Comments on: A guide to animal CPR http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/a-guide-to-animal-cpr.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: xiagang http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/a-guide-to-animal-cpr.html#comment-1541874 xiagang Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183393#comment-1541874 bu keqi... :) [my pleasure, in Mandarin] bu keqi… :) [my pleasure, in Mandarin]

]]> By: bachandblue http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/a-guide-to-animal-cpr.html#comment-1541536 bachandblue Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183393#comment-1541536 xiangk you very much xiangk you very much

]]> By: gellfex http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/a-guide-to-animal-cpr.html#comment-1541115 gellfex Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183393#comment-1541115 I once successfully Heimlich-ed my cat choking on a chicken bone she stole off the table. I think that was life #7. I once successfully Heimlich-ed my cat choking on a chicken bone she stole off the table. I think that was life #7.

]]> By: VideoMonkey http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/a-guide-to-animal-cpr.html#comment-1540953 VideoMonkey Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183393#comment-1540953 It's an interesting post...but the photo is very misleading.  I was the official videographer at the National Zoo while this cub's older brother, Tai Shan, was in residence.  A baby panda at one week old weighs less than 4 ounces and is hairless, blind, and toothless. It means that CPR can't be done with anything more than one finger, really.  In my opinion, an even more impressive undertaking, dealing with such a delicate creature. It’s an interesting post…but the photo is very misleading.  I was the official videographer at the National Zoo while this cub’s older brother, Tai Shan, was in residence.  A baby panda at one week old weighs less than 4 ounces and is hairless, blind, and toothless. It means that CPR can’t be done with anything more than one finger, really.  In my opinion, an even more impressive undertaking, dealing with such a delicate creature.

]]> By: xiagang http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/a-guide-to-animal-cpr.html#comment-1540893 xiagang Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183393#comment-1540893 There is no "xang" sound in Mandarin Chinese, so I think this name must be transliterated incorrectly. The most likely name is Mei Xiang.  There is no “xang” sound in Mandarin Chinese, so I think this name must be transliterated incorrectly. The most likely name is Mei Xiang. 

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/a-guide-to-animal-cpr.html#comment-1540886 chgoliz Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183393#comment-1540886 In an act of supreme manhood, my best friend's husband once gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and CPR to a dead fawn because my children were distraught. Thus, I can speak from experience and say that 4-legged animals lie on their sides when they are hurt or dying, so compressing the heart from the side is entirely obvious in the moment. No, it didn't work for him either, but daaaaamn, he tried. In an act of supreme manhood, my best friend’s husband once gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and CPR to a dead fawn because my children were distraught.

Thus, I can speak from experience and say that 4-legged animals lie on their sides when they are hurt or dying, so compressing the heart from the side is entirely obvious in the moment.

No, it didn’t work for him either, but daaaaamn, he tried.

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