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Posted on 7/22/23 at 1:21 am to jose
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Failed my very first exam in medical school. Like bottom of the class failed. Went the the profs office and asked for advice and she said to study more. I couldn’t imagine possibly studying any harder than I did. I went back at it and memorized every word of every slide in the PowerPoints for the next exam. Scored a 92. She called me back into her office and asked how I cheated. She said she had never seen that type of rebound and I just have cheated.
Curious where you went to school and what kind of exams you took.
We didn’t really have power points to memorize. Our first year was heavy gross anatomy. There’s no power point for that. It’s dissecting and studying Netter’s and the dissection book. There’s no PowerPoint to prepare you for a tank-side practical. Just curious.
HPD was somewhat PowerPoint driven I suppose. But even histology, you had to really know your slides.
This post was edited on 7/22/23 at 1:33 am
Posted on 7/22/23 at 2:45 am to Christopher Columbo
Nah. But those 500 mile overnighter drives on 4 hours sleep were a little stressful. Or getting arrested in Memphis at midnightt with the team on the bus with a game in Shreveport the next night was stressful.
The gun ones were more terrifying than stressful because there was no time to stress.
The gun ones were more terrifying than stressful because there was no time to stress.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 3:25 am to FAT SEXY
Despite the fact that I do it for fun, grabbing pit vipers by the head always makes me pucker just a tad. Especially my first canebrake rattlesnake grab recently.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 5:36 am to FAT SEXY
My first deep rescue…….85’ deep in gulf. Partnered with a dad & his 13 yr old who are some how doing their first open water dive after getting C-card. They do not follow dive plan. Dad loses his shite at depth, almost drops weight belt, goes into massive panic mode…. Had to get him under control and start bringing him up and then he goes OOA on me at 55’.
In addition to dealing with him, I had to make sure the 13 yr old was staying cool (she was) and ascending with me as I take control of her dad. She was actually fine…. It was her old man who had the freak out.
In addition to dealing with him, I had to make sure the 13 yr old was staying cool (she was) and ascending with me as I take control of her dad. She was actually fine…. It was her old man who had the freak out.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 6:16 am to Barrister
In a shipyard we had a man go down into a confined space, another employee was about to enter also, but stopped when he saw the man before him was unconscious, I was there within seconds and saw that the entry permit was for an adjacent compartment, the fans and rescue packs were over 200' away, we had a crew trained in rescue getting them. The tough part was that the man's father was working on another crew and wanted to go down to rescue his son, if he did that we'd have 2 people passed out. Dad had to be retrained, kicking and screaming.
Our rescue crew was there quickly, so they got him out and he was revived before EMS arrived. Of course, his dad was still very upset and went with him in the ambulance. The cause was determined to be lack of oxygen due to rust scale inside the compartment. At least it was not a hazardous vapor that could damage lung tissue.
That was the closest I came to losing a man while I was in charge. Scared the shite out of me.
Our rescue crew was there quickly, so they got him out and he was revived before EMS arrived. Of course, his dad was still very upset and went with him in the ambulance. The cause was determined to be lack of oxygen due to rust scale inside the compartment. At least it was not a hazardous vapor that could damage lung tissue.
That was the closest I came to losing a man while I was in charge. Scared the shite out of me.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 6:39 am to Robin Masters
Stranded in the ship channel with nothing but the trolling motor working. Big storm came. I made my peace that day.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 6:43 am to FAT SEXY
Teammate quit off rip in warzone. Duos
I waxed 14 dudes, 1 on 1 for the win. Saw the guy running to the other side of the circle. I chased. Started shooting. I freaked out. He turned around and clapped me.
I folded like a lawn chair
I waxed 14 dudes, 1 on 1 for the win. Saw the guy running to the other side of the circle. I chased. Started shooting. I freaked out. He turned around and clapped me.
