First, I'm going to tell you a little about me and my family.
My name is Jeff. I am a Police Officer for a city which is
known nationwide for it's crime rate. We have a lot of
gangs and drugs. At one point we were # 2 in the nation
in homicides per capita. I also have a police K-9 named
Thor. He was certified in drugs and general duty. He
retired at 3 years old because he was shot in the line of
duty. He lives with us now and I still train with him because
he likes it. I
always liked the fact that there was no way to
bring drugs into my house. Thor wouldn't allow it. He would
tell on you. The reason I say this is so you understand that
I know about drugs.
I have taught in schools about drugs. My wife asks all our
kids at least once a week if they used any drugs. Makes
them promise they won't.
I like building computers occasionally and started building
a new one in February 2005. I also was working on some of
my older computers. They were full of dust so on one of my
trips to the computer store I bought a 3 pack of DUST OFF.
Dust Off is a can of compressed air to blow dust off a computer.
A few weeks later when I went to use one of them they were
all used. I talked to my kids and my two sons both said they
had used them on their computer and messing around with
them. I yelled at them for wasting the 10 dollars I paid for them.
On February 28 I
went back to the computer store. They didn't
have the 3 pack which I had bought on sale so I bought a single
jumbo can of Dust Off. I went home and set it down beside my
computer.
On March 1st, I left for work at 10 PM. Just before midnight
my wife went down and kissed Kyle goodnight. At 5:30 am
the next morning Kathy went downstairs to wake Kyle up for
school, before she left for work. He was propped up in bed
with his legs crossed and his head leaning over. She called
to him a few times to get up. He didn't move. He would some-
times tease her like this and pretend he fell back asleep. He
was never easy to get up. She went in and shook his arm.
He fell over. He was pale white and had the straw from the
Dust Off can coming out of his mouth. He had the new can
of Dust Off in his hands. Kyle was dead.
I am a police officer and I had
never heard of this. My wife
is a nurse and she had never heard of this. We later found
out from the coroner, after the autopsy, that only the pro-
pellant from the can of Dust off was in his system. No other
drugs. Kyle had died between midnight and 1 AM.
I found out that using Dust Off is being done mostly by kids
ages 9 through 15. They even have a name for it. It's called
dusting. A take off from the Dust Off name. It gives them a
slight high for about 10 seconds. It makes them dizzy. A boy
who lives down the street from us showed Kyle how to do
this about a month before. Kyle showed his best friend. Told
him it was cool and it couldn't hurt you. It's just compressed
air. It can't hurt you. His best friend said so.
Kyle was wrong. It's not just compressed air. It also contains
a propellant called R2. It's a refrigerant like what is used in
your refrigerator. It is a heavy gas. Heavier than air. When
you inhale it, it fills your lungs and keeps the good air, with
oxygen, out That's why you feel dizzy, buzzed. It decreases
the oxygen to your brain, to your heart. Kyle was right. It
can't hurt you. IT KILLS YOU.
The horrible part about this is there is no warning. There is
no level that kills you. It's not cumulative or an overdose; it
can just go randomly, terribly wrong. Roll the dice and if
your number comes up you die. IT'S NOT AN OVERDOSE .
It's Russian Roulette. You don't die later. Or not feel good
and say I've had too much. You usually die as you're breath-
ing it in. If not you die within 2 seconds of finishing "the hit."
That's why the straw was still in Kyle's mouth when he died.
Why his eyes were still open. The experts want to call this
huffing. The kids don't believe its huffing. As adults we
tend to lump many things together. But it doesn't fit here.
And that's why its more accepted. There is no chemical
reaction, no strong odor. It doesn't follow the huffing signals.
Kyle complained a few days before he died of his tongue
hurting. It probably did. The propellant causes frostbite.
If I had only known.
It's easy to say hey,it's my life and I'll do what I want.
But it isn't. Others are always affected. This has forever
changed our family's life. I have a hole in my heart and
soul that
can never be fixed. The pain is so immense I can't
describe it. There's nowhere to run from it. I cry all the time
and I don't ever cry. I do what I'm supposed to do but I don't
really care. My kids are messed u p. One won't talk about it.
