12: Preventing and Responding to Accidents and Injuries Video
Transcript:
Chapter 12 Video
INTERVIEWER 1: Now it’s time for “What Would You Do?” The game where we ask our fellow students to imagine themselves in dangerous situations and to think their way out of them.
INTERVIEWER 2: So let’s get started.
INTERVIEWER 2: All right. This one’s easy. You’re at lunch, and your friend gets a french fry stuck in his throat, blocking his airway. What would you do?
RESPONDENT: I’d perform the Heimlich maneuver.
INTERVIEWER 2: And do you know how to perform the Heimlich maneuver?
RESPONDENT: It’s like this, (grunts) and then, boom, the piece of food shoots out.
INTERVIEWER 2: Just like that?
RESPONDENT 1: I mean I guess? I’ve never actually done it before.
INTERVIEWER 1: Your carbon monoxide alarm in your house goes off, but you don’t see any fire or smoke. What do you do?
RESPONDENT: Change the battery?
RESPONDENT: What’s carbon monoxide?
RESPONDENT: Wouldn’t you get everyone out of the house and then call the fire department?
INTERVIEWER 1: That would be the smart thing, wouldn’t it?
INTERVIEWER 2: One of your friends swallows a laundry detergent pod on a dare. What would you do?
RESPONDENT: My friends aren’t that dumb.
INTERVIEWER 2: Well, just pretend they are.
RESPONDENT: No. Seriously. Who would be dumb enough to do that?
INTERVIEWER 2: Believe it or not, lots of people.
RESPONDENT: I’d just call 911. Then I’d try to get them to throw it up somehow.
INTERVIEWER 2: 911? Not poison control?
RESPONDENT: I don’t even know what that is.
INTERVIEWER 2: It’s like 911. But for people who swallow things they shouldn’t. Like stupid friends who take dares.
RESPONDENT: Fine. I’d call them both.
INTERVIEWER 1: You’ve been messaging this guy online that you’ve never met in person before. He asks for your picture and you send it to him, though you aren’t sure you should have. Then he asks for your address. What would you do?
RESPONDENT: I’d tell my parents. Then I would probably tell the guy to stop messaging me and block him somehow.
RESPONDENT: Honestly? I’d give him the address of a police station.
INTERVIEWER 2: You’re walking down the street in the rain. Your friend gets hit by lightning. What do you do?
RESPONDENT: I’d stop walking in the rain with him, that’s for sure.
RESPONDENT: I’d probably check to make sure he was breathing and that his heart was still beating. Then I’d call 911. That’s after screaming for help, of course.
RESPONDENT: I’d wait for him to turn into a superhero.
INTERVIEWER 1: You’re walking down the hall, minding your own business, when suddenly you hear a crash. You turn the corner and find some kid at the bottom of the stairs, holding a bloody, broken arm with the bone poking right out of the skin. What would you do?
RESPONDENT: I would literally throw up.
RESPONDENT: I’d call for help. Then I would try to find some way to stop or slow the bleeding.
RESPONDENT: I mean, all over the place.
INTERVIEWER 2: All right. You are stranded in the middle of the ocean, surrounded by sharks, and armed with only a spork. What would you do?
RESPONDENT: Well, I’m kinda thinking I’m shark food.
INTERVIEWER 2: You’re probably shark food.
INTERVIEWER 2: Have you ever swallowed laundry detergent?
INTERVIEWER 1: Nope.
INTERVIEWER 2: Been struck by lightning?
INTERVIEWER 1: Nope.
INTERVIEWER 2: Choked on a french fry?
INTERVIEWER 1: Yes.
INTERVIEWER 2: Did it stop you from eating french fries?
INTERVIEWER 1: Nope. I just put more ketchup on them. Makes them go down easier.
INTERVIEWER 2: Good thinking. You heard it here. Stay safe. Eat more ketchup. And be sure to join us next time on...
BOTH INTERVIEWERS (voice over): What would you do?