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Post by QSaanich on Oct 30, 2005 17:36:12 GMT -8
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Post by NMcKay on Oct 30, 2005 17:41:28 GMT -8
it has to do with seniors month, and the number of seniors that are travelling on rt 1
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Post by Ferryman on Oct 30, 2005 17:50:29 GMT -8
Yeah that's true, I forgot about that.
My Grandad had a heart attack on the Queen of Alberni two weeks before Christmas in the year 2000. But the thing is, he never knew it, and thought he was just having chest pains. The next day the chest pains got worse and we had to rush him to the Nanaimo Hospital. Once we had found out that he was having a heart attack on the ferry the day before, we thought of how embarrassing it would of been if he ended up getting the ferry to turn around and go back to Tsawwassen to send him off to the hospital.....But after Christmas he was fine...just to finish off the story.
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Post by Engineer on Oct 30, 2005 18:20:28 GMT -8
you guys are so tough
If it was your father or mother in need of emergency help, to stay alive , Iam sure you would say
("If you are going to be doing heart stopping stuff please wait till the end of the voyage so that we dont waist fuel and not have to delay our sailing." That is what I would say )
Time to grow up boys
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Oct 30, 2005 18:30:57 GMT -8
engineer this has been almost multiple times that this has happend and I think that if people know that they are going to have heart attacks then why be on a ferry? It is fustrating to see that it keeps happening so I think there may need to be a helipad on the super c's so you can just slow down and wait a bit and then you wont have to go back into the terminal.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 30, 2005 18:41:48 GMT -8
Quote: "I think that if people know that they are going to have heart attacks then why be on a ferry?" That's got to be one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read on this board. Boys: That's why there's a separate "Kid's Board" set up for BC Ferry discussion. bcfs.proboards2.com/ That type of comment belongs on that type of board. |
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Oct 30, 2005 19:08:26 GMT -8
I think it is time to stop the fire before it burns to out of control
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 30, 2005 19:22:51 GMT -8
those "fire" metaphors really crack me up.
At least fire-boy didn't go all-caps with a 100-word run-on-sentence.
Flame away, fire-boy.
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Oct 30, 2005 19:27:15 GMT -8
why are you calling me fire boy when you are the one who started the flames and you keep adding in fuel, you just add more fuel to it till it burns to the ground, letsz just get back to discussion of ferries
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Oct 30, 2005 19:49:14 GMT -8
Apparently the Queen of Esquimalt is filling in for the SOBC tonight for its last round trip.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Oct 30, 2005 20:27:00 GMT -8
Lets not argue. Stuff like this happens and we have to deal with it.
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Post by NMcKay on Oct 30, 2005 22:44:59 GMT -8
yep, and i find it funny that he didn;t start with the all caps  |
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Oct 30, 2005 23:11:46 GMT -8
NO ONE listens at all to me and I keep going over and over again and you never listen at all.
FIRST THINGS FIRST
Keeping insults going just fuels arguments and rampages from other members. Keeping it going just starts a cycle and I see a recreation of this cycle occuring and we tried to get out of the cycle. However, some don't know how to hold their tounges and stop the cycle. Instead it is like adding fuel to a fire. Fire then just keeps burning and then it turns into war.
NOW IF YOU CARE NOT TO PAY ATTENTION THEN YOU ARE JUST WANTING THIS CYCLE TO KEEP GOING
What has been creating all of this fighting is people making fun of other people and has started wars all around and it has been annoying me. Other people call others immature when it is both who create the problem. The problem has been is that people keep jerking others chains some long some short. If you jerk them enough they start rampages and if you think it is funny to see it then maybe you should go somewhere else and cause trouble. If you want to stay here then stop all this cause it just creates it to where this place turns into a war zone. The Internet isnt a war zone, if you want to go into a war zone, go to Iraq. This should be a place to talk about ferries not jerk other peoples chains.
Im sorry if I offend any of you but this is the truth, this has created hardships and fustration to other members when we should be having peaceful conversations not negative comments on others posts.
