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<blockquote data-quote="Ristorapper" data-source="post: 189566" data-attributes="member: 810"><p><a href="https://drudgenow.com/article/?n=1&s=2&c=1&pn=Anonymous&u=http://www.ajc.com/news/inch-fish-leaps-into-man-mouth-causing-cardiac-arrest/7NhgT8APqyWlhCMfsX3MTO/" target="_blank">https://drudgenow.com/article/?n=1&s=2&c=1&pn=Anonymous&u=http://www.ajc.com/news/inch-fish-leaps-into-man-mouth-causing-cardiac-arrest/7NhgT8APqyWlhCMfsX3MTO/</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">6-inch fish leaps into man’s mouth, causing cardiac arrest</span></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><img src="http://www.ajc.com/rf/image_large/Wires/w2/USAT_News/2017/10/13/Images/760772001_636434639638775324-imgID129736691.jpg.gallery.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000">A British man's heart stopped after he </span><span style="color: #000000">accidentally swallowed a 6-inch long Dover sole</span><span style="color: #000000"> on a fishing trip in Boscombe, in southern England. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The man, 28, who was not named, went into cardiac arrest Oct. 5 after the fish jumped in his mouth, blocking his throat. However, paramedics were able to clear his airway after drawing the sole free with forceps. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Matt Harrison, an emergency responder for the South Western Ambulance Service, said he was on the scene in under two minutes. When he arrived on the dimly lit pier where the man was fishing, a friend of the man’s was already performing CPR. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">This friend, also not named, told Harrison the 28-year-old had jokingly placed a fish he had just caught over his mouth. The sole then wriggled free and jumped in. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">"Initially, we didn’t know the true extent of the situation or what the patient was choking on, but as we questioned them further we were told he had a whole fish stuck in his windpipe," said Martyn Box, another paramedic who attended the incident. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The patient’s heart had already stopped, so paramedics continued CPR.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Paramedics ventilated the man with a bag and mask, but his airway remained blocked.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">"It was clear that we needed to get the fish out or this patient was not going to survive the short journey to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital," Harrison said. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">"I used a laryngoscope to fully extend the mouth and throat and saw what appeared like an altered colur of tissue in his throat. Using a McGills forceps I was able to eventually dislodge the tip of the tail and very carefully, so as not to break the tail off I tried to remove it — although the fish’s barbs and gills were getting stuck on the way back up."</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Harrison added: "I was acutely aware that I only had one attempt at getting this right as if I lost grip or a piece broke off and it slid further out of sight then there was nothing more that we could have done to retrieve the obstruction." </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">After six attempts, the fish finally came out in one piece. To the paramedic's amazement, it was a whole Dover sole, measuring about 6 inches. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Harrison said: “I have never attended a more bizarre incident and don’t think I ever will — but we’re all so glad the patient has no lasting effects from his cardiac arrest, which could so easily have had such a tragic and devastating outcome." </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">After the patient arrived at hospital, he was able to respond to some questions, and has since made a full recovery.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ristorapper, post: 189566, member: 810"] [URL]https://drudgenow.com/article/?n=1&s=2&c=1&pn=Anonymous&u=http://www.ajc.com/news/inch-fish-leaps-into-man-mouth-causing-cardiac-arrest/7NhgT8APqyWlhCMfsX3MTO/[/URL] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]6-inch fish leaps into man’s mouth, causing cardiac arrest[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial][IMG]http://www.ajc.com/rf/image_large/Wires/w2/USAT_News/2017/10/13/Images/760772001_636434639638775324-imgID129736691.jpg.gallery.jpg[/IMG][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][SIZE=2][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]A British man's heart stopped after he [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]accidentally swallowed a 6-inch long Dover sole[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000] on a fishing trip in Boscombe, in southern England. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]The man, 28, who was not named, went into cardiac arrest Oct. 5 after the fish jumped in his mouth, blocking his throat. However, paramedics were able to clear his airway after drawing the sole free with forceps. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]Matt Harrison, an emergency responder for the South Western Ambulance Service, said he was on the scene in under two minutes. When he arrived on the dimly lit pier where the man was fishing, a friend of the man’s was already performing CPR. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]This friend, also not named, told Harrison the 28-year-old had jokingly placed a fish he had just caught over his mouth. The sole then wriggled free and jumped in. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]"Initially, we didn’t know the true extent of the situation or what the patient was choking on, but as we questioned them further we were told he had a whole fish stuck in his windpipe," said Martyn Box, another paramedic who attended the incident. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]The patient’s heart had already stopped, so paramedics continued CPR.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]Paramedics ventilated the man with a bag and mask, but his airway remained blocked.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]"It was clear that we needed to get the fish out or this patient was not going to survive the short journey to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital," Harrison said. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]"I used a laryngoscope to fully extend the mouth and throat and saw what appeared like an altered colur of tissue in his throat. Using a McGills forceps I was able to eventually dislodge the tip of the tail and very carefully, so as not to break the tail off I tried to remove it — although the fish’s barbs and gills were getting stuck on the way back up."[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]Harrison added: "I was acutely aware that I only had one attempt at getting this right as if I lost grip or a piece broke off and it slid further out of sight then there was nothing more that we could have done to retrieve the obstruction." [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]After six attempts, the fish finally came out in one piece. To the paramedic's amazement, it was a whole Dover sole, measuring about 6 inches. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]Harrison said: “I have never attended a more bizarre incident and don’t think I ever will — but we’re all so glad the patient has no lasting effects from his cardiac arrest, which could so easily have had such a tragic and devastating outcome." [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]After the patient arrived at hospital, he was able to respond to some questions, and has since made a full recovery.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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