Last night I was watching *** as Folk. I thought first that it was neat that they actually went and got real swimmers to play the roles of high school swimmers. Then when the races began, they had the teenager who had become HIV while trying to survive hit his head on the wall. I think that the only reason they did any of the story was so that they could have some one call out the word ***, have people scream about contaminated blood & be very histerical.
So this morning, I called a friend who works in Denver with they county AIDS task force and asked if he could find any case of anyone getting HIV from blood in the water or if there had been any studies of HIV virus living in chlorinated water. It can't.
I was wondering how anyone would react if this happened in real life to them. What would you do if you were swimming in a pool and some one began to bleed badly? I'm sure I've swam with some one who is/was HIV+, afterall I've lived in our nation's capital.
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Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
I was wondering how anyone would react if this happened in real life to them. What would you do if you were swimming in a pool and some one began to bleed badly? I'm sure I've swam with some one who is/was HIV+, afterall I've lived in our nation's capital.
Hopefully they would be able to get themselves out of the pool. If not, I would get them out immediatley.
Once they were out I would treat them as needed make sure to stay away from any blood and not come in contact with any of their bodily fluids.
You definatley have to think of your own safety first, but if they are in IMMEDIATE danger of dying or drowning, I would probably take more of a risk. If they were not in immediate danger of dying I would wait until paramedics arrived.
It is totally dependant on the situation and how badly the person needs medical attention.
Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
I was wondering how anyone would react if this happened in real life to them. What would you do if you were swimming in a pool and some one began to bleed badly? I'm sure I've swam with some one who is/was HIV+, afterall I've lived in our nation's capital.
Hopefully they would be able to get themselves out of the pool. If not, I would get them out immediatley.
Once they were out I would treat them as needed make sure to stay away from any blood and not come in contact with any of their bodily fluids.
You definatley have to think of your own safety first, but if they are in IMMEDIATE danger of dying or drowning, I would probably take more of a risk. If they were not in immediate danger of dying I would wait until paramedics arrived.
It is totally dependant on the situation and how badly the person needs medical attention.
