be on of the most soothing things to hear when your anxious about your medical issue. That or “love”/“hun”.
What they said
Man, that father telling his kid ”enough” while in excruciating pain broke my heart. Poor boy
He did console him though at least, but he knows his son more than we do. His son was in pain, but maybe he was being a bit overdramatic, some kids (and adults) are seriously like that.
only the people who got stung will =know that pain is awful that kid was no exaggerating at all . its the worst
@@justmichaNW the father he knew they were helping him, maybe he was scared too. He did care at least. Maybe the boy was not overreacting, but maybe his father said that because he did not want his son to panick even more.
If I remember correctly, it was revealed later that the boy was autistic, hence why the family underestimated the pain.
@@justmichaNW And only a parent understands how to deal themselves and their children in a stressful situation. He was concerned, but knew his son in good hands, that they were doing their best to help him. I truly do not believe he was trying to be callous.
I was a lifeguard and watching cpr still gives me chills. That first time you do it and you feel the cracking of the persons chest is unforgettable
CRACKING?!?!?!
Fixing a serious problem whith a small problem that then gets fixed usually whith no problem
@@hanikazuha better to break a rib than lose a life, im in lifeguard training/a volunteer lifeguard. we do cpr for babies, children and adults, mannequins obviously tho
Yea whenever I watch these I get so worried about my body and I get scared
@@strikechord Often times, but I would not define that with "correctly". Breaking ribs (in reality, often the cartilage between the ribs and sternum) is not an indicator, in itself, of correct or incorrect CPR. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't. But correct depth and rate can be achieved without the result of broken ribs. Age, size, and strength of the victim make a difference too. I just tell people not to pay too much mind to it. If it happens or not, acknowledge and move on.
- EMT and CPR instructor
Thank you to everyone that has saved, attempted to save, or is training to save lives! I am nowhere near doing that for a living. I have been a teacher for about 10 years and have had mandatory CPR training twice through two different jobs. I hope more jobs make this a priority! I really enjoy watching your videos, Dr. Mike!
As a lifeguard for over 6 years ive treated a lot of these symptoms before and helped a lot. From doing CPR on drowned victums to spinal injuries off diving boards. A lot of people think its just the 'teen lazy job'. And for the 70-80% of the time, yeah, we look like we arent doing much but we have to be constantly aware of everyone in the body of water. And there is a surprsing amount of training, I like that this show doesnt gloss over a lot of things. WHile yes we arent doctors and we dont have as much qualifications we can keep someone going long enough for EMS to get there. Its honestly a wonderful feeling knowing you saved someone and having them come back to thank you.
Lots of medical and rescue ppl seem to be "not doing anything" a lot of the time. But what I realized is: as long as they seem very lazy and relaxed, everything is fine. Them being busy is a baaaad sign :D
What about when at a water park I saw a kid maybe 8-10 years old in the wave pool almost drowning and barely clinging on for dear life to the edge to get back to the shallow end and the lifeguard is just whistling at him to get away from the edge and die. So maybe not all lifeguards should be defended
@@Merumya I am a security guard, not a medical professional, but it's very much the same thing in my field. I tell people, "If I look like I'm bored out of my mind, then today is a good day. If I seem busy, someone's probably having a bad day."
Same with all people who work in emergency, relaxing day, nothing happens, boom... you are the most important people in the world.
Honestly, it has never bothered me when anyone who works in any kind of emergency/lifeguard/guard etc job have an easy day, that means life is ok. The day these people do what they were trained for, that's is when you step to the side and let them do their job. Don't take instagram pictures, don't run up to the situation and try to make viral posts somewhere just because you were there. Let the people who have trained for this situation through so they can save lives.
I remember I heard about a drowning incident close to where I live, and the police came out afterward to criticize the people who were there. This poor person who was near drowning was immediately surrounded by people with phones, the ambulance could barely make it to him due to the massive crowd. And unlike Austrlia, I live in Northern Europe, even in the summer our waters are considered cold.
imagine that they don't come back and thank you
As an American who loves watching Bondi Rescue, I never hear other Americans talking about it and it hurts my heart. It’s such an amazing show with lifeguards who absolutely love their jobs. Maybe now that you’ve talked about this show, other people will get behind it and make it popular worldwide.
for some reason i used to watch it at my grandmas lmao, and i’m welsh. is it still running?
@@YouHadMeAtHalo idkk, their youtube channel still runs but, i think the show has stopped new production
Yaaa same. Ive only recently gotten into them, like during 2021 and i wishhh people knew about bondi, its suchh an amazing show and soo informative.
Mate in Australia its on at 6 everyday
Yeah their videos pop up randomly and then I catch my self watching all of the videos lol
For those wondering, the green whistle is Methoxyflurane, a non-opioid pain reliever. It is an analgesic used by medical practitioners, the defence forces, ambulance paramedics, sports clubs and surf lifesavers to administer emergency pain relief. It's non-addictive and simple to administer, making it an excellent choice for situations where fast-acting and uncomplicated relief is needed.
Is it expensive?
@@xeryus3357 not in Australia. It’s covered under our health system
Sadly it was discontinued in the US in 1999. Probably not enough profit in it.
😯 GIMMIE
@@nrdalrt15 Because putting lethal street drugs in the hands of children is far more profitable.
Our pharmaceutical industry is a disease.
Dr Mike: "Why do people go in the ocean? Just hang out on shore!"
Australian fauna: "LOL, do you think you'll be safe there?"
I truly don’t think people really realize how much lifeguards really go through. I was a guard for 4 years before the literal worst day of my life, when one of my childhood close friends, who was a highly accomplished swimmer, had a heart attack while I was on the stand. I was the one who pulled him from the water and literally couldn’t fathom what was happening, despite having performed saves in the past. We performed cpr on him until EMS arrived, and 4 days later he passed due to complications with his brain.
I don’t think people realize that, while incredibly gratifying and like a sigh of relief to be able to have a survivor be able to thank you, it is deeply impactful when you lose a victim. I think we probably take it harder than trained medical pros, particularly while working at places where rescues aren’t as common, since we (hopefully) don’t experience losses as often. Every time something like that happens I believe lifeguards are often shoved to the backs of peoples minds when they think about those affected by victim losses. Medical pros are trained to be able to compartmentalize victim losses, and while lifeguards who have experienced multiple losses may be able to as well, we really are putting so much on the shoulders of teens and young adults (and anyone else who is a lifeguard) when they put on their uniforms, while often not giving them the credit (or sometimes mental/physical care) they deserve. (Though my case may be different considering he was my only loss and was a close friend… idk, I hope this all makes sense…)
😔😔
Yeah, I used to work ambulance. Did CPR a few times, never successfully.
Everyone: oh how terrible that he got stung 😮
Dr. Mike: “It’s actually really cool how this happenes”
It looked lik ehe got stung on the inside of his legs, the very most sensitive spot, and his dad was like..."enough of that mate." ???? Let me let a jellyfish sting you on the balls man and see if you aren't yelling and crying at the top of your lungs
Ikr
Dr mike be all "patient" to see what happens which is what i like the most
Dad telling kid to cool it, and kid just can’t. I know that feel.
I saw that part and was laughing so hard.
FYI some of these Bondi Rescue eps are from 15yrs ago - we’ve learned a lot about CPR since then. Also the good thing about having the cameras is that the resusses are reviewed after with lifeguards to improve technique.
I think they rarely show the old ones anymore but UvU Bondi rescue 4 life
i love watching the videos from the folks at bondi... that first video, they did take him to the hospital (as they should) and later, he came back to the beach to thank the lifeguards and watched the video of him being saved! he was very grateful.
8:36 As someone who has dislocated their kneecap before, I can confirm that the pain drops almost instantly. It hurts at like an 8 or 9, spikes to 10 when it first pops in, then drops to barely a 1 a second or two later.
My friend dislocated their knee once, Im 12 and I ran about an hour or two back to my mom's house since my mom and dad are divorced, my mom's house was the closest, not the best idea thinking about all the creeps that could take advantage of her in that state, thank god a nice man was protecting her from weirdos when me and my mom were back. She went to the hospital and got her knee popped back, she's better now and laughs about it, it wasn't funny to me since I have asthma.