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Post by Alex on Oct 30, 2005 23:36:53 GMT -8
engineer this has been almost multiple times that this has happend and I think that if people know that they are going to have heart attacks then why be on a ferry? I highly doubt any of these people know they're going to have a heart attack. If you knew you were going to have a heart attack and possibly die, you would probably...gee, I dunno, go to a Hospital, instead of get on a ferry, where you'll be far from help. If someone was dying next to you on a ferry, and their only chance was to get back to the terminal, would you want them to die just to keep the schedule? |
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Oct 30, 2005 23:40:08 GMT -8
sometimes I never look into that and I may want to ask the question "would you rather be ontime or save a life?" I think a life would be more important but then the question to be asking is "should there be another relief vessel on standby in case of an emergency so that the ferries will keep on schedule?"
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Post by Starbucks Queen on Oct 31, 2005 12:00:26 GMT -8
So, I assume here that BC ferries do have the policy of returning to the terminal in case there is a medical emergency right ? Well, in my opiniom this is the ONLY way how to do that - if we´re not talking about a lift-off by helicopeter.
Things like that happen, on ferries, in shopping malls and it´s not a question of a backup-vessel etc - things just happen. Then think about you, beeing on a 23 - hour ferry-journey and having medical emergencies, or even someone going overboard, which happens as well.
It is a bit hard get, in your opinim - whatelse should they do than returning right to the terminal ? Right people do not know whether they´re going to have an heart-attackor other problems before they go on trips, otherwise I´m sure they´d stay at home.
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Oct 31, 2005 12:10:46 GMT -8
In emergencies the question is how to respond to them. They just come up and you can never plan ahead.
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Post by Starbucks Queen on Oct 31, 2005 12:30:01 GMT -8
You can actually respond only in one way - to do all possible to save a life. There is no other way to react to whatever emergency cases.
Of course one can not plan such, but I think this is where the magic words "crew training" should be mentioned right ?
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Oct 31, 2005 12:49:30 GMT -8
true, I know that workers here in the US are required to be First Aid and CPR certified but I am not sure how it works in canada but I expect it is the same way.
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Post by Scott on Oct 31, 2005 18:59:07 GMT -8
All the crew have first aid training... some likely have quite advanced training. There is probably usually a doctor on board... or a nurse (not paid, but just travelling as a passenger). So I think that "first-response" is probably very good on BC Ferries, but there's only so much they can do... without having a hospital on board.
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Post by kylefossett on Nov 1, 2005 20:21:18 GMT -8
i have had experiance on a sailing involving an medical emergancy. was travelling on the bowen queen from tsawwassen to long harbour in august 2000 with my mom and an aunt of hers. as we were coming out of active pass the aunt started having a stroke. i can tell you that the response from the crew onboard was awesome, they made an announcement for anybosy with medical training to please come to the snack bar and there was a girl with level 3 ofa and cpr who volunteered. between her and the crew it was great. i myself am a first responder trained volunteer firefighter and my mom is a nurse. between the four of us, mainly the crew person and the girl we got the aunt to lady minto hospital were she survived. i can tell you that in no way before the sailing did we even know that we would of had this little adventure onboard we would have not got on the ferry and would have gone straight to the hospital. you never know when something like this can or will happen
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Post by Ferryman on Nov 2, 2005 8:02:06 GMT -8
Wow! That would be really scary when something like that happens when you're out in the middle of the Strait, and wondering if you'll get back on shore in time.
It looks like I get to start my Transport Canada Health tests pretty soon, and then I have to see if BCIT will accept me or not for next year!
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Post by Koastal Karl on Nov 2, 2005 10:20:03 GMT -8
NO ONE COMMENT! CONTINUE ON WITH THE DISSCUSSION FOR THIS TOPIC!
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Post by Curtis on Nov 2, 2005 17:59:45 GMT -8
I agree
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Post by NMcKay on Nov 2, 2005 18:06:24 GMT -8
when john gets back. someone is getting banned
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