That took you so long to follow-up, almost three months! Better late than never though.

I imagine people would think you "deserved it" for going to the dentist in the first place... I don't know.. I can't really defend idiot's..

19 is by no means too young to be CPR certified. I was CPR and first aid at age 17

CPR and first aid certified*

She's not saying she's too young be certified. She said she doesn't know HOW to do it

So you don't take care of your teeth in other words? Nasty ass

I meant the people who said she deserved it for clarification.. Lol

Congrats. Would you like an award.? We don't care

y'all are so negative! leave her alone, shes nineteen, a dentist died while taking care of her, cut her some slack. OP - hope you never have to experience that ever again.. at least youve got nice teeth! use them to smile at the haters. xx

OP hey I'm 19 too! Getting CPR certified was a requirement in my HS Health class but I still barely remember how so It's ok :)

Shut up

I knew how to perform CPR when I was seven...

Listen #121 if you don't care then this is the wrong place for you. Go be a Jack ass Bitch somewhere else.

#126 You should take your own advice

When people say you deserved it I don't think they actually mean it there just being dicks

you had a dead person in your mouth :')

I was first certified at 12 or so. Way before 19...

she didn't say she was to young. she said she didn't know how. read the comment before commenting, tit

I agree with everything except the part where you said you were 19 and so you don't know CPR. That's a shitty excuse. I've known CPR since I was 14, so don't pull the age card with that one.

#127, don't lie, and your being a bitch

I think we have finally found the gold mine of idiots on this thread Every single comment was stupid and disliked like 100 times

I am 19 also and knew how to perform CPR when I was 10, you're age is not an excuse though

Just know that it wasnt your fault and it was his time. dont let the experience traumatize you, hope you have been getting on well since the incident

Uhm yea people do care, can't u see the amount of negative likes u got? lool..

For all of the jackasses say that they're so and so age and know how to do CPR so it's no excuse, I'm 18 and don't know how to do CPR. It's not age thing. Not everyone has taken a CPR certification class, and if you don't know how to properly do CPR you shouldn't do it because you could make things worse. Open your minds a little bit. And when someone dies it's not everyone's first instinct to take action. sometimes people just freak out.

Wow that is a rough experiance to go thru hope your doing ok and there is nothing wrong with seeing someone to talk with about it. If you need it that is. I

Good for you did you want a cookie?

being 19 isn't an excuse to not know CPR, I was 8 when I first learned CPR and have been recertified every 2-3 years since then... regardless, what happened to you sucked!

Even if she DID know CPR, by the time she'd composed herself the officials would be there anyway! Sorry to hear about the dentist. RIP

Shut up 157, can you ******* read 151's comment?

that is an absolutely horrible thing to go through OP, I don't know how I'd react to something like that happening. hope you're okay, that is pretty traumatic. I can't believe the way people are reacting on here....

omg, shut up about the age thing, y'all. some schools don't offer CPR classes, some people don't have the skills, such as OP. also, those of you who claim to have known CPR since age 7, have a man f*cking die with his hand in your mouth & see if you can handle the pressure of the moment and perform CPR properly. Exactly. You can't.

Everyone aged 15+ should know how to do CPR..

I'm sorry for your loss and I would never joke about something like this I want you to know the whole world isn't full of assholes lol. But still. He is indeed in a better place now.

I'm sorry that happened to you. As you experienced first hand, CPR does not always work like it does on TV and in the movies. He had the best chance he could with almost immediate CPR and defibrillation. I've been a paramedic for 10 years and I can count on 1 hand the number of meaningful (walk out of the hospital and have a somewhat normal life after) Cardiac arrest recoveries I've had. I encourage everyone I know to learn CPR, but I don't fault you for not knowing it.

It's not her fault for not knowing CPR. I'm certain that if OP had known CPR, she would have helped the poor man.. This is in no way her fault. There's no point in being ugly.

Just because you're 19 doesn't mean you can't know CPR, I was medically trained to be perform CPR as a CNA at 18.

We are saying it, because she said "I'm only 19 I don't know how to do CPR" she was using age as an excuse, when all she had to say was I don't know CPR.

She did say, "I'm 19, I don't know how to perform CPR," which does sound like she's saying she's too young to know CPR.

My comment above was directed at #118 and I'm not criticizing OP for anything that happened (that must have been a terrible experience), just saying it did sound, from what OP wrote, like she thought 19 was too young to know CPR.

umm FYI to all you rude asses. Im almost 28 and have no clue how to perform CPR. So all of you can **** off with your judgemental attitudes!

all of you idiots are saying you know cpr at an earlier age, well congrats good for you but not everyone knows it so shut up and stop being negative.

