Anyone can help!

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It is important for EVERYONE to know how to help ANYONE. Not everyone can give them selves their medicine under every circumstance. Be educated, help out.

In the last year, i have gotten about five new violent allergies from foods i used to be able to eat. Next time i eat a fruit, my throat could close. I may not be able to inject myself. My boyfriend and i played with my trainer pen for like 30 minutes. He knows how to inject it. I know how. This is important.

As someone with food allergies I feel like everyone should know this. Especially for those who are physically or mentally unable to stab themself with a needle for whatever reason (such as myself who has an extreme phobia of needles), others around them need to know how to administer one in case of an emergency.

Another tip! If their thigh isn’t exposed don’t panic! The needle will go through fabric as long as you don’t try to push through a seam. Seams are too thick for the needle!!!

I’m pinning this post

I’m mortified that this post made me realize I had no clue how epipens work.

Spreading this.

Highlighting the bit about holding it in place for at least three seconds (I usually practice five seconds, just to be safe), AND THE PART ABOUT CALLING AN AMBULANCE.

The epipen does not CURE the allergic reaction, it just hits pause. It gives the patient an extra window of time for the ambulance to get there. It’s not an indefinite pause - it’s just a temporary one. 15 minutes, if I recall correctly. So GET AN AMBULANCE THERE ASAP.

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I literally HAVE an epipen but since I’ve never been allowed to have it myself I literally don’t know how to use it.

If I were to be stung by fire ants (which I am severely allergic to) I wouldn’t have known how to save myself. This post is SO HELPFUL.

Reminder to lay the person down if possible (this is what I was taught anyway). Remember: BLUE TO THE SKY, ORANGE TO THE THIGH You don’t want to accidentally pierce your own hand with the needle, which can sometimes happen under pressure and stress.

For an asthma attack, sit the person down and have them lean forward. Using a spacer, give them four puffs of their inhaler and have them wait four minutes. If their breathing is still constricted/hasn’t returned to normal, call an ambulance and give them another four puffs. Wait four minutes. Repeat, depending on if they have recovered or not.

For a panic attack, sit the person down and encourage them to slow down their breathing. Try to get them talking about the environment they are in by asking them to list five things they can see, four things they can hear, three things they can feel, two things they can smell and one thing they can taste.

For a meltdown, REMOVE THE PERSON FROM THE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENT IF POSSIBLE. Reduce stimuli. Move people away from the person.

In the event of an epileptic seizure, move any objects the person can reach with their arms or legs away from them. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RESTRAIN THEM OR PUT ANYTHING IN THEIR MOUTH. Call an ambulance.

Additionally, for a seizure, time it. Knowing the length of the seizure helps the paramedics to assess the severity of the situation.

my bf and I have the same fucking brain

Quiplash is the greatest game ever made because it allows for things like this and you can’t change my mind.

question was how to get kicked out of hogwarts

few understand just how many such cases there are

in my minecraft server there's a 1/5000 chance of a skeleton running across your screen at any given moment, and sometimes it really scares me

it's all I need

I booked myself in for a massage tomorrow with my physio lady cause my jaw and neck are all locked up from the dentist today and it makes you fill out a little questionnaire to better tell your PT what kind of treatment you need. except when I was filling it in I’d just taken a bunch of pain killers and words were hard but then I logged back in to make sure I’d actually booked it and

Reason for your visit?

What kind(s) of pain are you experiencing?

Special Requests

I shouldn’t be laughing, I feel awful, but I’m just imagining you addressing a person this way.

Don’t feel too bad, my physio lady was pissing herself laughing when I showed up. Everytime she tried to pull up my profile to talk about the appointment she’d devolve into hearty chuckling while apologizing continually for laughing at my expense.

And for anyone wondering she was able to ease a considerable amount of the pain. Even while occasionally breaking out into bouts of barely suppressed giggling.

Edited to add: Since a lot of people are reblogging this original post, I'm adding the updated version I did that incorporates the intersex circle...

I know intersex people are still getting excluded in a lot of LGBTQIA+ spaces (let alone wider society) and I think it's crucial to show this group is included in the statement that we all deserve equal rights.

Ok.

1. This is really important right now. With the way the world is trying to eugenics autism away or use it to harm people, things like big corporations embracing it with products or characters is important.

2. All my Barbie’s were autistic. One was even trans.

boot up, Bitch

That reply is unexpectedly inspirational.

Brotherhood of The Orb

recently learned about a horticultural technique called Espalier, it’s the funniest goddamn thing i’ve ever seen.

Espalier allows trees to be trained into 2-dimensions, by tying the branches to a flat surface as the tree grows. They literally flatten the tree. They make the tree flat. Flat tree!!!

Look at this. This is objectively hilarious:

And people get fancy about it. Look at this nonsense:

(the first one’s called a Belgian Fence, and can be used as an actual fence)

Espalier is actually a very useful technique for

Like. this is a legitimately practical gardening method. but it looks like they squished a tree between the pages of a book. just squashed it flat like a sad little dried flower! i could use these trees as a bookmark!!!

But yes, it is also a healthy and clever way to grow lots of fruit in small spaces, in climates they might not otherwise be suited for. I’m still going to make fun of it, but it honestly looks delightful and delicious.

Espalier!

Flat tree/flattery puns GO GO GO

One of the cool things about it is that it allows for growing fruit in more northerly* areas than you’d otherwise be able.

When done against a South facing wall, the wall shelters and warms the plant, extending the growing season and thus the range of some more delicate fruit trees.

*or reverse all this for the southern hemisphere.

this fanfiction shit is easy

this fanart shit is easy

The gym in my building has a section by the weight machines that has a glass ceiling and big floor to ceiling windows. I’m the only one here rn, and there’s a massive thunderstorm, so I’m down my workout looking at all the lightning, and the thunder is so loud I can feel it vibrating my body even through my headphones. It’s an amazing atmosphere to listen to the Magnus Archives. Never kill yourself

Most non-Minnesotans have no idea what this means, but to put it plainly: we're raised with not just the expectation but essentially -programming- to assist others who get stuck during the winter. We'll help people we'd otherwise punch on sight if they're stuck in the snow and ice, for zero reward.

This is the level of rage we're at with ICE. I'm not joking to say it's almost physically painful to not help someone stuck like that, and it's worth it because the people stuck are ICE.

The only way we have to express how mad we are above this is channeling the First Minnesota all over again.

The Scandinavians who settled in Minnesota brought with them their Norse understanding of the laws of hospitality: you do not fuck around with winter, that if someone needs help in the winter, you help them as long as they don't actively try to hurt you or your neighbors. Food, shelter, labour, whatever, if you can help in winter, you do.

ICE has violated the "actively try to hurt you or your neighbors" bit of the laws of hospitality, and thus the hospitality has been revoked. They are free to feel winter's wrath against those who would bring harm to the community.

I like to think that Lady Skaði would be proud of her distant children.

this reminds me of the mud wizard who walked through everything without any problems while the police officers kept sliding and falling and getting stuck, you can watch it right here.

for context, this was during anti-coal protests in lützerath which went on for days and included people being forcibly removed, injured, or otherwise violated by the police. they showed up in riot gear against people simply sitting and camping and wanting to protect their forests. it was a really big deal here.