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So, if you see that woman and you start to "run like hell" to get out of there, and then the shooting or bombing starts, and you keep running...
What do you do when you encounter a wounded person lying on the ground in front of you? Should you stop and render first aid? What if the person is lying in a traffic lane or in a breezeway where you would be vulnerable to stray bullets or shrapnel if you stay there helping the wounded one?
One of the rules in first aid for first responders and rescue workers is not to MOVE the victim. But there is a caveat that should not be forgotten: UNLESS the victim remaining there constitutes an additional danger for the victim or even for the rescue worker stopping to help him. Therefore, even if the victim might have a spinal injury or a broken neck, you should move him out of harm's way for his own good and for your own. You will be of no help if you get shot, too.
And in these times there is another consideration.
Recently, two rescue workers stopped to help a woman lying on the floor, writhing in pain, during a terrorist attack. The first helper was having trouble assessing the injury, which was indicated by bloody spots on her abdomen. The second worker got out a knife and cut away her blouse so they could better stop the bleeding and LO and BEHOLD what they found under her top was a partially exploded ѕυιcιdє vest!!
If they had been less lucky, the rest of the vest could have blown up in their faces. This woman was not an innocent victim, but rather she was one of the terrorists, who had not died instantly as she had planned because her ѕυιcιdє vest only partly ignited, sending nails and chunks of glass into the ceiling above her and the wall nearby.
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