I was thinking about this myself and I don't think I've ever personally seen anyone die. Maybe I'm just lucky or maybe I'm sheltered.
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Have You Seen Anyone Die Before?
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I'm pretty sure you are.
Take it from somebody who's seen it happen before. You do not want to experience seeing it. We live through it and do what we can to warn others that it's an experience you spare yourself from.
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Well yeah, I've seen people die on the internet, I didn't mean that though.
You seriously think there's no difference between watching an online video and seeing someone die before your eyes in real life?
A few times yes. I'll mention the last one I saw.
I live in Toronto and there's a really popular park here where everyone goes to hang out in the summer.
After work one day I was walking there with friend and when we entered we saw a bunch of paramedics and police officers surrounding a man laying on the the ground near a tree. The paramedics were giving him cpr and other procedures. After a few minutes one of the paramedics said something to the girl that was standing there and we all heard a scream. It was her saying "no no no" and it was absolutely heartbreaking. Needless to say everyone was completely silent for the rest of the evening when we were sitting in our usual spot at the park.
I believe I heard the next day that a tree branch fell on his head while he was having a picnic with his wife.
I live in Toronto and there's a really popular park here where everyone goes to hang out in the summer.
After work one day I was walking there with friend and when we entered we saw a bunch of paramedics and police officers surrounding a man laying on the the ground near a tree. The paramedics were giving him cpr and other procedures. After a few minutes one of the paramedics said something to the girl that was standing there and we all heard a scream. It was her saying "no no no" and it was absolutely heartbreaking. Needless to say everyone was completely silent for the rest of the evening when we were sitting in our usual spot at the park.
I believe I heard the next day that a tree branch fell on his head while he was having a picnic with his wife.
Live, I saw a dude jump off an overpass down to the highway, only to time it perfectly so as to be smashed and ground against the shoulder railing by a semi truck.
Watching it on the internet isn't the same as ....like being there and watching a soul leave this earth, sometimes violently. I have cousins that still go to therapy for what they saw in Iraq, i have a Uncle whose a cop who is haunted by a domestic abuse call where the husband shot and killed himself and beats himself up over how he could t stop it and "it just happened so fast" My other uncles and cousins are EMT's and they see people die all the time so they are kind of desensitized by it.
I've seen it happen once but i don't think it counts. I witnessed a car accident. It took like 30 minutes to pronounce the person dead but later on we learned he died on impact and honestly, the crash wasn't even that bad. Still died. fucked Up.
I've seen it happen once but i don't think it counts. I witnessed a car accident. It took like 30 minutes to pronounce the person dead but later on we learned he died on impact and honestly, the crash wasn't even that bad. Still died. fucked Up.
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Ah, I see. But the bodybags were presumably people that were already dead, I mean actually seeing someone go from living to dead. I've seen dead bodies too.
Yes.
When i was ten or so. We where going to a restaurant with my family and on the highway, we saw a couple on a bike in front of us crash in the back on a bus. The bike caught fire somehow and the two did too. I heard the screams for years after that.
And "fun" fact, the guy who was driving the bike happened to be the son of the owner of the restaurant whe where going to.
When i was ten or so. We where going to a restaurant with my family and on the highway, we saw a couple on a bike in front of us crash in the back on a bus. The bike caught fire somehow and the two did too. I heard the screams for years after that.
And "fun" fact, the guy who was driving the bike happened to be the son of the owner of the restaurant whe where going to.
My friend had an aneurysm and died while I was administering CPR as the ambulance was on the way. They did their best to revive him, but when we were riding in the ambulance to the hospital and the only had lights on and no siren, I knew that was a bad sign.
Worst part was when we got to the emergency room, the doctor pulled me aside and told me first he was DOA. I had to keep the truth from my dude's parents who were in rush hour traffic trying to get to the hospital, so they wouldn't have an accident.
Worst part was when we got to the emergency room, the doctor pulled me aside and told me first he was DOA. I had to keep the truth from my dude's parents who were in rush hour traffic trying to get to the hospital, so they wouldn't have an accident.
Cleaned at a hospital when younger. Saw a woman lying in bed not moving too much. Alive but still. A couple of days later when I cleaned to room across the hall, she got vigorous spasms and personnel gathering around her, trying to stabilize her, when she went way too still. Her room were empty the next day. Have unfortunately seen on the internet too, but the vibes are very different when you are close.
I mean both did happened in real life and I've seen some messed up stuff. But I hope I never have to witness it in person. :(
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Like, I think it also depends on the death. For me the dying part seems much less disturbing than the suffering, like at least if it's a painless/instant death they aren't in pain.
When I was a kid we went on a day trip to some island and a guy drowned there at the beach. Fortunately I didn't see anything directly, because my parents kept us away, but my Mum went to help as she's a doctor, and I still remember that situation vividly.
