Haha, yes... but I suspect this woman may end up doing something else that's daft.You can say that about everyone. "They haven't died yet".
Looked like lino tiles to me. Ouch.Faceplant in carpet: https://9gag.com/gag/aoedEGm
I watched an older posh looking woman do this a couple of years ago, it was weird because she fell off the kerb and landed full on on her forehead without instinctively (you'd think) putting her hands out to break her fall. Her partner was oblivious to what had just happened because he was walking a little further ahead of her. I stopped the traffic and crossed over to help calling for an ambulance, I had to ask her to sit down a few times until she did and I sat with her. Passers by decent and all gave us some tissues and then I had to keep asking her to compress them on her head which was squirting little 'darts' of blood. Her partner clearly wasn't an emergency type of bloke so I had to ask him for his coat to keep her warm until the paramedics arrived, gave them a brief incident report and then walked home. I'd be very surprised if she hasn't received serious complications off that one.Yet another 9gag post:
Faceplant in concrete: https://9gag.com/gag/aj8drDg <<< painful to watch
Faceplant in carpet: https://9gag.com/gag/aoedEGm
Skull fracture, I'd bet.I watched an older posh looking woman do this a couple of years ago, it was weird because she fell off the kerb and landed full on on her forehead without instinctively (you'd think) putting her hands out to break her fall. Her partner was oblivious to what had just happened because he was walking a little further ahead of her. I stopped the traffic and crossed over to help calling for an ambulance, I had to ask her to sit down a few times until she did and I sat with her. Passers by decent and all gave us some tissues and then I had to keep asking her to compress them on her head which was squirting little 'darts' of blood. Her partner clearly wasn't an emergency type of bloke so I had to ask him for his coat to keep her warm until the paramedics arrived, gave them a brief incident report and then walked home. I'd be very surprised if she hasn't received serious complications off that one.
It was grim to watch mate, she fell like she was as stiff as a board and the road her head hit was (obviously) even lower level than the pavement she'd fell from. I was expecting them to be a bit drunk what with how she didn't put her hands out and how they were smartly restaurant/bar dressed but they seemed sober, alcohol of course would thin her blood which was something I was concerned about with it coming out of her head, I didn't have anything thing available to raise her feet onto when she was finally sitting down but fortunately the ambulance got to her quickly.Skull fracture, I'd bet.
I may be asking a stupid question, but why would you raise her feet? Shouldn't the bleeding part (the head) be the most elevated part of the body?It was grim to watch mate, she fell like she was as stiff as a board and the road her head hit was (obviously) even lower level than the pavement she'd fell from. I was expecting them to be a bit drunk what with how she didn't put her hands out and how they were smartly restaurant/bar dressed but they seemed sober, alcohol of course would thin her blood which was something I was concerned about with it coming out of her head, I didn't have anything thing available to raise her feet onto when she was finally sitting down but fortunately the ambulance got to her quickly.
Anyone losing blood from their head at an alarming rate as she was is in danger of passing out so raising the legs artificially helps to redress the balance blood flow around the body if they are sitting down on floor level. Of course either a light dressing or, in emergencies, holding tissue to the bleeding area to further attempt to lower the loss of blood from the head will suffice on a first aid level until the professionals arrive. Hopefully.I may be asking a stupid question, but why would you raise her feet? Shouldn't the bleeding part (the head) be the most elevated part of the body?
Yeah. That helps it all drain out.So, in short, if someone's losing blood from their head, you need to do something that encourages blood from other parts of the body to get to the head.
An uninterrupted freefall onto pavement can have surprisingly horrific consequences for a human head. The impact forces are far harsher than even the most violent punches.It was grim to watch mate, she fell like she was as stiff as a board and the road her head hit was (obviously) even lower level than the pavement she'd fell from. I was expecting them to be a bit drunk what with how she didn't put her hands out and how they were smartly restaurant/bar dressed but they seemed sober, alcohol of course would thin her blood which was something I was concerned about with it coming out of her head, I didn't have anything thing available to raise her feet onto when she was finally sitting down but fortunately the ambulance got to her quickly.
YupAn uninterrupted freefall onto pavement can have surprisingly horrific consequences for a human head. The impact forces are far harsher than even the most violent punches.
Which is why those nice fluffy non-lethal Tazers used by Mr Plod should be outlawed, at least in the hands of the average Bobby. Fully Firearms Trained officers only should use them, IMHO, as a last resort. If someone needs bringing down routinely, as it were, a couple of 6' burly officers should be enough - it always used to be, before they started letting short-arses into the Force (Police, not that as used by Jedi).An uninterrupted freefall onto pavement can have surprisingly horrific consequences for a human head. The impact forces are far harsher than even the most violent punches.