I have a condition that makes my joints dislocate with no reason and my left knee cap pops three times a day at least and it's so painful I can pass out. The relief of the pop back in is so good!
That look extremely painful 😭
As a guy who can ONLY relate to this one particular “dislocation”, I am also a victim of getting both of mine dislocated. Agree with every statement 110% , one of the worst types of pain. Idk what would be worse but I’m sure it’s something. Luckily I didn’t have to go to the hospital both times, because I got my aunt to push it back over on both incidents and somehow she did it correctly? Bc it stopped instantly but could’ve been much worse since I obviously didn’t go to the ER.
@Baywooclay p
The fact that doctor Mike is a literal doctor, one of the most time consuming jobs you can have, and he STILL makes time to consistently make quality content for us is absolutely top tier
He's a part-time doctor, it's not that time consuming. If anything I'd imagine his media work is far more time consuming!
@@callum9999 what?
@@Totallyacat-meow What part of that sentence are you having trouble with? He works part time as a Family medicine doctor, it's not one of the most time consuming jobs you can have.
@@callum9999 if i was rich like him, i might work part time as well.
@@Totallyacat-meow He's a family doctor who runs his own practice. Meaning he has flexibility in his schedule since he's essentially his own boss.
I just have to say, as an epileptic, the first time I ever had a seizure was so wild. I had two in the span of two hours, the second being in the ER right before I was to be discharged. I fell off the bed because they didn’t put the rails up, opened a gash in my eyebrow that needed 14 stitches, and had to be restrained afterward by 8 grown men (mind you I’m 5’3 lol) since they had to get me on a backboard to get me back on the bed due to the possibility of spinal damage from the fall. I was incredibly aggressive, screaming and fighting against everyone while having no clue what was going on, and my mom tells me it was the scariest thing she had ever seen. And the craziest part is that I have absolutely no recollection of it. So yeah, the post-ictal phase truly is a strange time. 😅
i had a seizure of my own reading that. *8* GROWN MEN? fighting a 5’3 person? it just kept coming and coming. What an interesting story! hope you recovered well :)
Thats crazy, i dont remember mine either, after i was hospitalized they had the rails locked and a bed alarm on, which i learned the hard way when i wanted to pee lol. P.s. bed alarms are sooooo loud
I hope you sued the hospital. The rails should never be down that's malpractice and you got injured
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@@yorukage5926 This can be a tricky situation in some places. Where i live there is a law against restraining people without their consent. And having bed rails up is a form of restraining and is not allowed without the patient's consent. Maybe that's why the rails were up. We don't know the whole story behind it so we can't really judge.
Aussies are all so calm in these situations, including the ones who are hurt. I found it funny how the guys finger was dislocated and he was just showing it off HAHA
They're used to giant insects and 150lb prehistoric birds.
@@wetube6513 Well, no, these people are not calm because they're Australian and are "used to it". They're not calm at all, it's called "shock", every animal has their shock response to an injury. Some humans responses are to be indifferent and lackluster emotion.
Staying calm is important. For the injured it keeps bloodflow down to reduce bleeding and for responders it helps making proper decisions. Panicking doesn't help. Things need to be done thoroughly and properly and not rushed.
@@tobomau shut up dude I’m Australian and everyone I know is so calm and once an American came to visit my friend a a party and this huge funnel web came along and only the American freaked can you explain that?
@@markzed3555 That's a very un-calm reactions of yours right there.
13:03 As a type 1 diabetic, just wanted to note that low blood sugar doesn’t ONLY result from patient error or overdosing. There can also be other, less manageable, factors like very high/low temperatures, exercise, illness, etc.
It’s not always the patient’s fault
My oldest brother's type one, never the best managing it as a kid but got better and eventually developed genetic juvenile Ankylosing Spondylitis and genetic Crohn's tied to the condition and had severe aggression, depression and other issues tied to it also and so I can confirm this! Well, OK he was always one to eat and drink mainly fries, chips, nuggets, soda, pizza and just about every unhealthy bit of the overly stereotypical American diet in a lot of shows and movies, not really exercise and be held up in his room on his PC! However, that doesn't excuse underlying factors screwing with it as they do with everything else!
I’m also a type 1 diabetic. I might take a correct dose of insulin, and in half an hour I’ll have low blood sugar. Also, I was diagnosed on Christmas
Well duh
Im also type 1 diabetic , it often often happens that due to very high temperatures or generally high, maybe lot of sun, my blood sugar decreases quite fast, apart from that, being in the beach doing sports also decreases it so if you combine both of them toguether... well ;)
a friend of mine is type 1 diabetic, and (if i remember correctly) sometimes her body will actually produse a bit of insulin, so if she has already taken insulin, it will become a bit too much, and she gets low blood sugar
“Zach shut up it was only a whole jelly fish on your entire leg”
- best dad of the year
So true
I wonder if it was the dad who get stung then the kid told the same thing lol
@@Hello-r5s lol
“Zach shut up it was only a whole jelly fish on your entire leg”
- best dad of the year
Bro he's just a kid would you like to be stung by a jellyfish?
"Timmey I like your wording but I know it's not gonna be gentle" 🤣🤣
CPR has changed repeatedly in the last 10 years. Number of compressions, when to bag, when to shock, etc. Constant CPR training is a must.
Great video!
In Australia at least you need mandatory CPR training every 12 months to maintain a valid accreditation for it.
@Yoshi278 you are wrong
@@josephplays3317 I can't tell if YT deleted my comment because it had a link. But I am correct, first aid is valid 3 years and CPR is 12 months. Please just google this yourself.
Also you are a literal child posting roblox videos. You need to be 13+ to have a TH-cam account.
I went into this dearly hoping you wouldn’t rip into Bondi Rescue too harshly, and the damage wasn’t as bad as I thought it’d be so thank you for that. It was interesting seeing someone else’s view on it
Exactly, and the one time the compressions were low was on an old episode with an old lifeguard who had been there for ages. Proud of my aussies 🥲
ye 2 loves collide. but as an aussie who binges it i felt protective of bondi rescue
@@catm2454 Right?!
As someone who watches the show regularly I can also confirm 9 times out of 10 there is an Ambulance being called. Generally whoever is guarding the tower will call an an ambulance. Also our CPR techniques have changed alot over 10 years some of techniques shown here is based on old information. The lifeguards are also trained in more advanced first aid also
Its good to have that perspective and its also good for Doctor Mike to say what the current procedures are so the viewers know how to help if they ever have to give cpr and know how to effectively give cpr in different situations like drowning
Yes, I am in Australia and this is the best show to watch at 6pm 👍🦘😎
Yes, he's quite judgemental of their procedures but some of the lifeguards are actually also trained paramedics, and there's an ambulance being called almost always.
Something kinda related to this when I was 3 or 4 I was eating fish sticks and I started having an allergic reaction and so my mom went to the store to buy something like medicine and my dad called her and said that my face was swelling up so my mom rushed me to the emergency room and they made me drink some medicine and I threw up on them and they did the test and could not figure out what I was allergic to and on the ride there my lip was touching my nose and my throat was swelling a lot so I’m 9 now good thing that I’m okay but we don’t know if I’m allergic to aspirin or what ever is in fish sticks and one time in second grade some kid thought I was lying about it he shoved fish sticks near my face but nothing happened and he was in big trouble
I watch regularly also, I suspect he's really saying that for the benefit of us. Not necessarily judging those lifeguards, at least it seemed that way for me.
As an Australian I’ve only been stung by a bluebottle once when I was about that young boys age age it was only a small section of my foot and I screamed just as much as that young boy, bless him he is so brave😢❤😢❤
In Australia, the emergency services number is triple zero.
Also, as others have mentioned, some of the episodes are over ten years old, so the procedures may seem dated.
000 always works for me :3
It's amazing how much can change in 10 years! These lifeguards are amazing!
@@Tn-qr1kb gg
@@moonl1314 ok
@@Tn-qr1kb medicual
Anyone who's ever tried to give a kid medication knows the little guy who got stung was in a lot of pain. He was taking the meds before the life guard even fully explained how it would help. 😄
Kid was, "GIVE IT TO ME!!!"
