Popular Post snoop1130 Posted December 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2020 Thai baby elephant hit by motorcycle survives after receiving CPR A rescue worker performs CPR on a baby elephant after a motorcycle crash in Chanthaburi province, Thailand, December 20, 2020. Picture taken December 20, 2020. KUNCHAYLEK/Handout via REUTERS BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Mana Srivate has performed dozens of resuscitation attempts in his 26 years as a rescue worker, but never before on an elephant. Mana was called into action while off duty on a road trip late on Sunday, successfully reviving a baby elephant struck by a motorcycle while crossing a road with a group of wild pachyderms in the eastern province of Chanthaburi. In a video that went viral on social media in Thailand on Monday, Mana is seen giving two-handed compressions to a small elephant lying on its side as colleagues a few metres away treat a dazed and injured motorcycle rider on the floor. Both the rider and elephant were recovering and neither had serious injuries. "It's my instinct to save lives, but I was worried the whole time because I can hear the mother and other elephants calling for the baby," Mana told Reuters by phone. "I assumed where an elephant heart would be located based on human theory and a video clip I saw online," he said. "When the baby elephant starting to move, I almost cried." The elephant stood up after about 10 minutes and was taken to another location for treatment, before being returned to the scene of the accident in the hope of being reunited with its mother. The elephants soon returned when the mother heard her baby calling out, Mana said. Despite having dealt with dozens of road traffic accidents involving humans, Mana said the elephant was the only victim he had managed to revive while performing Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). -- © Copyright Reuters 2020-12-21 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lovethai123 Posted December 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2020 good luck brother chang, u have a long life to live. ???? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew Dwyer Posted December 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2020 Well done Mana, Saw this on the news , a lovely feelgood story . 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LennyW Posted December 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2020 Respect! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandeventer Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Mana was a Hero today never give up! I am just glad the mother elephant wasn't around. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Top man... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Humans rule. Not said nearly enough. ❤️ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) GREAT outcome to a potentially tragic story for the poor little creature, but wonder how this idiot managed to hit an elephant in a GROUP of them?!? What caution and precautions were taken? Assuming zero. He was probably speeding recklessly with phone in 1 hand and cig in the other. Hard to imagine a HERD of pachyderms just appeared from nowhere! Edited December 22, 2020 by Skeptic7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobU Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Here is the BBC News Video Thailand: Baby elephant in road accident saved by CPR - BBC News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobU Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Skeptic7 said: GREAT outcome to a potentially tragic story for the poor little creature, but wonder how this idiot managed to hit an elephant in a GROUP of them?!? What caution and precautions were taken? Assuming zero. He was probably speeding recklessly with phone in 1 hand and cig in the other. Hard to imagine a HERD of pachyderms just appeared from nowhere! A wild animal runs on to the road from a dark unlit area directly in front of the motorcyclist and the motorcyclist is reckless for hitting it???? It is obvious that the herd wasn't there otherwise they would have been stood around trying to revive the infant themselves. It probably ran away from the herd in exuberance like many small human children often run away from their parents. It says in the article that the herd was calling for the infant to return but wasn't visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enki Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Because the infant was on the road? As we have no eye witnesses, no one know what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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