From what I heard the guy couldn't swim and jumped into deep water, he was there on a trip from an African country and probably just didn't know the danger
From what I heard the guy couldn't swim and jumped into deep water, he was there on a trip from an African country and probably just didn't know the danger
Yeah, a few times. Someone dying from the gunshot wound was the worst and I hope I'll never see that shit again. My grandad died from lung cancer and while it was heartbreaking and devastating, at the time I was glad his suffering has stopped.
Yeah, I watched doctors take a very good friend off of a ventilator. He was 27 and had lung cancer (never smoked in his life). He was totally drugged to the point that he wasn't aware of anything. His eyes rolled back and he started gasping for air like a fish. His parents held his hand and cried. He eventually stopped gasping and his eyes glazed over.
I was pretty religious up to that point, but I stopped believing entirely after that. I saw first-hand how we are just animals like everything else on this planet. We aren't special at all.
I was pretty religious up to that point, but I stopped believing entirely after that. I saw first-hand how we are just animals like everything else on this planet. We aren't special at all.
I used to work in an ED (Emergency Department), for roughly 7 years. Aside: I was more administrative than hands-on. It was unavoidable at times, but it was always the heartbroken family that got to me. You never really get used to it. Life is simply tragic, precious, and unavoidably melancholic.
Not people but I remember seeing a rabbit die when I was young. At a party the lad who was holding the party let the rabbits out of the hutch (Which I remember saying it was a bad idea) and let them run wild. While he was looking for them he stepped on one of them, I keep remembering the sound the poor rabbit was making as it died. :(
Growing up yes and only one recently. May their souls (or the innocence they once harbored) be at peace and survived!
Nah. I left my grandma's bedside at the hospital and she died like an hour later.
I also saw a corpse under a white sheet on the road in London after they'd been hit by a bus. I could just see a pair of legs from under the sheet, stuck with me though.
I also saw a corpse under a white sheet on the road in London after they'd been hit by a bus. I could just see a pair of legs from under the sheet, stuck with me though.
I remember watching a video of a soilder executing a guy with a literal mortar gun and another of a cartel member executing a riva cartel member with a chainsaw. The creulty of it all never left my memory.
Sure, but I was in the military and I worked in a federal prison later. It just comes with the territory.
I was an OR-nurse and now am a med-student in last year, so yes, a couple times.
Weirdest death was when we had a brain dead patient who was supposed to be explanted. The patient was braindead (so already dead and just a warm body), but still put under general anaesthesia and his skin was pink and warm.
The transplantation surgeon started the operation and made a section from the jugulum down to the pubic area.
He looked for the aorta, clamped it off and put a line with a cold potassium-solution above the clamp into the aorta.
The patient became colder and paler when the heart stopped, the anesthetist shut off the respirator, the surgeons took out the organs that were needed for other critical ill patients, then they closed the patient, cleaned him and that was it.
The situation when the color went out of the patient's face was an interesting experience. The patient was dead before, wouldn't have come back or survived without a respirator, but seeing the last bit of life of electrophysiology leave that body was something else.
Other situations are when the surgeon decides that nothing can't be done for the patient he's currently doing an emergency operation on and tells the anesthetist that he'll discontinue the operation.
Weirdest death was when we had a brain dead patient who was supposed to be explanted. The patient was braindead (so already dead and just a warm body), but still put under general anaesthesia and his skin was pink and warm.
The transplantation surgeon started the operation and made a section from the jugulum down to the pubic area.
He looked for the aorta, clamped it off and put a line with a cold potassium-solution above the clamp into the aorta.
The patient became colder and paler when the heart stopped, the anesthetist shut off the respirator, the surgeons took out the organs that were needed for other critical ill patients, then they closed the patient, cleaned him and that was it.
The situation when the color went out of the patient's face was an interesting experience. The patient was dead before, wouldn't have come back or survived without a respirator, but seeing the last bit of life of electrophysiology leave that body was something else.
Other situations are when the surgeon decides that nothing can't be done for the patient he's currently doing an emergency operation on and tells the anesthetist that he'll discontinue the operation.
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I work in medicine and used to work in an emergency room. I've seen lots of people die. I've been the last person with my hands on someone as they've died. I've seen senior citizens die. I've seen infants die.
Life is fragile. Don't waste it.
Life is fragile. Don't waste it.
Online, at least a few.
In real life, the closest I've seen is a guy dying of a heart attack at 3am in a Burger King parking lot. I didn't stick around to see if he survived or not as paramedics had already arrived and were trying to revive him and it made me thing far too hard about my own mortality.
In real life, the closest I've seen is a guy dying of a heart attack at 3am in a Burger King parking lot. I didn't stick around to see if he survived or not as paramedics had already arrived and were trying to revive him and it made me thing far too hard about my own mortality.
Yup, a few people including family members. Most recently a coworker who had a heart attack while at work. As one of my workplace First Aiders I was the first one with him, and worked on him the entire time with a few others.
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