Don’t speak for everyone’s kids
@@themachine9000 😂😅😂 It's You Tube, try not to get butthurt.
@@opieutt9038 it’s just super patronizing that’s all. Because he’s a kid he has to hate medicine? No.
what did they give to the kid? Can I have some?
I’ve been stung by a blue bottle before, and I hurts like hell. Props to that little kid. He took the pain well for his age.
Edit: wow never gotten this many likes before
Edit 2: I love everybody’s story’s and suggestions!
One thing I always tell tourists when they ask as a beach guard is to not touch those even though they are pretty. If it’s colorful and pretty it’s probably dangerous. You have no idea how many people don’t know especially kids
@@chloewangensteen7660 ESPECIALLY in Australia, I've seen people pick up a blue ringed octopus
One time some guy got a loose blue bottle stinger and threw it in a kiddie pool and some kid got stung real bad
@@flunty. Nah that's messed up..
@@chloewangensteen7660 wowza another chlochlo
Dr Mike, with respect my man, these surf life savers are highly trained (they are not lifeguards, a surf life saver is very different) and more than capable of saving lives (as they’ve done many times) whilst waiting for an ambulance to arrive (which yes, can take quite a while in certain areas). Often in Australia we are surfing, swimming, etc in highly remote locations and these guys are all we’ve got until a helicopter arrives from the city and I’d trust them with my life in the meantime. Their actions are often the thing between life and death in the moment, not the paramedics who simply often arrive too late but of course do well to stabilise the patient after all the commotion is over. (Also paramedics have no idea how to actually rescue you safely from the surf first without getting themselves killed too in the process).
I'm an EMT and the one person with a dislocated hip I saw was incredibly chill.
He claimed to have 3 out of 10 pain, really just a bit of discomfort.
Never screamed the entire transport while his hip/leg was all fucked up.
It was wild.
I have a genetic disorder called EDS which can cause things to dislocate much more easily. It still hurts, but often it isn't quite as extreme or unbearable. It oftentimes goes undiagnosed. I wonder if that could be an explanation as to how she remained so calm. Either, way, she was tough as nails.
@@Zippy15 I was going to comment as an EDSer too 👍😊
ive seen a couple, actually all one after the other in the same day, all screaming violently in pain. one after bowling, the other face down in a parking lot.
I recall a story of a family with an extreme level of pain tolerance. Their nearby hospital knew them well, so when they came in and said something was a 3 or 4/10, they rushed them to any available physician/ICU immediately. It was really interesting because they'd come in with a metal spike through their arm and say it's like a 3/10.
As someone who has experienced a variety of pain, I’m able to psych myself out by concentrating on other things.
There’s also evidence that redheads have a higher tolerance to pain. And I believe it.
Can confirm those jellyfish stings hurt like absolute hell. The worst part is the pain doesn’t fade but stays at a solid 10 until you deal with it. Had one stings me all across my arm and stomach. Easily the worst pain I’ve ever felt. Poor kid!
Yeah, and the spot becomes itchy minutes after the pain.
@@mollygriffin5474 That's cause it's healing
@@mollygriffin5474 whenever something heals it itches
There was one tourist on the show who got a stinger direct on the meat & 2 veg (as the voiceover called it).
One thing that you should *never under any circumstances* do to treat a jellyfish sting is urinate on the wound. This is an old wives tale that has been disproven.
As a former lifeguard it’s amazing how well drowning victims respond to CPR. I was brought back myself from drowning at 5 years old after over 11 minutes under water.
Oh my, brave you! I can imagine how a job as a lifeguard would be. Hard, intense…
@TrainedACEprob
@TrainedACE10 minutes without oxygen causes brain damage
@@TheComebackKing20 They might’ve been lucky enough to not get any major brain damage, or recovered well. Either way, it’s great to know they survived. 👍
I have epilepsy and you are spot on the seizures. Before, during, and after certain types like this man. I still can have ones where it's confusing once out of it. I've never thrown anything or gotten angry after them though. Generally if I had fallen down the first thing to pop up in my mind is if my glasses are ok.
As someone who’s had 6 knee dislocations I can confirm. When it’s out it hurts A LOT but as soon as you put it back in it hurts for like 2 seconds and the pain just stops. The worst big after is the swelling and stiffness.
platella dislocation? or knee disloaction?
yea i dislocated my knee like 3 times in total and it hurt a ton for like that short amount of time, and you literally can’t walk at all. it honestly sucks.
When I was a teenager my knees would pop out all the time. I’d just have to sit on my leg in just the right (or wrong) angle and when I’d try to get back up, and instantly fall back to the floor in sheer agony for a few seconds until I felt things snap back in place. The relief was instant. Just a bit of stiffness and minor inflammation. I was a very scrawny waif of a kid back then so I honestly think I just didn’t have tissue enough to keep my knee in place and it sort of wandered a bit when bent at certain angles. Now I don’t have that issue. Plenty of padding to spare! 😆
Definitely not my experience mine went out after a skateboarding accident popped it back into place myself and I hurt like hell the entire time it would pop back out periodically too ended up needing surgery cause I stretched the muscles holding the knee beyond what physical therapy could fix still not the same to this day
Same has happened to me it’s the worst feeling and once that happens twice it’s more prone to happen again
On the person having the epileptic seizure: Dr. Mike says, that they can be extremely aggressive after the seizure is over. This is 100% correct. Experienced it once myself. Helped the guy though the seizure and once he had recovered and I asked him to sit down and chill for a while and told him what had happened, he did not believe me and wanted to beat me up!
I have a friend who I've had to hold through seizes dozens of times. They're bad enough sometimes i have to push his tongue in his mouth and always make sure he's breathing, but they're common enough that it's just habit now..."Oh, this again." One of the first times, he looked at me with what i can only imagine was a hyper-depersonalized perspective. He was bug-eyed and just frozen, as he started to come back, he looked at me, who had been holding him for minutes now, and just started screaming, pushed me off and ran to the corner to fetal. We actually talked about it recently, how I now can prompt him the moment he comes back, I see it in his eyes..unglazing and how he's improved his ability to handle the transition to where there's no fear anymore, he knows what he's losing. Like a dmt dive ;P.
At this point in life, he just accepts whatever I says happened on the outside during the event, and he's also gotten really good at handling the jarring transitions, taking him a fraction of the time to process and reintegrate. He was always well-adapted to that sort of transition, having suffered what was apparently DID due to traumatic experience.
Violence in those situations is fear, it has to be. It's hard to explain derealization, or hyper-stimulation, or any number of things people can suffer. But, from my experience, you're reduced to your base function. It'd be like sleep paralysis, but of the mind. You know when you actually move the ball, that feeling, that thought. The thought that is alone moving the ball, not other thoughts. Imagine losing the ability to perform those thoughts. You know your body can move, so you fear the fact it won't, because you don't understand the mechanism. You know your mind can think thoughts, that you can do 2+2=4, you know that you nkow your name, you know that you know what humans and animals are, but you can't. In this moment, all that knowing you know is wrapped up in, "I am so confused, nothing is what I know, what did I know again?" You don't even remember what it was you trusted, what it was you thought you knew. You literally cannot. Life is a picasso painting and everything you relied on has been exploded into that perception. We stand up, that required so much awareness of the world...even that is made impossible...and there's the prospect this is the new forever, with no explanation...
Now..... I could imagine a particularly bad variant of schizophrenia leaving you in a perpetual state like this...
@@GRAYgauss you're a hero for handling all that 😁
Can second this, am epileptic myself, diagnosed 15 years ago. It’s awful, I nearly attacked a paramedic after my first ever seizure because he wanted to take my bloods to do a glucose level. They got my mum (I was 13) to show me that it didn’t hurt, still wouldn’t let them do it 🥴
@@GRAYgauss holy moly, you’ve hit the nail on the head on what exiting a seizure is like. Not even I could explain it that well! 💖
@@NubsWithGuns Hrm, well I'm the one there, watching and measuring over years, as well as getting input on his internal experience. He literally just recovers more quickly. This isn't a one off measurement, I have the experience of watching someone who seizes multiple times a day for years improve in the direction he believed in. I saw it not only reduce in frequency, but intensity. I saw him go from unable to integrate multiple personalities, to none of them ever percolating up again. (Which I'm sure will only be impossible to you.)