The other will only sleep in our room at night. And my wife,
I can't even describe how bad she is taking this. I thought we
were safe because of Thor. I thought we were safe because
we knew about drugs and talked to our kids about them.
After Kyle died another story came out. A probation Officer
went to the school system next to ours to speak with a stu-
dent. While there he found a student using Dust Off in the
bathroom. This student told him about another student who
also had some in his locker. This is a rather affluent school
system. They will tell you they don't have a drug problem
there.
They
don't even have a dare or plus program there. So rather
than tell everyone about this "new" way of getting high they
found, they hid it. The probation officer told the media after
Kyle's death and they, the school, then admitted to it. I know
that if they would have told the media and I had heard, it wouldn't
have been in my house.
We need to get this out of our homes and school computer labs.
Using Dust Off isn't new and some "professionals" do know
about. It just isn't talked about much, except by the kids. They
all seem to know about it. April 2 nd was 1 mo nth since Kyle
died. April 5th would have been his 15th birthday. And every
weekday I catch myself sitting on the living room couch at 2:30
in the afternoon and waiting to see him get off the bus. I know
Kyle is in heaven but I can't help but wonder If I died and went
to Hell.
This Officer is asking for everyone who receives this email to
forward it to everyone in their address book, even Law Enforce-
ment Officers.
Showing posts with label Safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Safety. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
STR
STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital and had passed away at 6:00 p.m. She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.
It only takes a minute to read this...
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within three (3) hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.
RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR . Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:
S = Ask the individual to SMILE.
T = Ask the person to TALK to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE
(Coherently) (i.e.. It is sunny out today)
R = Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
{NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue... if the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke}
If the person has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital and had passed away at 6:00 p.m. She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.
It only takes a minute to read this...
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within three (3) hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.
RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR . Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:
S = Ask the individual to SMILE.
T = Ask the person to TALK to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE
(Coherently) (i.e.. It is sunny out today)
R = Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
{NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue... if the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke}
If the person has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
CRUISE CONTROL
NEVER KNEW THIS BEFORE.
I wonder how many people know about this?
A 36 year old female had an accident several
weeks ago and totaled her car.
A resident of Kilgore, Texas, she was traveling
between Gladewater and Kilgore. It was raining,
though not excessively, when her car suddenly
began to hydroplane and literally flew through
the air. She was not seriously injured but very
stunned at the sudden occurrence!
When she explained to the highway patrolman
what had happened he told her something that
every driver should know - NEVER DRIVE IN
THE RAIN WITH YOUR CRUISE CONTROL
ON.
She had thought she was being cautious
by
setting the cruise control and
maintaining a safe
consistent speed in the rain.
But the highway patrolman told her that
if the
cruise control is on and your car begins
to
hydroplane when your tires lose contact
with the
pavement, your car will accelerate to a
higher
rate of speed and you take off like an
airplane.
She told the patrolman that was exactly
what
had occurred.
The highway patrol estimated her car was
actually traveling through the air at 10
to 15
miles per hour faster than the speed set
on the
cruise control.
The patrolman said this warning should
be
listed, on the driver's seat sun-visor -
NEVER
USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE
PAVEMENT IS WET OR ICY, along with the
airbag warning.
We tell our teenagers to set the cruise
control
and drive a safe speed - but we don't
tell them to
use the cruise control only when the
pavement
is dry.
The only person the accident victim
found, who
knew this (besides the patrolman), was a
man
who had had a similar accident, totaled
his car
and sustained severe injuries.
If you send this to 15 people and only
one of
them doesn't know about this, then it
was all worth it. You might have saved a life.
I wonder how many people know about this?
A 36 year old female had an accident several
weeks ago and totaled her car.
A resident of Kilgore, Texas, she was traveling
between Gladewater and Kilgore. It was raining,
though not excessively, when her car suddenly
began to hydroplane and literally flew through
the air. She was not seriously injured but very
stunned at the sudden occurrence!
When she explained to the highway patrolman
what had happened he told her something that
every driver should know - NEVER DRIVE IN
THE RAIN WITH YOUR CRUISE CONTROL
ON.
