April 25, 2008 20:18
Today, my brother and I found a man lying in the street on Van Ness and Market. His eyes were open but he wasn't moving, and he was clearly unconscious. I checked he had a pulse and was breathing, phoned 911, and tried to figure out what the hell happened.

Pupils weren't dilated. He had blood in his mouth, and it looked like he'd bitten his tongue. The back of his head was bloody. His heart rate was elevated, and his breathing was ragged -- it sounded like his tongue was rattling in the back of his throat every time he breathed. It looked like he'd just been walking down the street, bit his tongue really hard and then fell straight back onto the pavement.

He started to move around a little bit after four minutes, and after five could say 'police' and 'wanna get up'. I didn't think it was a good idea for him to move until the paramedics came by, but I wasn't going to hold him down either. It turned out he couldn't really get up by himself, so we supported him until the paramedics came by.

I'm very glad he didn't stop breathing. I was not looking forward to giving him the breath of life.

An hour later, we successfully contested a parking ticket before a hearing officer.

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hi there, nice job :-) parking ticket : glad the officer heard you out. BR, ~A

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