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i was playing baseball today (85 degree weather, sun shining) when our catcher had some type of episode that I initially thought was heat stroke. The guy, 32, obese, was on his back, eyes open, right fist clenched. When I checked for breathing, his teeth were clenched shut. I somehow pried them open and found his tongue in the front of his mouth (I was debating a finger sweep). I gave him a couple breaths, they went in, then he started vomiting, not food, more like saliva/fluids, so I rolled him on his side to get it out. Then he started exhaling more like a snore which I believe is agonal breathing. Even though his eyes were open (they were from the beginning so I couldn't really gauge loss of consciousness until I asked him to blink and he didn't), I started doing CPR which, admittedly sucked since I haven't applied my EMT training that I got 10 years ago from a course I took at a community college. My arms weren't straight. Since I was successful with the rescue breaths/turn him over to vomit fluids I focused more on that, then compression. By the time the EMT guys arrived, 7 min's had passed and my catcher's face changed color to pale/blue. It sucked, it sucks and I'd like to figure out if it was heat stroke, heart attack, stroke, maybe he choked (I was thinking about a tracheotomy but that was above my basic training) seizure (he didn't have epilepsy, I asked while all this craziness was going on). Anyway, I'm bummed, but I'd like to learn in case something like this happens again.
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