By EpicFailAtItsFinest - 13/04/2009 02:49 - United States

Today, I was working as a lifeguard. A woman began to have a seizure. Nervous, I went into shock and walked into a tree, knocking myself out. Post seizure, the woman stood up and walked away. Later, I woke up in the hospital. The ambulance had arrived to take her, but ended up taking me instead. FML
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Jessick_1 0

"Today, I had a seizure. I thought the lifeguard would save me but turns out they managed to knock themself out because they panicked. The ambulance took them to hospital, forgetting about me. FML" Poor woman.

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vxjazz 0

You call yourself a lifeguard? Pathetic.

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Alex_DeLarge 0

If you can't deal with life and death situations, GTFO out lifeguarding. If a little 4 year old starts to drown, it is your damn job to save his ass. You can't be going into shock, that's not something life guards can afford to do.

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dancercuity922 0

thats sucks man, but maybe you should think about getting a new job.

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snapperturtle 0

I call BS. Nobody goes into shock and walks into a tree. That's just stupid.

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Aldebaran_fml 0

#20 i agree, i also think is fake. On otrher hands i really think that if it was true this is a case of a poorly selected and trained ifeguard that can´t deal with stress, in that case i think is a YDI, and also a danger to the comunity.

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Treehugger 0

You shouldn't go into shock. You should have gone into 'I know wut to do and am on autopilot mode.' That's how a lifeguard is supposed to work during an incident of some sort. I would know. I've been a lifeguard for 3 years. Was this your first time having an incident? Either way, I would think long and hard about keeping your job. What if that woman had that seizure in the pool? she could have drowned while you were in your shock.

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Majormaxo 0

How do you go into shock and WALK INTO A TREE? thats just retarded

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ellameno 2

Hopefully you get fired since you're unable to actually do your job.

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layout50 0

1) yes, lifeguards are trained to handle these situations. 2) maybe it was a waterpark? there would be plenty of trees around for shade 3) time to get a new job. yes it's traumatic, but like #48 said, you should go on autopilot when something like this happens

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