Minnesota authorities see first case of chemical suicide

From Fox News:

Authorities in eastern Minnesota say first responders are dealing with a new and dangerous phenomenon — chemical suicide.

Washington County Sheriff’s Cmdr. Brian Mueller says his department dealt with its first case over the weekend. A person had committed suicide by mixing household chemicals in a bucket, creating a deadly gas. The body of a man from Prescott, Wis., was found in a car in Point Douglas Park.

Helicopter crew “tweet day”

From the Rutland and Stamford Mercury:

Paramedics, pilots and staff from North West Air Ambulance (NWAA) will use Twitter to show people a typical day with the charity.

People will find out about life-saving missions that crews are called to attend and gain an insight into the day-to-day running of the service, which has bases at Blackpool Airport and City Airport, Manchester.

It is the first time the charity has held such an event, known as a tweet day.

Comments will be posted on Twitter between 7am and 6.30pm on tweet day, May 4. To follow the tweets visit http://www.twitter.com/NWAirAmbulance.

Louisiana teacher’s CPR for first grader contributes to successful resuscitation

From American Press:

“He was running around outside, playing with his friends for just about two minutes before he headed to the slide,” said Ken Flue, the adapted physical education teacher for Western Heights. “He stepped on to the first step on the plastic playground and immediately collapsed. I didn’t know what was going on. I just went over to him.”

Flue moved Bowen out of the sun and into the shade. He said he had to check for a pulse in both wrists and then his neck before he found a faint one. Bowen was barely breathing, but soon got to the point where he could no longer breathe on his own. Flue then began to perform rescue breathing and CPR on Bowen.

But wait…there’s more:

This was not the first medical emergency that Bowen has faced during his short life.

In October 2008, Bowen was trapped in a house fire and his body was badly burned. After he was rescued, doctors gave him a 2 percent chance of survival.

Anatomical art-school ads

From Boing Boing:

DDB Brazil‘s poster campaign for the art school at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo displays famous painters who appear to have been dissected, revealing organs depicted in their iconic painting styles.