I know where your statement comes from, but before I believe a science so poorly understood thrown at me without any self-thought, I'll think for myself. I watched it happen, you can't tell me it's not possible because a book told you otherwise. Especially when you're in the stage of believing parotted facts rather than breaking down the functional systems and understanding why. I'm not saying you're wrong, but to be so rigid in thought, will be to your detriment. I'm sure your fact goes in most cases, but I saw something firsthand that I can explain with my own theories, that to me, proves that's an over-simplification. It makes sense to me that most people can't do anything about seizing, but it doesn't make sense to me that means nothing can be done. It also makes sense it was nothing out of my friend's will that enabled him to overcome it. Turns out though, every day things happen that will betray your rigid expectations if you can't take abstractions and generalize, instead only overfitting.
If you can get hit over the head with a beer bottle as a jock and come out a fractal savant, I'm going to assume a brain can seize can stop seizing one day. Now it's a different story to force your brain to stop, it could be construed as luck. There's just so many angles where to assume from some random comment on the internet it couldn't happen when that person watched it happen...When there's plenty of reasoning to know one thing, that we don't know nearly enough to be absolute about anything human...
such insanely useful information. could save someones life someday.
Whats more insane in this video is his hair
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what happened to mikes hair 💀🤣
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@@pattylambie wait actually; did he die?, anyways even if he did at least you did your best. Others wouldn’t.
I got stung by a blue bottle when I was 7/8 (I was born in Durban on the coast of South Africa - very common down there) ended up screaming in a resturant while some poor teenage waitress doused my thigh in vinegar. It really does work wonders! My dad, who got a pretty big blue bottle sting as a teenager, told me there was no need to be too dramatic about it 🤣🤣 he bought me an ice cream and took me home for a nap when the pain faded. It was sensitive for a few days and then I was fine.
Surprised my mom let him live.
That dad being like, "Enough, mate!" To the screaming kid was THE most Aussie dad reaction, lol. "Severe, unrelenting pain is no reason to carry on like that. You're not dying. Harden the f*** up!"
Poor kid. I'm a severe chronic pain patient and have been since birth, and I wouldn't wish truly severe pain like that on anyone, nevermind a child. I hope he has another parent who's more understanding and supportive.
The father and son were from Britain, I’ve seen the episode, they were on holiday
@@krissieturner7885 That's not surprising, either -- I'm from England originally (Liverpool) and that attitude is unfortunately a big problem there, as well. Although it does seem to be a more embedded part of masculine culture here in Australia.
I think, in British culture, it's more about keeping a stiff upper lip and not "embarrassing" onself by being seen freaking out. Whereas in Australian culture, it seems to be more of a masculine, "harden the f*** up" mentality.
@@chronicallyfabulous88 those are different things? They're basically the same for me..
@@chronicallyfabulous88 My grandma, back in the late 70s, she seemed fit and healthy to me. She was going to work every day. Even volunteering on the weekends. Never seemed to stop. One day she asks for a "Day off". Goes to the hospital, and never comes back out.
Apparently she had been in pain for months with (Liver, I think) cancer. Very stoic. Stiff upper lip.
@@Magpie_Media Sounds like my paternal granddad. He was in constant pain for many years with slow-growing prostate cancer. My nana always just said he had "grumpy old man syndrome", because he was always a little irritable, but insisted he was fine. His cancer was discovered when he was hospitalised for something unrelated.
Of course, my nana (his wife) was every bit as tough and stoic as he was. She fell down the stairs in her 80s and fractured 3 vertebrae. After having already endured many years of surgeries on various joints (I inhereted my Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome from both of them), she said, "If you think I'm going to let you lot poke around in there again, you can get knotted!" So instead of getting the surgery she needed to repair the damage, she just lived with 3 spinal fractures that never healed for another 9 years, lol. Our family called her the Tank -- and that started before her tumble down the stairs.
While these people are obviously impressive, a culture that expects people to suffer in silence is an inherently toxic one. For every person who just endures like that, there's at least one who succumbs to the burden of their hardships.
"Go play in the ocean; there's spikes with poison in there!" I'm SOOOO with you there. I rarely EVER voluntarily go in water I cannot see the bottom of. I've been snorkeling in clear water before and that's usually okay as long as I'm like a good 10 feet or so away from the bottom. But man I hate being in the ocean most of the time. Walking in some waves up to my calves or so is about it for me. No regrets.
yes same. i hate being in the ocean in general. i wish i loved it but hn too many creepy things on the floor of it.
8 feet of water and I'm drowning lol. i can never swim and my dense body Sinks all the time and I'm not even fat.
@@merchant69420 Obese people float
I used to love the ocean. But this is this is exactly why I stopped
@@merchant69420 I wish I could swim in waters that deep. As long as it’s clear and I don’t get salt in my mouth (it’s annoying) I’m fine
Mike, as a type 1 diabetic, thank you so much for being respectful and thoughtful when reacting to someone with a low. I’ve had several to many times to count and they genuinely are terrifying! You explaining it meads to less people calling me a freak in class, good job!❤
People called you a freak for having a medical issue?? People can be so stupid and cruel. It's already hard enough having an autoimmune disease, especially diabetes, you don't deserve to be dealing with them as well. Just know that there are many people out there that are compassionate and nice, and I hope your classmates can grow and learn soon as well. Hugs from Germany
I also have type 1 diabetes
the fact that most of the patients were fine and smiling 😊
I’m no doctor, but if you’re having a bad day, I’d prescribe you some Dr. Mike Videos! ❤️
Yea
Exactly what I needed today💔
thank you
me too
Definitely made my day better!
Absolutely agree!
As someone with epilepsy and type one diabetes I can confirm, the post-ictal phase is weird af. I once had a bad seizure at work. A few days later I was talking about it with a coworker, who said "it took maybe about ten minutes for the paramedics to get here." I just stared at her blankly- I had NO IDEA that paramedics had been there. She said I'd even talked to them after the seizure, but I don't remember it at all.
My boyfriend is also a type 1 diabetic and epileptic. Post-ictal phase is definitely weird! Once he told the paramedics I was his sister (which gave us a good laugh after). For the next day or sometimes even 2 days after a seizure he doesn’t remember much.
Yep. And right before, as well. I have JME and right before I have my seizures, people ask me questions and I tune out. I only remember having my seizure. That's only one example though
Ayyy I have type 1 too!
same happened to all of my seizures
Woww, it is such a weird feeling to realize your memory crapped out on you. I have memory problems from damage from electroconvulsive therapy (ECT, they run electricity through your frontal lobe to induce a seizure). I got 12 rounds and have long, mid, and short-term memory loss and problems. Also writing that out I just realized the common element is seizure...
As a trained Lifeguard, I can tell you that until paramedics show up, we need to do everything we can until they show up. That includes getting medical history. That can be really important to what we do next.
@DatingMatis156 Yes. I am both deep water and shallow water certified. As well as a CPR certified.
That makes sense, especially if the ambulance is delayed. Plus I’m sure any extra information you can pass on to the EMTs can help the patient get proper care faster.
I don’t have any experience like this, but I thought it was def a good call to ask for medical history. What if he’s not coherent by the time they arrive?
@DatingMatis156 I want to ask you a question out of curiosity if you don’t mind, how does the fear of getting AIDS by CPR effect a lifeguard? Do you resume the job after you sign a contract regarding that firstly?
There is soooo much you have to do in saving a person’s life as a lifeguard at a public pool. Critical incident reports, talking to paramedics. Luckily for me, I’ve never had to do it but as I like to say, lifeguarding is saying nononono don’t do that and being constantly being paranoid.
Man this brings back memories, we grew up watching this show and I remember the highlight of my entire childhood was getting to meet them in person and ride around with them
9:17 A few years ago, my blood pressure kept dropping and my mother called an ambulance. As they checked my vitals in the livingroom, they tried to get me into the ambulance as fast as possible without scaring my mother.
