The Shocking New Use for Red Telephone Boxes
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- Опубликовано: 27 июн 2021
- What do you do with a disused phone box? And can they help save lives? • Thanks to the Community Heartbeat Trust: www.communityheartbeat.org.uk/ • and the East of England Ambulance Service: www.eastamb.nhs.uk/
Automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, help save lives: but they need to be in an obvious, easy-to-access, public place that's protected from the elements. Conveniently, it turns out there's a disused red telephone box sitting in the middle of a lot of British villages...
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I am both proud and not proud of that video title. Also, note that my CPR form isn't perfect here: you should absolutely search "learn first aid" to find a course near you, don't learn it from me!
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took me way to long to work out why this is from 4 days ago haha
I actually have one of these, when I moved to America my family bought a phone booth to take home with us and we keep it in our front yard
Wait how was this posted 4 days ago
Tom
They should change that sentence around to say, 'In one minute, re-analysing heart rhythm.' Most people would stop like Tom did.
Small well-thought-out changes in phrasing can make all the difference in the world.
Yep, thought the same thing.
Hmm, that could lead to more confusion. Imagine a real emergency scene that's loud and confusing, you can barely hear the box talking to you, and so when it starts talking again, you take a second to focus on what it's saying in all the chaos, and all you hear is, "...re-analyzing heart rhythm." You'd stop for longer, and then become worried when the box seemingly stops giving instructions, like perhaps it's malfunctioned on you.
The "in one minute" part is the most important part of that alert, so the people providing care need to be able to hear it. If in the same scenario as above, they would hear something like, "...rhythm in one minute."
@@PaddedShaman "Keep applying CPR. Analyzing heart rhythm in one minute."
It may just be a training machine thing, I've had one that doesn't give the one minute heads up. In fairness though, I don't think there's really any one perfect phrasing for it, there's always going to be a situation where the alternative might be better. What's important is the analyse and shock voice.
"Remove all clothing from chest and stomach."
No, the *patient's* chest and stomach.
😂
Don’t tell me how to live my life!
Madame! Your smothering him!
Giggidy!
But how else are your going to look cool saving a live if you don't take off your shirt?
In 10 years we will have people asking why these red boxes with defibrillator in them are called telephone boxes.
Which coincidentally will be answered by Tom Scott
😂 well there’s a future RUclips video
In 10 years, this will have failed quietly due to lack of use, poor upkeep and bystander syndrome.
Because they are connected by telegraph wires and telegraph poles, silly question
They used to till we started using cell phones
I like that this video also subtly addresses a huge TV myth of defibrillators being used when someone's heart has stopped rather than enduring fibrillation.
Wait, when do you use it then?
@@rachelcookie321 During "Fibrillation". It's when the heart starts spasming out of sync causing erratic heart beats.
@@OriginalRAB Adding onto your explanation (and correct me if I'm mistaken anywhere), the way a defibrillator works is that the electric shock essentially stops the heart beating outright. From there, either the heart's natural pacemaker can kick back in, starting the heart beating normally on its own; or the patient enters cardiac arrest, at which point CPR can begin.
Assuming the defibrillator is functioning correctly and doesn't cause any further injury.
@@OptimusPhillip that is LITERALLY how the guy (not Tom) explained it in the video, right down to the wording of how the pacemaker will "kick back in." So yes, I think it's safe to say you're correct. I even think you may have heard those facts from the video and not even realized it. Cause you really said exactly what he did lmao. That's actually a VERY common occurrence for humans, especially men. Look up studies on people forgetting hearing things or where they heard them, or even forming false memories as to where they heard things (or that they came up with them on their own).
I loved that detail. Although I'm aware of how a defibrillator works, it was so refreshing to hear this explanation said so plainly and simply.
That's why the analysis of the heart rhythm is so important because there are some rhythms that the defibrillator cannot shock at all such as asystole (when there heart isn't beating at all and there's no electrical activity whatsoever) and PEA (pulseless electrical activity - when there is some electrical activity in the heart but it's not enough to cause a pulse).
And just because someone starts off with an unshockable rhythm doesn't mean that their heart won't enter one that can be shocked. Sometimes if for instance a person is in PEA, that can then change into a shock able rhythm so it's always important to keep the pads of the defibrillator on because whether a shock is advised can change.
Poor dude is cut in half, no way you can save him, Tom.
I laugh... but I do remember in the very limited military training we got they stressed one very important lesson. Unless you are a medic, or someone like that, you are not allowed to pronounce someone unsaveable. So you should patch it up as best as you can and keep pumping until someone qualified is there to tell you to stop.
There were two exceptions. 1. Third degree burns over 90 percent of the body.. and 2. If head is not attached to the body... Otherwise... keep pumping.
It’s just a flesh wound
@@jmalmsten but he's...cut in half..
@@unliving_ball_of_gas
I'm not a surgeon so I can't say wether the bits left still attached is enough to survive.
