DUMB question - snipers and hiccups - Page 2

Matchanu · 08-03-2004, 08:17

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Originally posted by Guy
I've seen...

Placing a paper or plastic bag over the mouth, and breating in/out vigorously for a few minutes work.

May have something to do with the increase CO2 in the blood.

Try placing the pastic bag over your head next time.

Guy · 08-03-2004, 08:41

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Originally posted by Matchanu
Try placing the pastic bag over your head next time.

I'm not into that autoerotica-asphyxiation are you?

D9 (RIP) · 08-03-2004, 08:41

Try to anticipate your hiccups. A person told me once to tell them "NOW" the instant before I had my next hiccup. I focused on it, and the hiccup never arrived. It still works for me.

swatsurgeon · 08-03-2004, 08:49

I get a kick out of you guys.........
everything works and maybe nothing works. Saca ran an extensive list , but in the field??????
Patients that have 'chronic' hiccups, more than 4 hours of trying every nurses remedy, we give baclofen, 10-15 mg every 6 hours. It's an antispasmotic, used for bladder, muscle and other spastic (no jokes here about each other!) related problems. Side effect, possible drowsiness........
could carry it into the field if you suffer from BAD hiccups that don't respond to 'typical' remedies. Holding your breath for 45-60 seconds and increasing your CO2 level generally does it.

Sweetbriar · 08-03-2004, 09:21

When I was a little kid, Daddy would lay down on the living room floor next to me and we would get rid of them together - he and I both had problems with them. He came up with a form of guided relaxation where I would imagine a ball in a tube from throat down to my belly button. The goal was to control bringing the ball up to your neck when you breathed out and down to your diaphragm when you breathed in - hiccups interrupted the game and you had to concentrate and relax to do it. Mind over matter. It also makes for a great little naptime.

**Kyobanim** · 08-03-2004, 09:53

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Originally posted by Doc T
had the hiccups at work one day and one of the people in my office interrupted me to ask...

have I ever had a bunny...
told her no and she said, never? I said never. She said not even as a child...I said no...she said not a white one? I said no...or a black one...again no....and she said.....

Your hiccups are gone....and they were.

this has worked on easily 90% of the people I have tried it on...including talking to myself when I get the hiccups. I must admit it only worked on the Team Sergeant the first time and then he knew what I was doing and it didn't work any longer...but it did work once when he was caught unaware.

I am definitely not certain of why it works...but i am convinced...

try it out next time someone has the hiccups...

doc t.

Is this something that should be taught to the spotter?

Guy · 08-03-2004, 11:17

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Originally posted by swatsurgeon
I get a kick out of you guys.........
everything works and maybe nothing works. Saca ran an extensive list , but in the field??????

I'm not sticking my finger up someones rectum to get him to stop hicupping. Especially while in a field environment and on a mission...that's just "gayish"!

I've never seen or heard of anyone developing hicupps when things are about to happen.

Hell! I've had to force myself to breathe normally...that's a chore in its self!

Sacamuelas · 08-03-2004, 11:44

You guys are killing me.

SS- almost all of those techniques listed could be implemented in the field except the last two.

Guy-
As stated, some techniques are used for the ER type settings ON PROTRACTED cases only, not normal brief periods of hiccups. LOL OOOOooohhhhh the irony.... the man with the fingernail polish painted poodles calling my Tx options "gayish'. hahaha

RL, I think you can move this thread BACK to the general discussions forum.

08-03-2004, 19:06

edit: already suggested. missed it.

Pandora · 08-04-2004, 22:49

Excellent suggestions, (although I admit I am now afraid of Saca!)

Thanks.

Note: wouldn't help someone in the field, but a dose of gripe water I keep on hand for the infant nephew worked.

magician · 08-05-2004, 07:02

This is one of the funniest things that I have ever heard. I can imagine the conversation.

"Damn, I got the hiccups." (Burp).

"Let me stick my finger up your ass. It will help. Really."

"NO!"

"Yes!"

"NO!"

"It works! Really! A real live doc said so!"

"NO!"

Smiles.

All gone.

CPTAUSRET · 08-05-2004, 08:43

Funny thread...Keep it up, guys.

Terry

jatx · 08-12-2004, 14:52

First post here, know a few of you from socnet.

I got the hiccups in a deer blind last year, and my hunting partner did the ocular pressure thing. Works every time!

If you have a buddy with you, have them stand behind you and apply the pressure gently with the pads of their fingers so that you can focus on your breathing. If not, you can do it yourself, but remember to keep the pressure light and not to use the tips of your fingers. About 30 seconds of pressure usually works.

jjames83 · 04-30-2007, 13:09

hold your breath for a minute. It resets the diaphram which is spasming during hiccups.

Doczilla · 04-30-2007, 20:49

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Originally Posted by Sacamuelas

5.Digital rectal massage

Wait, dentists aren't supposed to do that? I need to get a new dentist then.

For my particular patient population, I tell them to lay off the cocaine for a day or two, and the hiccups will resolve.

'zilla