I folded like a lawn chair
Posted on 7/22/23 at 6:46 am to FAT SEXY
Pulling our resident Rice fan out of a bathtub.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 7:48 am to FAT SEXY
Getting three teenage girls out of a car that was on fire back in 1977. Pretty intense moment.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 7:51 am to Homesick Tiger
Making my first jump solo instead of doing a tandem. Being shot in the chest was also pretty stressful.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 8:03 am to Captain Rumbeard
When I was ops mgr for a tour company, had a raft flip in the rapids
Total mayhem trying to find those folks along a stretch of rapids, dealing with cops, media, etc.
I miss those adrenaline days.
Total mayhem trying to find those folks along a stretch of rapids, dealing with cops, media, etc.
I miss those adrenaline days.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 8:05 am to iwasthere
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War. Survived
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iwasthere
Checks out
Posted on 7/22/23 at 8:12 am to FAT SEXY
16 years old. I was a lifeguard at our neighborhood pools. Grown man had a violent seizure in about 5’ of water.
He was not easy to stabilize. Not the craziest thing, but looking back I don’t know if I’d ever give that kind of responsibility to a 16 year old.
He was not easy to stabilize. Not the craziest thing, but looking back I don’t know if I’d ever give that kind of responsibility to a 16 year old.
This post was edited on 7/22/23 at 8:47 am
Posted on 7/22/23 at 8:18 am to FAT SEXY
I had to stop and put air in all four tires once.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 8:38 am to Chromdome35
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Back in the late '70s and early '80s, I was a member of a Boy Scout Explorer program that was affiliated with our city's (17K pop in Southern Arkansas) Police Department. We rode shotgun in the car with the officer, We got to work the radio for the officer if things were routine. We also did things like traffic control at accidents.
One evening while I was riding with the Sgt who was one of the sponsors of the Explorer post, he received a call to a domestic situation at one of the projects. Our city had about 8-10 government housing projects. We pulled up at the address, and the officer got out and approached the door, while I stood back by the car and observed with a walkie-talkie in hand. The officer knocked on the door and a guy opened it with a pistol in hand. The officer simultaneously drew his revolver, began backpedaling to the side, and yelled for the man to drop his gun. The man came around the corner raising the gun while looking at the officer and then at me, he started to pivot towards me and the officer shot him in the head about 15 feet away from me. It was from start to finish in a few seconds. A .357 hollow point does a lot of damage to a skull.
That was my most pressure-filled situation, I never want to relive it.
Holy moly!
Posted on 7/22/23 at 8:42 am to Tyga Woods
quote:He opens his mouth…mom’s spaghetti
Palms are sweaty. Knees weak, arms are heavy.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 8:50 am to FAT SEXY
Shithead at work trying to get me fired for a year with my boss supporting it. Downsized my lifestyle and went back to school. Shithead is gone now. I’m not. Better future ahead.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 8:59 am to Mushroom1968
I have been in those situations multiple times in baseball at multiple levels and did well most of the time, just sheer luck. I wouldn’t even really consider those high stress because weirdly I liked them and if a lot of athletes are being honest they do too.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 8:59 am to FAT SEXY
Was in a pool hall with a friend and 2 of his fraternity brothers running their mouths to a guy a few tables over because they knew the girl with him. Guy was pissed. I told my buddy to get them to shut up or we ought to go somewhere else.
About 10 minutes later guys start walking in to the place in sweats, shirts, club clothes, etc. think it was 9 that showed up one after another. Turns out the dude was some kind of drug dealer and called his posse in and they dropped everything and came immediately.
Luckily the manager had sense enough to see what was about to go down and police started started showing up. To this day I don’t know if they had knives, guns, etc…
I was puckered up for an hour after we got out of there.
About 10 minutes later guys start walking in to the place in sweats, shirts, club clothes, etc. think it was 9 that showed up one after another. Turns out the dude was some kind of drug dealer and called his posse in and they dropped everything and came immediately.
Luckily the manager had sense enough to see what was about to go down and police started started showing up. To this day I don’t know if they had knives, guns, etc…
I was puckered up for an hour after we got out of there.
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