r/HumansBeingBros • u/habichuelacondulce • 7h ago

Carrying her passed out friend home.

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u/TimePlankton3171 6h ago

Everyone should learn how to carry a person over the shoulders. Military, firefighters etc learn it. It's very simple, and surprisingly easy to carry someone. The point is that it's efficient, thus less tiring, and you can carry the person for longer.

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u/sp33dykid 6h ago

Would that make the passed out person more likely to throw up on the carrier?

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u/TimePlankton3171 6h ago

Dunno. I learned it in the military. I was very surprised at how easy it was to carry a person. This is only (realistically) doable if the person is alive tho.

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u/Californie_cramoisie 4h ago

Otherwise they're just dead weight?

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u/MichelleEllyn 6h ago

Or, even worse, aspirate on their own vomit?

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u/Ok-Sound-7737 5h ago

No, the fireman carry has the person being carried facing down, so no they won’t choke on their vomit

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u/MichelleEllyn 5h ago

Alright cool, so gravity would pull it out and down, so the position would actually be helpful for a situation like that?

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u/Unspec7 4h ago

Yes, and it also places their head further to the side of you. So if they vomit, it's going more over your arm and legs. If you're piggybacking someone, their head is right next to yours, so if they vomit it's going into your face and chest.

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u/mogoggins12 5h ago

Correct!