More like a first aider / paramedic telling a casualty how to avoid the accident that caused the injury before starting to treat the injury.I am now imaging someone logging onto an internet forum with blood spurting everywhereProbably very true in this age. Surely the only advice would be "phone an b****y ambulance now"
Yes, but it's his 'Plan A' we're talking about - which he will often cite even when it is obvious that an OP has an urgent need to solve a problem. ... or are you suggesting that he only mentions Plan A in order to hopefully 'frighten/intimidate them' into adopting Plan B?
That's not what Bernard either wrote or meant. He said nothing about the internet, since the mode of communication is is irrelevant. He merely pointed out that if someone was at risk of bleeding to death, the person with them needs to know what immediate steps to take to avoid that outcome. Advising them to go and learn about first aid so that, if they are ever faced with a medical emergency again, they will know what to do, can and should wait until after the immediate problem is resolved (with the aid of someone answering the immediate question).Nah, was only commenting on Bernard's idea of a person going on the internet to find out how to not bleed to death really. Humour can be lost on the internet
Why can't they do what they would do in the event of a power cut? Which, BTW, can easily last longer than it takes to learn that not all blacks are neutral.
It wouldn't need to be a "trained medical person at work". It could be anyone who had something useful to say about what would, or might, stop the bleeding.
Indeed, and the same is true of me. However, he is as able as almost any electrician to correctly answer the questions we get here, when he so wishes. However, that does underline the fact that one doesn't necessarily have to be an electrician to give good answers to electrical questions, any more than one has to be a "trained medical person" to be able to give useful advice as to how to stop bleeding.
Yes - but, at least from my point of view, it's not about 'us' ('regulars') who see his posts every day and, in some cases, may tire of him. My concerns are nothing to to do with myself (I'm far too old, ugly and experienced of such people to be troubled by them) but, rather, related to the way he interacts with OPs, particularly newbies, and, ironically, the negative effect that may have on the safety of what they do electrically.
True, true and true. However, I think a few posts from other members in the same thread negate this risk, particularly if BAS isn't the first respondent.
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