Originally Posted By: bacpacjac
Originally Posted By: hikermor
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So exactly why are we dispatched to the kitchen. To get us out of the way????


Yes. It's to get you out of the way and keep you that way. I think.


Yes, it is to get you out of the way.

'Quick, I need a glass of water | boiled water | etc' was mentioned as a easy way to get the distraught parent or spouse out of the rescuer's hair and away from stressing the victim in a couple of first aid classes decades ago.

I'm not sure I would follow that advise in this more lawsuit prone age.