The hospital is about 8 minutes from my house, 3 or 4 minutes via ambulance. All I remember was bouncing up and down from how hard he was doing sternum rubs, to keep me from losing consciousness. I remember hearing the emt tell the driver, "you really gotta hurry up man!".
And he kept telling me, "stay awake Mike, stay awake! If you pass out I'm going to have to give you adrenaline and you don't want that."
I continued closing my eyes, but he never gave me adrenaline. Their's a bridge 1 block from the emergency entrance of the hospital. It takes about 10 seconds to get to that entrance from the bridge. But in that moment , it felt like we were on that road for a couple of days.
When they wheeled me into the hospital, I thought, "finally, I can sleep".
Then all I remember was waking up with a tube in my throat and being connected to so many machines. Their was a nurse sitting next to me reading a magazine. When she noticed that I woke up, she pulled the tube out and it hurt so bad because my throat was soooo dry.
But within a day I was back to normal back home.
Apparently I suffered from some kind of allergic reaction that day. They gave me a prescription to take 1 pill every day to make sure it never happens again.
why isn’t your comment blowing up? what the heck?
WHAT gg man u lived
Wow.
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@@Chickenhead-ye4ki and he didn't ask you to read it.....
I had anaphylactic shock after receiving a lidocaine spray to the throat for an upper GI. I kept telling the nurses that my throat felt swollen, but since I just had a camera down it, they assured me I was fine. I kept feeling dizzy, breathing hurt, and I watched the monitor as some number was dipping down lower and lower. I asked, "Is that normal?" but by then the nurses all thought I was nothing but a problem patient and wouldn't look at where I was pointing. The last thing I remember was looking at my IV and seeing blood flowing back up into the tube. I told my mom, "That doesn't look right."
After that, I vaguely recall the sound of alarms going off, but nothing else.
Apparently, I stopped breathing, my heart "went erratic" (I am curious how) and my blood pressure bottomed out. The nurses had to invert the bed to make sure blood at least got to my brain, while they pumped air into my lungs and got epinephrine in me, bringing me back from near-death.
I woke up to a doctor screaming at my mom, "Why didn't you tell us she was allergic?" and my mom defending, "How could I know she's allergic to something SHE'S NEVER HAD BEFORE?" I had never had lidocaine. Apparently, a severe allergy to that medication is extremely rare, to the point where many doctors have told me "it can't be the lidocaine."
For example: ten years later, I was in the operating room, the anesthesiologist was running late, he comes in looking pissed off, looks at my chart, and screams, "NO ONE is f**ing allergic to lidocaine!" I grabbed a nurse by the arm and begged, "Please, PLEASE don't let him give me lidocaine, it's a SEVERE allergy, I almost died last time!" Worst way to go under anesthesia EVER! Yet over the years, most doctors have written it off as "no one is allergic to that" and it's rare for me to find a doctor who goes, "Huh, I didn't know that allergy existed, I'll look into alternatives for you." That's become my own personal litmus test for a GOOD doctor.
I mean, when you're 14 and the ER doctor leans into your face and says in a terrifyingly firm voice, "Listen to me, kid. Don't you EVER use anything with lidocaine in it AGAIN, or you might not be coming back next time"..... you listen to the doctor who just saved your life.
Geezus, I don't understand how any doctor could just write off an allergy like that
True... some little educated fools wants to proof that they are never wrong and their carelessness often costs lifes... and there is noone to sue them...
Thats effed up! I'm used to as a nurse and also as a patient occasionally systematically before even minor operations being asked if there are allergies to anaesthetics, actually lidocaine allergy is not rare at all.
@@parijatsutradhar They are exactly the opposite of "little educated". Only a "little educated fool" would call someone with 10+ years of education in a specific field "little educated". It's because of their education that leads them to believe that. Lidocaine was invented as a hypoallergenic replacement to Novocain, which did have a somewhat common (not non-existent) level of allergic reaction. Anaphylaxis caused by Lidocaine is almost non-existent.
That possibility is even listed in the medication leaflet. Rare, but far from unheared of.
"Okay dad, maybe give your son a hug."
THANK YOU. You don't man up your son by invalidating his pain. You actually damage his trust in you and soon you'll be wondering why he hasn't called you in over a month.
maybe my dad should of known that. im moving out as soon as possible.
FR I mean the kid was just stung by something that’s causing his entire leg incredible pain and you want him to stop crying?? Like stfu if you got stung like that you’d be swearing all over.
Yep. That kid is in pain some grown adults can't cope with. He deserves to scream
I agree. I understand the lifeguards were stressed and so was the father. I feel like the adults could have handled it better.
As a Surf life saver myself as well as a parent who has treated hundreds of blue bottle stings, kids can often overreact, understandably. This overreaction can not only make the situation worse but a hug is NOT always the answer. Many different techniques may be needed to calm the child and yes sometimes this includes a parent telling their child to calm down or I have even had some tell their child to "cut it out". There was no malice in these words but the only thing that got the childs attention and actually worked to calm them enough for us to actually treat them. Some kids that are so worked up will refuse treatment and thus prolong their pain.
thank you, Thank God there are people who spend their life studying and dedicating their time into helping people (real heroes) just like our life saving teams on our beaches across Australia, and they never ask for nothing in return. and when I say DEDICATE i MEAN dedicate. Cheers
BIg thing to note here: 99% of the time, these guys are handling the medical situations while WAITING for an ambulance. And they often have so many life-threatening or critical situations happening simultaneously that, even when an ambulance arrives, they have to continue helping the patient because the paramedics had a more serious injury to handle first. Also, the Bondi lifeguards are given more specialized training (some of the lifeguards are also paramedics in the off season) so sometimes they ARE qualified to handle the situation, definitely more qualified than the average lifeguard. But they still call an ambulance.
@loiny zen He seems like a good dad, Teaching his kid that screaming isn't going to help.
@@KusherK_ no that is a perfectly reasonable reaction to excruciating pain- especially considering that's a CHILD! In this situation you'd want to calm the child down and try to encourage them through it instead of saying a dry "enough". Doing what his father did can make a child feel like they're not being treated seriously, which is especially harmful when they're dealing with a painful and possibly traumatic experience
@@ricegorm Na it's not at all, Been sting by hundreds of blue bottles and so have all me mates growing up the dad knows the kids over reacting
aint even that painful
@@KusherK_ it’s almost like different people have different pain thresholds 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
Finally someone that gets it right! I`m a type one diabetic and I was so glad to hear Doctor Mike explain type one correctly and call it what it is, an autoimmune disease! I was born this way and it really is difficult to keep our sugar under control all the time.
Yeah! Same.
My husband is type 1 and my 11 yo son was just diagnosed. The poor kid is going to have a rough time.
As a person that is severely allergic to peanuts, and has experienced a reaction like that woman did, I have MAD respect for her as it kinda feels like you're suffocating in my experience. 😬
Same, like you don't know if your frickin gonna die bc of a simple candy or wtvr and when it happened to me, i just feel my throat kinda bubbling up and swelling and i feel like i cant breathe and then i breathe so hard and right when i breathe out, my throat starts closing again
I used to be severely allergic to wasps - I went through 4 years of desensitizing therapy with wasp poison vaccines- and I got stung thrice, first time I had eczema all over my body.
The second time I had a burning feeling in my eyes, ear conducts and nose (inside) but my heart rate was dropping A LOT, when the ambulance came they had to inject 2 doses of intramuscular adrenaline and 2 more on a saline dip and I fainted on the way to the hospital.
Third time I was stung I injected my epi-pen as soon as the symptoms started and I was out by the time the ambulance arrived, I spent two days in the ER.
Before I was diagnosed, I had this notion that anaphylactic reactions make you feel suffocated but that was never my case. It may also have been exacerbated because I have - diagnosed- hypotension. Worst thing about allergies is that they get worse over time.
My brother is allergic to bee stings
I have severe allergies to milk, and more mild ones to eggs, I feel you :)
9:06 as a lifeguard this guys speed on the compressions made me choke on my water and say "what is that?!"
