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Black Flag in the parking lot near their rehearsal space in the South Bay, May 1981

I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax

I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire

Don't touch me, I'm a real live wire

ETA2: we do use inches/miles in poetic ways ("he was lost in thought/miles away" or "his lips were a bare inch away").

Among all the immediate lifesaving skills that are important, and all of them are important, giving IVs was a big one. Dehydration is extremely common for soldiers, so being able to administer a Ringer's solution was so important that units ensured they had at least one combat lifesaver-trained soldier per squad (five to seven people).

On Okinawa, where I got my training, there was a Special Forces unit and they had tales of giving themselves RInger IVs when on long ruck marches and hanging the bag from the button on their chest pocket. This may or may not be true, but during my course, we had a couple of SF guys and one of them passed out after the IV practical training. Just sitting in a chair afterwards chilling out with his feet up on the table and "BAM!" One of the instructions came in the room and was like, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING LIFESAVERS? EVALUATE A CASUALTY!" We were just laughing our asses off.