DPB…Dip the Poor Bastard
Published December 23, 2005 | 
Some people should learn to never send me a smart a** email! They have to know that I’m just going to publish here anyway. . .
So in response to my post about CPR, this came from Dick in Milwaukee. . .
Perhaps it is time for some insightful EMT-kayaker to do research on DPB…Dip the Poor Bastard. This is based on the literature showing resucitation after cold water drownings. It would only require a tow rope (which we should be carrying anyway), some weights (which could serve as ballast until needed and a themometer (optional in winter).
The weights need to be rigged so they can quickly be attached to the victim who is then dumped over the side and sunk to the thermoclime (in warm weather, the themometer can be used to establish the necessary depth).
Nicely frozen and preserved, the rescuer can take his or her time carefully paddling to shore. Upon arrival, the rescuer goes ashore, leaving the victim safely in the arms of the cold sea, and bums a quarter to call for help. When a defibrillator (or coroner) arrives, the vic is pulled ashore to recieve all the things modern medicine has to offer.
Now, how to get a grant. Hmmmmm?
Anyone getting their check book out?? He’d also like a couple volunteers. . .
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