I've been a lifeguard at a public pools for 5 years. And last year we had a man drown due to having a seizure while in the water. We were able to save his life thankfully, and there was a male nurse to help out. I was one of the initial responders. Me and the other guards that help this man were awarded plaques by the city because a very nice lady made a huge post about it on Facebook, and it was also probably because 3 other pools had drownings and weren't able to save the victims that week..... It was on the news as well!
@SevereUnreason thank you! It's can be stressful at times, but it's a fun job
@@bigfridge3716 yeah!!! It was a very scary time
Good job on you and the others! I’m really glad you were able to save him!
W man is proud
@@Alexi0s thank you!!! It was a very awesome moment to be part of
You know you’re a beast when your trying to put your finger back and even the lifeguards are cringing at the pain
When my index finger dislocated (I tripped in a staircase), my immediate instinct was to pull it ! But it didn't work because I didn't know in which direction to apply pressure and pull, and I think muscles tense unconsciously anyway. It didn't cause me pain right away, I started feeling pain an hour or so later while wainting at the hospital. A doctor had to inject my finger with something before succesfully reset my finger bones right.
For some of us that is just day to day life! I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. That hip dislocation? That happens if I sleep wrong. My shoulder came out of socket the other day in the market when I tried to get a watermelon out of the bin. This may be something that he is use to doing. For me dislocations are not that big of a deal because they happen all the time.
@@KitarraChaosWeaver my mom doesn't this condition, but she dislocated her left shoulder more that 8 times and could dislocate by just throwing something If that happens she just pops backs in tho
@@floof3624 Yes. Same. I just pop what ever it is back in. Hips take a bit more effort. Ribs are really hard.
My fingers just Do That on command, with zero pain. It's so weird to imagine it hurting! (I have possible HEDS, but not confirmed yet)
Watching these make me actually realize how much more we should know about all these basic ones, like the difference between drowning and cardiac arrest on land.
I don’t know if I’ve ever actually seen a video of someone performing CPR on a real person before. I’ve gone through CPR training, at least used to know how deep to go by feel, yet seeing it done properly on a real person was so uncomfortable because it just looks so incredibly deep. I finally understand why doctors emphasize how deep it is, because as a bystander who was uneducated, I can see how one would think that the person performing CPR was doing more harm than good.
Defiantly would recommend watching the rest of the Bondi rescue episodes. We use them in Australia as apart of our First Aid training so you can actually see what it looks like.
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Would definitely recommend watching more Bondi Rescue then. They frequently do CPR on both drowning victims and people in cardiac arrest. Sometimes on multiple people at once. It definitely shows what it’s like in real life. They don’t hide how brutal and frantic it is.
An example of an interesting case was one where a man was complaining of severe chest pain. The life guards had already called an ambulance and had him attached to a defib in case. And you see him have a heart attack and go from completely conscious to in cardiac arrest within a few seconds. And then brought back to life a few minutes later through CPR and the defib. It’s pretty amazing.
Yep. Two inches is pretty deep when you're pushing on someone's chest. Frankly it's pretty gross but it's the best we got.
My trainer told us that you need to hit deep enough to worry about breaking ribs, as it’s common to break a rib during proper cpr
As someone who has a deadly peanut allergy, watching the woman have an allergic reaction was generally terrifying. Just looking at it and the thoughts going through my head of things like ‘that could happen to you’ e.t.c, I have been extremely lucky and have had loads of close calls but watching her reaction was completely unexpected and scary.
Stay safe!
100% with you on that. I have a anaphylactic nut allergy and have to be so careful all the time. Thankfully only gone into an allergic reaction once before I knew of the allergy but mum is a nurse and was near as hospital.
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I’ve stepped in a sea urchin in Portugal once, I wasn’t givin anything to numb the pain because if I do, the wounds will swell up and it’ll be difficult to pull the spines out. It was a crazy experience actually. There were 7 needles deep in under my foot and I had to go to the hospital. I was in immense pain when they took me to an operating room and just pulled the needles. The crazy bit was I was screaming like hell (BTW I was 13) and they left the door open from the room into the hallway with like 40 people there listening to my loud screams of pain, and they could see me too. I made very uncomfortable eye contact with some very afraid people.
Your first sentence makes no sense. Oral or IV pain meds would not swell your skin. Likely not any novacaine even. It's obviously just their practice to yank them out, it doesn't take that long.
@@opieutt9038 I don’t know what to say, that’s what I was told
Omg why would they leave the door open wtf
Dr Mike, these guys DO actually know what they are doing....they save hundreds of lives every year.
I had an old cat who developed seizure disorders around 18 or 20 yrs old (vet always said aside from the seizures, all his vitals looked like a cat half his age, apparently oriental short hairs age slowly). He'd have his seizure, which was always horrible to see, of course, and every time, a little while after it ended, he'd let out this weird warbling yowl and stare off into space for about 5 minutes, and then he'd try to walk away, but his back legs always needed another minute or two to catch up. Then he'd find the nearest person, curl up next to them and just purr.
yeah my chihuahua is 11 (I think lol) and starting having seizures this year, he had 6 in one night but the vet didn't know what was causing them, we almost put him down but cause he stopped having them so often and like you say would pant, be lost in space, tounge go blue etc etc he'd be fine 10 minutes later, eating, snuggling, walking on the beach etc etc. it's interesting.
@@emirachelnatalie3397 sorry to hear that, it's horrible to watch even when you know they are fully checked out while seizing and aren't actually experiencing it. My vet put the cat on phenobarbital and it helped enormously. Maybe that is an option for you guys. Good luck with your little one!
@@pete-ph5xc unfortunately they got really bad one day and has to put him down :( but hes in a better place now
@@emirachelnatalie3397 My childhood dog also developed seizures (quite early in life though, no one knew why) and it was so awful to watch. All we could really do was sit with him & pet him & talk to him gently so he knew we were there.
my ruby girl has heart failure and is on medications that cause seizures... its so incredibly hard
Bondi Rescue is a really interesting show. The one where they were doing really slow compressions was something like 15-18 years ago from memory, maybe 2004-2006 time period. It was before CPR protocol was updated in Australia. Also good to know, some of the lifeguards are part time paramedics, part time fire fighters etc. I think one is also a physiotherapist. So some of the things you may see them do are a little more advanced depending on their other job outside of being a lifeguard.
I watched a video where they did a q&a with the lifeguards present for Taka's rescue. when the episode first aired the guidelines for CPR in Australia were different. That's why it appears so slow, they were trained to do it that way. And the training is different from country to country. I remember seeing another episode where they were doing chest compressions at 100 BPM and a foreign doctor kept intervening to tell them to slow down, they had to yell at him to go away lol.
Exactly! Bondi rescue has been running since 2006, lots of the practices have changed over that time
Nearly 20 years ago I did some surf lifesaving training (haven't kept up with it at all), and at the time we were taught two procedures - EAR and CPR. When was EAR withdrawn?
I have never seen such an entertaining video about health measures. You can learn while having fun! 😃
Many greetings from Berlin! 👋
I forgot how great of a doctor mike is. His diagnosis’ are so accurate and quick.
It’s pre-recorded and edited
Dr. Mike, I want to say thank you for doing what you do. Last week I cut the top of my hand open and almost severed my tendons. Remembering how you said to put pressure on an open bleeding wound, I was able to lessen the bleeding and prevent further damage(e.i.- my tendons drying out.) The physician who sewn my hand was super awesome so thank you to all those in the medical field!
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I love Bondi rescue so much, I have easily spent countless hours watching and rewatching episodes. I recently started watching a lot of Dr. Mike, so this video made me particularly happy. I would absolutely love to see a part 2! Shout out to the hard-working life guards at Bondi (or any other dangerous beaches) that put their lives on the line every day!
When I took CPR classes a few years ago, they showed us the video of the man that was found floating unconscious. They showed it as an example of agonal breathing . I remember they mentioned that the chest compressions were too slow but that it was an older video and that was the recommended speed of chest compressions in Australia at the time it was filmed.
"agonal breathing"?
