Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Misused
, started by KodiakIT on Jul 21st 2020 at 4:20:09 AM
My Red Cross first aid app says putting an unconscious person in the recovery position is still advisable even if they might have a spinal injury. So can we discuss whether using the recovery position on people with spinal injuries is really an example of Worst Aid, and possibly removing examples founded on that assumption?
Gone with the Wind - Bonnie while ridign her horse takes a tumble at a fence. Rhett runs and picks her up - kid had suffered a neck fracture leading to her death.
Correct process - as said - stabilise head, logroll onto spineboard....
Re Anne of Green Gables, ipecac being administered to croupy child - take a look here.. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-ipecac.htm
Turns out that the protocol change re ipecac and croup happened in 2005. As Anne Shirley is doing this before WW 1, the 19th century protocol,that it was the thing to do, would have held sway. Trope averted due to point in time?
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Should we take out the Examples and turn this into an Index page? After all, there are all pages for the specific problems that come up from Worst Aid; this is kind of redundant.
aayero
"In one famous case, lifeguards were resuscitating a victim, but instead of breathing, they were saying, "breath, breath" as they did in practice."
So famous, apparently, I can't find any links to it.
If anyone has a screencap from Oregon Trail with "Rub salt in the wound" it would fit in well here.
The picture made me cringe!