She had thought she was being cautious
by
setting the cruise control and
maintaining a safe
consistent speed in the rain.
But the highway patrolman told her that
if the
cruise control is on and your car begins
to
hydroplane when your tires lose contact
with the
pavement, your car will accelerate to a
higher
rate of speed and you take off like an
airplane.
She told the patrolman that was exactly
what
had occurred.
The highway patrol estimated her car was
actually traveling through the air at 10
to 15
miles per hour faster than the speed set
on the
cruise control.
The patrolman said this warning should
be
listed, on the driver's seat sun-visor -
NEVER
USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE
PAVEMENT IS WET OR ICY, along with the
airbag warning.
We tell our teenagers to set the cruise
control
and drive a safe speed - but we don't
tell them to
use the cruise control only when the
pavement
is dry.
The only person the accident victim
found, who
knew this (besides the patrolman), was a
man
who had had a similar accident, totaled
his car
and sustained severe injuries.
If you send this to 15 people and only
one of
them doesn't know about this, then it
was all worth it. You might have saved a life.
Abduction Precautions for Women
Refresh yourself of these things to do in an emergency situation...This is
for you, and for you to share with your wife, your children, everyone you
know.
After reading this, forward it to someone you care about. It never hurts
to
be careful in this crazy world we live in.
1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If
you are close enough to use it, do!
2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans. If a robber asks for
your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from
you....chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse
than you, and he
will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail
lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The
driver
won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.
4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating,
working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc.
DON'T
DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect
opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head,
and tell
you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.
5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking
garage:
A.) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side
floor, and in the back seat.
B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger
door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their
vans
while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
C.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the
passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you
may
want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk
you back out.
IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than
dead.)
6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are
horrible
places to be alone and the perfect crime spot).
7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS
RUN!
The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even
then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!
8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP. It may get you
raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well
educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He
walked
with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help" into his vehicle or with
his
vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.
9. Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a
crying
baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because
it
was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her "Whatever you do,
DO NOT open the door."
The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a
window,
and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The
policeman said, "We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT
open
the door." He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry
recorded, and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone
dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it, but have had several
calls by
women saying that they hear baby crying outside their doors, when they're
home alone at night.
Please pass this on and DO NOT open the door for a crying baby. This
e-mail
should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory was
mentioned on America's Most Wanted this past Saturday when they profiled the
serial
killer in Louisiana.
I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a
life.
A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. I was going to send this
to
the ladies only, but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters,
daughters, etc., you may want to pass it onto them, as well.
Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the
world
we live in has a lot of crazies in it, and it's better to be safe than
sorry.
for you, and for you to share with your wife, your children, everyone you
know.
After reading this, forward it to someone you care about. It never hurts
to
be careful in this crazy world we live in.
1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If
you are close enough to use it, do!
2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans. If a robber asks for
your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from
you....chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse
than you, and he
will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail
lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The
driver
won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.
4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating,
working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc.
DON'T
DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect
opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head,
and tell
you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.
5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking
garage:
A.) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side
floor, and in the back seat.
B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger
door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their
vans
while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
C.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the
passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you
may
want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk
you back out.
IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than
dead.)
6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are
horrible
places to be alone and the perfect crime spot).
7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS
RUN!
The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even
then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!
8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP. It may get you
raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well
educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He
walked
with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help" into his vehicle or with
his
vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.
9. Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a
crying
baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because
it
was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her "Whatever you do,
DO NOT open the door."
The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a
window,
and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The
policeman said, "We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT
open
the door." He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry
recorded, and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone
dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it, but have had several
calls by
women saying that they hear baby crying outside their doors, when they're
home alone at night.
Please pass this on and DO NOT open the door for a crying baby. This
should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory was
mentioned on America's Most Wanted this past Saturday when they profiled the
serial
killer in Louisiana.
I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a
life.
A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. I was going to send this
to
the ladies only, but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters,
daughters, etc., you may want to pass it onto them, as well.
Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the
world
we live in has a lot of crazies in it, and it's better to be safe than
sorry.
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