"Pokemon Go May Have Helped Save a Life"

#PokemonGO: You guys remember all those stories from the early days of Pokemon Go where players found dead bodies and other stuff? Well I just had one of those.I was out for a walk playing PoGo (hatched a 100% Alolan Sandshrew, whoo) with a podcast in when I stumbled upon a lady on the ground and her friend pacing around her while talking to someone on the other side of a fence. I live downtown and I've seen this before so I pretty quickly picked up that something was off. I took out my headphones and walked over asking if everything was okay. The guy, who looks like he's on something, asks me if I know CPR, to which I say yes (I'm a lifeguard). Before I go over I see that there's what looks like a used crack pipe on the ground so I tell him to back off a bit and to not touch it. She's very clearly suffered an overdose, her skin is very grey and she doesn't appear to be breathing. The guy on the other side of the fence is on the phone with 911 already so I go and check if she has a pulse. (I did a little overdose no-no and touched her skin without gloves, which you should never do as the drugs can be sweat out and affect you) At first it doesn't appear that she does so I get ready to do compression only CPR as I don't have a mask or anything, when she takes this huge breath. She literally came back from the dead right infront of me. I then check her for a pulse and found one pretty easily, though it's predictably weaker than it should be. At this point an older lady with her dog walks up and she says she's a retired nurse and asks what happened. I fill her in and she starts assessing the lady. She notes that the lady is only breathing every 20-30 seconds and relays that to the guy on the phone with 911 who then asks us to shout every time the lady breaths. Basically we keep doing this until EMS arrives and takes over care. I'm fairly sure the lady lived but needless to say it was a bit freaky. Keep your heads up Pokemon Go'ers and if you carry a backpack with you maybe invest in a small first aid kit because you never know what you'll find!tl;dr: While playing Pokemon Go, I stumbled upon a lady that overdosed and helped provide first aid till EMS arrived. via /r/pokemongo https://ift.tt/2WiZbt5