Sure, use them for sieges, tense stand-offs, and the like, where there is a real danger of someone harming a hostage or policeman - basically, the same instances you would deploy a Firearms Unit.With the nutters you hear about on the news just lately, stabbings and luring cops in to get killed, i'd want a bloody big tazer to hand.*
*I would not be a nutter
Tasers are fired in a microscopic proportion of arrests. I researched it in this thread, and my maths suggested a figure of 0.23%Like I said, once upon a time, a big policeman would wade in, grip the idiot and they'd wind up in the cells with a hangover headache.
Well, I didn't want to say it, and I'm sure there are excellent WPCs who are good at certain things, but physically enforcing public order is not one of them, IMHO. Call the Thought Police, I've probably committed a Hate Crime against the Sisterhood. Sorry sweethearts, we luvs ya really!lt would be excellent if a big policeman were always available to go hands-on with a violent suspect. That’s not the case. lmagine the squeals from the right-on meedja if women were denied the opportunity of being beaten, stabb
ed or shot!
Mainly, because they are paid to take those risks, it's all part of the job. If they want to sit in a nice warm office in safety, there are other career paths to follow.Why should a police officer have to risk going hand-to-hand with a violent suspect? They deserve to go home uninjured at the end of a shift; not end up hospitalised or worse, because some drunk/drugged/testosterone-intoxicated slag decided he wanted to show his pals what a legend he is.
Ah no, I didn't assume that at all. We all know that people die in encounters with the police, and twatting someone with a big stick is obviously dangerous. (As is "restraining" someone by standing on their throat until they stop resisting). I am assuming you were a UK policeman, so I'm sure that you only drew your truncheon when shit got serious, and you and your colleagues probably did it all together, once a point of public (dis)order had been reached. I'm sure the mood changed right then, and everyone around was aware that playtime was over, heads would be bopped, and very few people who weren't actively looking for trouble got in the way (save for the odd newspaper seller). Those who did get a bop knew it, expected it, and could always defiantly curl up in a ball, squeal and then brag later to their mates how they fought the evil pigs.Finally, you seem to proceed from the assumption that no deaths or lasting injury to either party ever occurred during an empty hand/baton confrontation. You are wrong.
a) Correct.a) I am assuming you were a UK policeman
b) I'm sure that you only drew your truncheon when shit got serious...
c) ..."non-lethal"...
I'm assuming your mere presence made the malefactors flee in terror.a) Correct.
b) Drew it ( from memory) once in thirty years; never used it. (CS? Used once).
c) “Less lethal” is the more accurate and commonly-used phrase.
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I'm assuming your mere presence made the malefactors flee in terror.
'WPC' hasn't been used since 1998 Grandad.Well, I didn't want to say it, and I'm sure there are excellent WPCs who are good at certain things, but physically enforcing public order is not one of them, IMHO. Call the Thought Police, I've probably committed a Hate Crime against the Sisterhood. Sorry sweethearts, we luvs ya really!
And one way is to stop it getting that far. De-escalating the brain dead violent works especially well with female officers, double points of the said brain dead violent has views that "you don't hit women cos..." etc etc etcI'm sure there are excellent WPCs who are good at certain things, but physically enforcing public order is not one of them, IMHO. Call the Thought Police, I've probably committed a Hate Crime against the Sisterhood. Sorry sweethearts, we luvs ya really!
seriously, I have no doubt that they did! (can I ask, did you wear the bike lycra back in the day?
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The media is the media. Somewhere on here very recently there is a message about why many feminists wouldn't be complaining about women being in the front line though. Complaining about /anybody/ having to face it? absolutely. Wanting back up and support and equipment and training for whoever was in the front line? absolutely. But complaining about women being there? no.lmagine the squeals from the right-on meedja if women were denied the opportunity of being beaten, stabbed or shot!
...did you wear the bike lycra back in the day?asking for a friend).
So deploy a Police Officer-ess (or whatever they are called these days, Carlos!) and talk the idiot down and we can all have a nice cup of tea together. Except, there are plenty of times that people can't be talked down, because they can't hear or they just aren't listening. Then the taser comes out. THAT is the point the burly policeman, (or burly policewoman, I'm sure there are some about) should be going in and gripping people, not dropping them like a floppy rag doll. Purely IMHO, of course.And one way is to stop it getting that far. De-escalating the brain dead violent works especially well with female officers, double points of the said brain dead violent has views that "you don't hit women cos..." etc etc etc
Well, I'd take issue with that last sentence, mainly because I wasn't talking about women in general, I was talking about my observations of the average female police officer when public disorder is boiling over.As for women and violence - I'm one of the violent persons around here in a deprived area of Glasgow. I've calmed down over recent years but I'm often still right on the edge of my tolerance for shit talkers and the lecherous. Spending formative years in a gang means you learn stuff and have fewer inhibitions. @LordRsmacker why persist in broad brush generalisations?
It is now, but when these things were introduced, they were billed as "non-lethal". I doubt many people have noticed the change in designation.c) “Less lethal” is the more accurate and commonly-used phrase.
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