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So I've done my first aid + CPR a few times. And every single time I try and bring up scenarios for fat folks

Specifically like 'what if someone is too large for me to wrap my arms around then to do the heimleich'

And its incredibly rare I get a decent answer.

How absolutely insane is it that me, as a fat person, is asking how to have MY life saved or to save ANOTHER life, is an impossible feat if someone is fat.

Most of the time they tell me to 'just try anyways uwu'

The heimleich is scientifically as effective as slapping someone VERY hard on the back. The only reason it's so well taught is the man that invented it did a lot of great PR for himself. It's also a bit easier for smaller framed people to get the necessary force in, because people are often extremely scared to hurt people, even in life threatening situations.

With larger bodied people, whether they be fat, tall, muscular, etc. If you cannot get your arms around them, literally just slap the shit out of their shoulders. You want hard, open palmed slaps right in the center of the shoulders or slightly below.

If they are too tall for you to reach that high, guide them to lean over the back of a chair, and then slap slap slap slap slap.

It's been proven to be just as effective through many studies. It just doesn't have a trademarked name and a dramatic effect in film.

If you have to do CPR on a larger bodied person, again, fat, body builder, tall and broad, whoever, the trick to finding where you want to put your hands if going to be to take your hand and shove it in their armpit. No seriously. Put your hand in their armpit, then drag it in a straight line towards yourself until you're in the center of the chest, then put your other hand beneath that one. This is where you push. Then you are going to move the arm closest to you out of the way so you can get closer to them, and get the leverage you need to press down for compressions. The more of your body weight that is over your hands, the better the compression will be. Act like you are trying desperately to pack the last of your clothes in a suitcase, and just slam down hard on their chest.

They will make *horrible* noises. You might even break ribs.

But a broken rib is better than being dead.

Hello everyone! My name is Avi, you might know me for my harm reduction, disability justice and drug policy advocacy, on and off Tumblr, Tiktok etc. I'm in a really hard spot with nowhere else to turn to for help.

The bare bones is that I was unfairly fired from my job due to the stigma of a supervisor + an HR member, after I was hired to push for change in an addiction healthcare space precisely for my harm reduction values & advocacy, those were the things I was targeted for. This was a job I really needed, because I was already coming out of months of very limited work hours due to a life threatening chronic health issue triggered by a sudden traumatic loss, an issue which resulted in multiple hospitalisations. After the progress I was able to make stabilising myself I'm back to square one with nothing. I did manage to get my waitress job back and am building up hours- I will stabilize. But my immediate needs are to survive December.

The most urgent issue is my medications, my heart cannot take the stress of abruptly losing any of them, and after the sudden loss of job I'm back in transition period in terms of which insurance and providers I have, so these meds are more expensive than usual. I also need to cover basic living expenses going forward too (transport, rent, food etc). Everything helps! 

$harmreductionavi

@Avi-Yocheved (venmo) 

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If you'd be able to help a queer disabled Jewish activist get back on their feet so I can serve my community, it would make a world of difference to me as well as my community who rely on my mutual aid and activism. I know it's hard for everyone right now but even a reblog is a huge help!

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I'm $100 away from a sub-goal of 1) paying for my most important medication and 2) keeping my phone service on. I have 48 hours before I'm officially out of that medication, and 24 hours before the hard deadline on the phone bill.

Hello everyone! My name is Avi, you might know me for my harm reduction, disability justice and drug policy advocacy, on and off Tumblr, Tiktok etc. I'm in a really hard spot with nowhere else to turn to for help.

The bare bones is that I was unfairly fired from my job due to the stigma of a supervisor + an HR member, after I was hired to push for change in an addiction healthcare space precisely for my harm reduction values & advocacy, those were the things I was targeted for. This was a job I really needed, because I was already coming out of months of very limited work hours due to a life threatening chronic health issue triggered by a sudden traumatic loss, an issue which resulted in multiple hospitalisations. After the progress I was able to make stabilising myself I'm back to square one with nothing. I did manage to get my waitress job back and am building up hours- I will stabilize. But my immediate needs are to survive December.

The most urgent issue is my medications, my heart cannot take the stress of abruptly losing any of them, and after the sudden loss of job I'm back in transition period in terms of which insurance and providers I have, so these meds are more expensive than usual. I also need to cover basic living expenses going forward too (transport, rent, food etc). Everything helps! 

$harmreductionavi

@Avi-Yocheved (venmo) 

Paypal.me/avigayil

If you'd be able to help a queer disabled Jewish activist get back on their feet so I can serve my community, it would make a world of difference to me as well as my community who rely on my mutual aid and activism. I know it's hard for everyone right now but even a reblog is a huge help!

Picture of cat + me for visibility/algorithm.

I'm $100 away from a sub-goal of 1) paying for my most important medication and 2) keeping my phone service on. I have 48 hours before I'm officially out of that medication, and 24 hours before the hard deadline on the phone bill.

Hello everyone! My name is Avi, you might know me for my harm reduction, disability justice and drug policy advocacy, on and off Tumblr, Tiktok etc. I'm in a really hard spot with nowhere else to turn to for help.

The bare bones is that I was unfairly fired from my job due to the stigma of a supervisor + an HR member, after I was hired to push for change in an addiction healthcare space precisely for my harm reduction values & advocacy, those were the things I was targeted for. This was a job I really needed, because I was already coming out of months of very limited work hours due to a life threatening chronic health issue triggered by a sudden traumatic loss, an issue which resulted in multiple hospitalisations. After the progress I was able to make stabilising myself I'm back to square one with nothing. I did manage to get my waitress job back and am building up hours- I will stabilize. But my immediate needs are to survive December.