@@jasminespencer2872 for the man at 8:40, it sometimes looks like his mouth is gasping and he is breathing, but this is a spasm and not real effectual breaths. It's called agonal breathing, because of how it appears. Sometimes people can mistake it for 'recovery' and cease CPR, which is not the right thing to do, and this video is a good educational example of what it can look like.
@@rdh710 okay, thank you
I was wondering about that
@@rdh710 yep. you can tell by his decorticate posturing that things aren't great at that point.
The Post-Ictal phase is such an odd and scary thing to witness. My sister was diagnosed as an epileptic recently, and thankfully she’s on the right meds. It’s weird because she remembers everything that happens during her seizures and describes what’s going on in her head. Honestly sounds terrifying
Could you elaborate on what she’s told you and her experience. My cousin recently got diagnosed and I’m curious to see how I can help just In case
@@yasminaskarinasab2897 let me know when they respond
I am prone to having seizures myself and I take medications to keep them under control. In the post-ictal phase I am extremely tired, my back is extremely sore, my head feels like it's being squeezed in a vise grip, and my legs feel extremely heavy.
When I'm post ictal I pretty much go straight into a panic attack, along with the worst nausea you've ever felt in your life. That and extreme disorientation and confusion and strangely I lose about 30 minutes of memory before it happened. Usually back to normal ish within an hour... It's not pleasant
It is absolutely terrifying being the person having one. Be strong for her. She'll need you.
I love how he's a doctor but still gets grossed out when he sees some things. Like the dislocated knee.
Bros so smart, respect.
I just want to add I’ve been a lifeguard for 10+ years and am still a lifeguard today and we are always trained to administer oxygen even if the GID or victim has regained consciousness and attach a pulse ox immediately after they regain consciousness, if the pulse ox reads above 95 you can remove the oxygen but until that point our training tells us to continue oxygen
Oh
At a beach?
Ofcourse you can continue giving oxygen but I think he’s refering to the ventilation, you dont want to continue ventilating a patient who can breath on his own
00:58 WOW those life rescue hacks dont turn him to clear the airway! 🤦♂🤣 What dangerous negligent hacks?
03:30 finally clear the airway which may have bene preventing the rescue!
05:00 WOW no vinegar to neutralise the stings, lets just watch it burn out! Glad they arent fire fighters but they have to be smart! so thats good!
09:00 WOW how is that guy employed hes never done a first aid course even? 🤦♂🤣
10:40 first aiders only no drugs allowed! Eppy is maybe the exception!
Okay but I hated how they left him on his back while he was vomiting. He's gonna start breathing once they revive him and then hes just gonna choke on his puke.
As a drowning survivor I would like to mention that you should never go to the beach alone especially in australia which is where I live due to the way that beaches look beautiful and safe it is common for tourists to mistaken waves and calm water for rips I hope this helped and trust me Australia is absolutely beautiful
Here is America I live In Michigan (state that looks like a glove/mitten) close to Lake Michigan. It seems like every year we sadly have drownings from many people from out of state as they don't understand the dangers of the rip currents as well as locals have drowned as well. You can swim in one spot and 5 to 10 miles down the road the water has a new persona. Even locals who have lived in the areas of the Great Lakes for many Generations are always wary of The lakes. The Great Lakes are peace at times but don't let that fool you as they can be Deadly. However Lake Michigan despite being the deadliest of the lakes does give up her dead while Lake Superior (looks like a wolf/dog's head) will never give up her dead as it is more colder than the other lakes. The Song The wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald which is a song by Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot tells the true story about just how deadly and unpredictable that lake is and that. Side note of this is that The ship if it was empty would have made it to Whitefish Bay.
Good advice,alot of tourists don't know about the dangers of rips aswell
Drowning is defined as "die through submersion in and inhalation of water." You don't survive dying, that's like saying you survived execution.
No INCORRECT!!!
you should NEVER go to the beach and swim when there are no LIFEGUARDS!!!
I have learnt that the hard way TWICE unfortunately.
First time 5 people drowned and died and lucky me got to witness it all including all the bodies.
And second time I was pulled out of the water by a lifeguard when I had just blacked out.
It's not fun.
@@rileybell7125 and you are incorrect also.
Drowning is separated into 2 categories -
Drowning leading to death,
And drowning where you actually survive.
I know this because I literally got into this same argument 2 days ago so I looked.
Doctor Mike, watching your face while Aussies be Aussies is priceless! They're a whole different kind of people, when most everything in your country is trying to kill you there's no point sweating the small stuff. New Zealand has a version of this show called Piha Rescue, you should check that out too!
It's saurr great to be an aussie 🤙
haha im a kiwi
Aussies all the way. Americans have no clue on what there missing out on
@@connorellis666 We have... a clue. Just mostly about the bad stuff.
I don’t know why people think Australia is so bad
“Sweet sound of silence” got me laughing so hard 😂😂😂😂😂
my little sister has the same allergy to cold water. and she totally had an anaphylactic reaction.we had an eppypen for her now. she hasn't had a reaction in a long time but totally crazy.
I have the same reaction to anything cold and I totally feel for your sister. Carrying around an EpiPen sucks.
@@kennedy_bennedy it really does! Same with cold water allergy
Does this allergy also include cold water ingested whn your drinking or just external contact?
@@Raiden0831 not for me just external
@@Raiden0831 for my sister it was external contact. But it can include drinking cold water too.
I watched this series. They show everything. Even some that haven’t made it despite their best efforts. Very good, very informative show.
makes me wonder about consent for filming. i wouldn’t want anything like that put on camera if i were in their shoes
@@babs_babs
Well thats the problem with america. Privacy rights dont exist. Everyone can be filmed there without consent
@@simarticon8883 the show was filmed in Australia
@@simarticon8883 get fact checked haha
@@simarticon8883 😂
(Edit below) From an EMT, If someone stops breathing DON’T start chest compressions immediately! Check their pulse first please! If they don’t have a pulse, go in to compressions. If they do, just give them air. Please don’t do compressions on someone with a heart beat!
I love your videos, Dr Mike and obviously you know this. But the advice was a little confusing here.
Edit: A few people have made a very good point that my advice is solely for people in the medical field. If you have no experience in detecting a pulse, then start compressions no matter what.
Thank you! As a retired RN, I was about to yell at him for saying that!
As an ICU Physical Therapist and Lifeguard, I totally agree.
But they keep that information for Healthcare professionals who are trained to find a pulse and give the 10 Rescue breaths.
An average civilian trained in cpr may lose precious time trying to identify if the victim has or doesn't have a pulse. So if unsure start Chest Compressions!!
I think its appropriate to tell laymen to start chest compressions immediately. From what i have heard, laymen sometimes mistakenly think there is a pulse because they are stressed, and feel their own pulse. The damage of not doing chest compressions when its necessary far outstrips the damage of doing unnecessary chest compressions.
Thank you, this is useful for real life as well as my story
This is incorrect information. The recommendation for BLS is not to check for a pulse, but to start chest compressions in case of inadequate breathing pattern.
The way the man in the wheelchair got all the way up to the tower is incredible. Knowing your body is so important
My first week lifeguarding (indoor pool) someone ran on the pool deck, slipped, and *sliced their tricep open on a tile stair way*. Blood everywhere, trauma for the guy and everyone who cried, vomited, and fainted that day (it was a two dollar swim day, very popular among families, and young teenagers who had the day off and not a ton of money to spend) I think I used 2/3 of my life guard and CPR training with the exception of the defib that day. Good welcome to the party 😂
Meanwhile, the coolest thing I did as a lifeguard at a waterpark was stop people from entering the pool, cuz some kid took a dump in it again
bro a random kid Snapped his ankle Slipping on the side of the pool cause that’s how dumb he wad
It's ALWAYS the discount days when people get seriously hurt. Well, almost always.
I had a girl accidentally kick a grate at a birthday party, and she pretty cleanly sliced off the first several layers of skin on her toe and foot. She was fine to be released, but I did not envy her.
Same thing happened to an older gentleman on an average Tuesday, except he had that thing where you don't really feel pain. So he'd been swimming and walking around before he realized he was bleeding excessively. Happened like 20 minutes before my shift started. I walk in and they're bleaching all the blood off the deck, like, "What the hell did I miss?"
bro I remember nearly drowning in a public pool, in Turkey, the lifeguard didn’t save me, my brother did.