Not to be rude or anything But I was CPR certified by the time I was 14

Majority of people from the age of 12-18 don't give a **** about anyone but themselves.

she said she didn't know how to do it. she didn't say she was too young

age of getting cpr certified doesnt mean shit. what does is your capacity to do it right and im pretty sure anyone most people at age 10 to 14 dont have the upper body strength to get the proper depth of compressions nor be able to continually do it until others with training arrive. Although exceptions do happen.

I learned CPR at age 15, and I began working as a certified lifeguard at that time too.

Not sure what you being 19 has to do with knowing CPR. There's no age requirement for that.

Lifeguards such as myself train for hours to be able to do CPR right...

She stated she was 19 and didn't know how. That implies she believes the age is a factor. I'd guess she thinks CPR training is only done in college health care based courses. Which is totally false. You need to read and comprehend before making a comment. Those stating she's pretty old enough are correct and have basis for stating so.

that's a terrible thing to go through. I'm glad people were here to try and help.

You're 19, worked in healthcare, your mom is in healthcare, and you don't know CPR???? I took a course when I was 12 so I could go babysit; what if something happened to the kid? You drive, don't you? In some countries it's required that you take an emergency care course to be eligible to get your license, it's appalling that it's not required in the US. CPR is something everyone should learn as soon as they are able. Not to is just gross negligence imho. Get on it OP, ASAP. In other news, I'm sorry that happened, I've been spared an experience like this, fortunately, but I can imagine how scary it must be. my condolences.

#127 Bitch, sit the **** down with our lying ass.

Bullshit

Bullshit

To everyone who keeps saying that she should have been certified for CPR at 19, if someone had literally just dropped dead with their hands in your mouth, do you think you'd be able to compose yourself and start chest compressions before someone equally or more qualifies showed up? Y'all need to chill

I swear if one more person says "I learned CPR when I was 10" or "age is not an excuse", I'm going to bitch slap someone. No one gives a **** as to when you were certified.

Most people in the UK never learn CPR, unless they become a first aider at work or similar. I'm doubting it's even as common in the USA as people seem to be suggesting. And yay for all of us commenting on a 2 year old FML thanks to the follow up appearing on the app :)

Poor OP. Knowing and working for the guy makes it even more of a personal tragedy. Regardless of that I don't understand why at 19 she doesn't know at least the basics of first aid. Here in Germany you're required to attend and pass first aid training if you want to get your driving license. So I attended my first course when I was 15 to get the small motorbike license. What I haven't done though is get recertification every couple years, probably should start doing that because every year they find out new things they can teach you...

For those saying she should know CPR blah blah blah, she actually said that there was already several people working on him. Even if she had known cpr, how would that have helped? Chin up OP, seeing someone die in front of you is horrific and traumatising.

I'm sorry this happened to you. It must have been a lot worse because you knew him rather well.I hope you can find a good new dentist and your mom can find a new job that she enjoys. Best wishes Op. Thanks for the reply on this story

**** off you little bitch. do you even have a mind? if you went through that experience and somebody said that to you. what would you think? so **** off you nasty old hag

I knew cpr at 14

193 how is that relevant in any way?

I doubt she was using her age as an excuse. But at the same time she has had less time available to her to be properly trained.

most of the time, people hit "deserved it" by accident; some do it just for a badge.

My god read before you say something she said she DIDNT know how it has nothing to do with the age OP, i am so sorry for the idiotic comments left behind by these incompetent readers

Damn that must've been somewhat of a traumatic experience. I never learned CPR either (my school never taught it and it never really crossed my mind to have to learn it, not blaming age here, just blaming the lack of anyone/anything really stressing the importance and usefulness of knowing it besides being a life guard ) I hope your dentist is in a better place and that nothing like that happens to you again.

Hi! I'm 15 and dont give two craps!

145 made my day hahahah

Wow, omg that is so impressive you are so amazing clearly everyone wants to know about your personal life and skills. Please, do continue, what else makes you so awesome and cool? We are dying to know.

Ugh bitch!

did you read her comment properly, being 19 has nothing to do with the fact she doesn't know CPR, why the hell are people you so up yourselves. SOMEONE DROPPED DEAD RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER, that is a pretty traumatic thing to happen.