The most urgent issue is my medications, my heart cannot take the stress of abruptly losing any of them, and after the sudden loss of job I'm back in transition period in terms of which insurance and providers I have, so these meds are more expensive than usual. I also need to cover basic living expenses going forward too (transport, rent, food etc). Everything helps! 

$harmreductionavi

@Avi-Yocheved (venmo) 

Paypal.me/avigayil

If you'd be able to help a queer disabled Jewish activist get back on their feet so I can serve my community, it would make a world of difference to me as well as my community who rely on my mutual aid and activism. I know it's hard for everyone right now but even a reblog is a huge help!

Picture of cat + me for visibility/algorithm.

I'm $100 away from a sub-goal of 1) paying for my most important medication and 2) keeping my phone service on. I have 48 hours before I'm officially out of that medication, and 24 hours before the hard deadline on the phone bill.

Hello everyone! My name is Avi, you might know me for my harm reduction, disability justice and drug policy advocacy, on and off Tumblr, Tiktok etc. I'm in a really hard spot with nowhere else to turn to for help.

The bare bones is that I was unfairly fired from my job due to the stigma of a supervisor + an HR member, after I was hired to push for change in an addiction healthcare space precisely for my harm reduction values & advocacy, those were the things I was targeted for. This was a job I really needed, because I was already coming out of months of very limited work hours due to a life threatening chronic health issue triggered by a sudden traumatic loss, an issue which resulted in multiple hospitalisations. After the progress I was able to make stabilising myself I'm back to square one with nothing. I did manage to get my waitress job back and am building up hours- I will stabilize. But my immediate needs are to survive December.

The most urgent issue is my medications, my heart cannot take the stress of abruptly losing any of them, and after the sudden loss of job I'm back in transition period in terms of which insurance and providers I have, so these meds are more expensive than usual. I also need to cover basic living expenses going forward too (transport, rent, food etc). Everything helps! 

$harmreductionavi

@Avi-Yocheved (venmo) 

Paypal.me/avigayil

If you'd be able to help a queer disabled Jewish activist get back on their feet so I can serve my community, it would make a world of difference to me as well as my community who rely on my mutual aid and activism. I know it's hard for everyone right now but even a reblog is a huge help!

Picture of cat + me for visibility/algorithm.

I'm $100 away from a sub-goal of 1) paying for my most important medication and 2) keeping my phone service on. I have 48 hours before I'm officially out of that medication, and 24 hours before the hard deadline on the phone bill.

Hello everyone! My name is Avi, you might know me for my harm reduction, disability justice and drug policy advocacy, on and off Tumblr, Tiktok etc. I'm in a really hard spot with nowhere else to turn to for help.

The bare bones is that I was unfairly fired from my job due to the stigma of a supervisor + an HR member, after I was hired to push for change in an addiction healthcare space precisely for my harm reduction values & advocacy, those were the things I was targeted for. This was a job I really needed, because I was already coming out of months of very limited work hours due to a life threatening chronic health issue triggered by a sudden traumatic loss, an issue which resulted in multiple hospitalisations. After the progress I was able to make stabilising myself I'm back to square one with nothing. I did manage to get my waitress job back and am building up hours- I will stabilize. But my immediate needs are to survive December.

The most urgent issue is my medications, my heart cannot take the stress of abruptly losing any of them, and after the sudden loss of job I'm back in transition period in terms of which insurance and providers I have, so these meds are more expensive than usual. I also need to cover basic living expenses going forward too (transport, rent, food etc). Everything helps! 

$harmreductionavi

@Avi-Yocheved (venmo) 

Paypal.me/avigayil

If you'd be able to help a queer disabled Jewish activist get back on their feet so I can serve my community, it would make a world of difference to me as well as my community who rely on my mutual aid and activism. I know it's hard for everyone right now but even a reblog is a huge help!

Picture of cat + me for visibility/algorithm.

I'm $100 away from a sub-goal of 1) paying for my most important medication and 2) keeping my phone service on. I have 48 hours before I'm officially out of that medication, and 24 hours before the hard deadline on the phone bill.

Hello everyone! My name is Avi, you might know me for my harm reduction, disability justice and drug policy advocacy, on and off Tumblr, Tiktok etc. I'm in a really hard spot with nowhere else to turn to for help.

The bare bones is that I was unfairly fired from my job due to the stigma of a supervisor + an HR member, after I was hired to push for change in an addiction healthcare space precisely for my harm reduction values & advocacy, those were the things I was targeted for. This was a job I really needed, because I was already coming out of months of very limited work hours due to a life threatening chronic health issue triggered by a sudden traumatic loss, an issue which resulted in multiple hospitalisations. After the progress I was able to make stabilising myself I'm back to square one with nothing. I did manage to get my waitress job back and am building up hours- I will stabilize. But my immediate needs are to survive December.

The most urgent issue is my medications, my heart cannot take the stress of abruptly losing any of them, and after the sudden loss of job I'm back in transition period in terms of which insurance and providers I have, so these meds are more expensive than usual. I also need to cover basic living expenses going forward too (transport, rent, food etc). Everything helps! 

$harmreductionavi

@Avi-Yocheved (venmo) 

Paypal.me/avigayil

If you'd be able to help a queer disabled Jewish activist get back on their feet so I can serve my community, it would make a world of difference to me as well as my community who rely on my mutual aid and activism. I know it's hard for everyone right now but even a reblog is a huge help!

Picture of cat + me for visibility/algorithm.