Technically, someone who doesn't use oxygen or generate carbon dioxide should be better at giving CPR than a living person who would be blowing secondhand air into the patient's lungs. I can see some less-than-clean vampires being a health hazard in their own right, what with having old blood and the blood-borne germs of dozens of victims in their mouths. But most anything infectious that a person could catch would be better than the not being resuscitated option. And you can't tell me that Angel's daily routine didn't involve toothpaste and mouthwash in addition to all the hair products.
I kissed him, and I told him that I loved him. And I killed him.
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 19, 2005 8:45:00 am PST #2460 of 10459
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2005 6:03:23 pm PST #2461 of 10459
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, I'm fresh off a CPR course, where I was told that we only yank 25% of the oxygen normally available in a given breath, so that there's no need to concentrate on pushing "fresh" air into the person's mouth.
Of course, we were also told "Well, they're already dead -- how much worse can you make it?" so take that as you will.
billytea - Nov 19, 2005 6:05:27 pm PST #2462 of 10459
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Of course, we were also told "Well, they're already dead -- how much worse can you make it?" so take that as you will.
Did anyone in the class respond, "Well, I'm always up for a challenge"?
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2005 6:12:15 pm PST #2463 of 10459
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There were enough questions like "So do we put the dismembered finger or the ejected eyeball in our mouth?" that the challenge part was barely even subtextual.
Lee - Nov 19, 2005 8:04:31 pm PST #2464 of 10459
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Of course, we were also told "Well, they're already dead -- how much worse can you make it?" so take that as you will.
Did you ask if they were really dead, or merely mostly dead?
Volans - Nov 19, 2005 9:16:02 pm PST #2465 of 10459
move out and draw fire
"So do we put the dismembered finger or the ejected eyeball in our mouth?"
Wow. Your CPR class was WAY different from mine.
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2005 3:35:21 am PST #2466 of 10459
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, the answer was "NO! Where do you get these ideas?" But there were a lot of that sort of question.
In fact, when the instructor brought up John Wayne Bobbitt, that idea fell by the wayside all on its own.
billytea - Nov 20, 2005 3:57:10 am PST #2467 of 10459
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
In fact, when the instructor brought up John Wayne Bobbitt, that idea fell by the wayside all on its own.
Apparently it's surprisingly hard to bite that off. Penises are very stringy.
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2005 4:19:16 am PST #2468 of 10459
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Talk of challenges...
But no, it wasn't about biting off appendages, but about storing them once separated.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 20, 2005 6:05:31 am PST #2469 of 10459
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Lorena used a kitchen knife, didn't she?