Just last week we had a guy who was sliding around the shower area in the changing room and severed a tendon in his leg on the edge of one of our benches… I was just relieved I can’t go into the mens changing room so the guys had to deal with it ngl
He was actually really calm and we didn’t know how serious it was but he did need surgery of course
Taka’s rescue and resuscitation was one of the craziest ones on the show to me. Seeing the spasms was so shocking to me but appreciate the unfiltered look into how medical emergencies can look so different
Looked like agonal breathing to me
Agreed. I've seen it in drug overdoses and head injuries, and that's what it looks like. Startling when it happens.
When I took a class called “responding to emergencies”, we learned about blue bottle stings and were taught to remove all tentacles, rinse with salt water, not vinegar. And then ice it.
I was told to pee on it
@@x.4514 don’t pee on it, that’s a medical myth. You can actually make it worse by peeing on it
@@x.4514 you were lied to. never do that. like. ever.
Basically similair concept, they probably told you salt water because that is more available in those situations than vinegar, icing it in the end works in both cases I think. So you can do both, it's just that a lot of times you don't have some vinegar lying around while salt water goes hand in hand with jellyfish stings
And as for the reply, peeing on it is a myth
Salt water? Don’t they (jellyfish) float around in salt water all day? Why would that neutralize them?
That dad was trying to give his son strength, and an anchor. You have to understand healthy father-son relationships: the son looks up to and always wants to make his father proud. So a father that gives you reason to impress, for example "that's enough" to a son that screams in pain, can give the son strength and motivation to push through thanks to how pumping adrenaline can work differently depending on mindset. For example, pushing through pain and suffering, which in turns promotes the painkilling mechanism of adrenaline. It's also an AU dad, but that's besides the point.
The post ictal phase is exactly why my son had a service dog. His actually looked very similar to this mans seizures, and anytime he came out of one, he would be anxious and confused and scared during the 'pause' as he calls them lol. he out grew them thankfully. but his dog angel was an amazing girl, and could tell how much he needed her anytime he had an episode.
How scary for you and your sweet boy. I’m really happy he had a dog to help him out.
oh wow everyone thank you for all the likes ♥
I've had my knee dislocated before, and I ended up putting it back in place myself.
The relief is absolutely immediate.
Yep! Mine dislocates multiple times a week (I have a medical condition where my joints dislocate regularly). And it always just slips back in after a bit of a bend and push!
@@Eimi13 sad 😔
@@Eimi13 after So many dislocations, does the pain feel the same? Or did you get "used to it "?
I've been a lifeguard for almost 6 years now and I love that you've made a video on this! it's so hard sometimes knowing that I can't do anything else for someone while waiting for paramedics and is part of the reason I'm becoming a doctor myself! Also, I'm now certified to teach and I hope that I can do my part to prevent those from drowning :)
WAIT THE PERSON WHOS FILMING THIS IS A SAVAGEEEE
As a lifeguard myself, we always ask for medical history. It helps out a lot when EMS eventually gets there, we can explain everything that's gone on.
I love how Mike is a full trained doctor and still gets weird feeling with a disclocated bone 😂 (don't blame him tho, is painful to watch)
there were no time stamps to skip to so i kept skipping to the parts i didn’t want to see 😭
true
My friend dislocated his knee in the same way by running into his chair and his mom walked by, sat him down and popped it right back in immediately! It looked rlly weird
You would be surprised how many well-paying medical specialties are only chosen by the handful of weirdos in medical school who AREN'T disgusted or just put off by them, and that tiny group of strange people literally become ALL of the docs in that specialty. E.g., urology.
Dislocation is indeed very painful
I dislocated my Jaw once and had to go to the Emergency Hospital
I like that at 9:50 after he said what he does and seemed more complicated he went back and explained how their position can also be tougher than his position. I really appreciated that he didn’t make himself seem better but explained both sides.
WIth the epilepsy, my dog went through a phase of getting fits and I always gave him lots of soft praise and pets when he woke up to ease his confusion.
You did amazing, now you know what to do❤
The fact that Bondi rescue is a very famous Australian show, and when Dr mike posted this I completely felt honoured! I’m only 12 and I find his videos so soothing and factual, his dad jokes and his facts makes this channel very approachable to kids, I am evidence to this fact. He is like that fun uncle everyone wants 💞
Don't say your age on the Internet
why do kids these days sound so smart 😭
@@frozenburrit053 because we are smarter than you.
@@harrisonwill1077 ⟟ agree, this is very smart of you but for your own safety please refrain from saying your age
@@harrisonwill1077 Too late. Now that I have his age, I can find his exact location.
As a Type 1 Diabetic, it's so refreshing to see someone give an accurate summary of the disease when there's so much misinformation out there.
I know. I'm so tired of hearing people say that skinny people can't have diabetes.(I'm not diabetic. I know 3 type one diabetics).
You know, you don’t have to tell us you have diabetes.
@@chiomaobunadike3313 As someone with stage 5 stinky armpit syndrome, I'm so glad to see people able to purchase deodorant without stigma these days
@@fbbWaddell I'm pre diabetic
@@Aetherian1 is that a real thing
Small important note: bagging a patient with O2 isn’t indicated just based on pt consciousness, it’s also about the rate/quality of breaths. And suctioning and giving breaths isn’t always an easy balance in 911. Hard to tell from the video what his respiration rate was though. Anyway, just little details. Your videos are fantastic!
you do not know the good you are doing by explaining these things, you may think you know, there are too many facebook/reddit doctors here, THANK YOU SO MUCH MIKE
8:20 I loved the way he phrased it.
"Gently"
This happened to me once, and There's no gentle way about fixing it. And my doctor said, this is gonna hurt, so brace for it. I almost swore at him haha
when I had my shoulder dislocated I thought putting it back would be painful af, so when the doctor told me I´m gonna be feeling "pressure" I was like "yeah right, and the excrutiating pain too" - but, to my very big surprise, it almost didn´t hurt (except the last part when it jumped back to place). But a knee might be different, thankfully I don´t know :D
I mean it's going to hurt but you put it back quite gently. It's not fast and rough but controlled gentle movements
Ouch! How long did it take to feel normal?
I ended popping my own knee cap back into place after a hockey ball knocked it just out, I can tell you it wasn't gentle, not un-painful 🤣
@@okayy8226 the pain is significantly reduced after its back in place. but it does require a few weeks to return to the sports.
However, from my personal experience, dislocated kneecap is nowhere near the pain of Torn ACL MCL and Meniscus.
I have grade 3 tear in all 3 of em after multiple falls during football matches (aka soccer for others).
I can still walk after recovering from the sudden shock, but the pain starts after a few hrs and its full-on hell.
If its just the same level of pain constantly, its still fine (not exactly fine but still), but in this case, its a pulsing kinda pain and its just too much to and our knee's range of movement is significantly reduced.
I was a ARMY deep sea diver for 20 years and have seen things like this, good stuff, I have also been stung by a box jelly and that is no joke. Worst pain I have ever felt and it lasts for weeks.
I felt like my underarms were about to rip apart
the kid's father : stop acting
i remember whent swimming and came out of the water with a few small cuts like not connected to eachother was in water with jellies would i have been stung
It wasn't a box jellyfish. If it was the kid would be bellowing for *days* in agony which is impervious to *all* painkillers including pethidine. Box jellyfish are much further north than Sydney, right up in the tropics past Townsville. This is a "bluebottle" jellyfish.
I was completely wrapped, pretty much head to toe, in bluebottle tentacles (Portuguese Man-o-war) and it stung a fair bit but it wasn't anywhere near as painful as the kid seems to be expressing (that's why dad is like: "dude") but he's a kid so I'm not holding it against him or anything.
Vinegar immediately killed the pain. They sprayed it on the moment I got out of the water. 5 minutes later I was throwing frisbees.
@@aarondavis8943 i mean this was a child,probably not even 10yo. It was the worst pain he experienced in his whole life, of course he was screaming. An adult has many more experiences and a frame of reference for different levels of pain and how to express them and manage the feeling of pain