@@jmalmsten The left side stands the better chance as it contains a heart. And it'll be the creative half of the brain, so a future career as a one handed artist
Tom, you looked more convincing of being worried about that plastic body than 90% of TV soap drama actors heaving emotions towards real people.
Those TV soap drama actors are just heaving emotions to other TV soap drama actors.
Not real people.
One thing that annoys me about TV/movie chest compressions is how little effort they put in. A successful compression should move the chest 1 third of the way down.
Obviously they can't do this to actors, if they did they would break the actors ribs (yes it's as horrible as it sounds). But the fact they show a "bad method" probably does cost lives.
Also. You can't act if you do it right. It's exhausting. After a minute or so a normal person will be breathing hard. Adrenaline kicks in. But after 4-5 mins your muscles burn like hell.
What really really annoys me about TV tho. Is how the (usually terrible) actor just springs back to life after a little cough and starts talking.
Real everyday people think that's how it works. Trying to explain to a family that you did all you could. When as far as they are concerned their loved one should be drinking tea and arranging a date, rather than being dead. Is ..... Not fun.
But that's the modern world for you. Most people believe what they see on a screen over objective reality.
As a side note. When you do "training" like Tom did. Youd be amazed. You snap into it almost instantly and know you want to do it right. Panic and all.... Even when it's a doll
@@AudieHolland nice
@@AdamMGTF There's a reason for that, though. Usually it's a real actor they're doing the compressions on, and real CPR will likely break their ribs.
(Yes, it does so in real life, too, but it's worth it to keep them alive. It's not generally worth it to shoot a more realistic scene.)
The person has lost their lower half, as well as their arms. But a life is still worth saving. Go Tom!
Having my own defibrillator inside my chest, I cannot tell you how awesome it is to see countries placing these for public access, I lost my father at 38 because we didn't have access to one in time
You mean a pacemaker, right?
@@TheExileFox no I have an Internal Cardio Defibrillator (ICD). It doesn't pace me, but will shock me if I go into cardiac arrest
@@popsrockz1372 how is that maintained?
@@TheDennys21 it gets replaced by surgery when the battery dies. Also I have a wireless station in my house the device communicates with and the docs have special equipment to check it wirelessly.
@@popsrockz1372 how long does the battery last before it needs changing?
"it is the human equivalent of turning someone off then on again"
what a scarily simple way to put it
Med speak: Cardioversion. In limited circumstances, the cardiac sinus node can be 'rebooted' to restore normal sinus rhythm.
Defibrillation and cardioversion are similar in that they aim to restore a sinus rhythm. Defibrillation differs in that it is used to treat life-threatening pulseless arrhythmias.
"could someone without any training use this to save a life? To figure this out, I've gone into cardiac arrest in the town center"
I was expecting "To test this, I have put someone into cardiac arrest, and will attempt to save them"
"seeing that i'm here, the answer is seemingly yes."
"I'm here, at the light at the end of the tunnel."
@@asystole_ you have no idea how hard you made me laugh
Some guy called Nick : _"To find this out, I booked a flight to Japan"_
“The question is, could a bystander with no medical training actually use one of these to save a life?”
“To answer that, I will be undergoing cardiac arrest.”
And just wait for someone to pass by and revive him
Well, if you were using a real one and didn't listen when it said to move away before the shock, that is exactly what would happen!
hahaha
@@Zelmel Don't want to be a buzzkill here, but lay defibrillators won't deliver a shock when they register a person touching the patient.
@@Fukitol_Forte Depending on the sophistication of the training AED, even the training ones can tell if you're touching the dummy.
Like the medics said, your form wasn't perfect, but it's vastly superior to doing nothing.
Hearing him say that if the life was savable, Tom would have saved it, made me very happy.
*I used to maintain these housings,* and the telephony equipment within. Great to see them repurposed! The featured kiosk was called the *K6.* Ironically, I now work for the NHS and am fully versed with AED equipment 😉
"The human equivalent of turning someone off then on again" is an incredible line
I guess that makes a heart attack the human equivalent of a BSOD then.
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@@suchitrasridhar5313 thanks, missed it
That's exactly what I've been thinking so I thought it was hilarious when the paramedic suddenly agreed with me xD
Hello, this is God. Have you tried turning him off and on again?
I admire the clickbaity use of the word "shocking" in the title, which wasn't actually clickbait.
да, is just clever wordplay then.
I’m so proud of myself, I saw a defib in a telephone box once and before watching the video I figured it was about defibs
Yet it wasn't what the title would suggest either.
Tom's true genius is to have trained us to compliment him on his use of clickbait.
Not even a week ago the Soccer player that was saved with a defibrillator. They are a life saver for sure.
Its the same in Ireland! We have "telefón" boxes that are now used for defibrillators. In my local village they built one of those boxes especially for a defibrillator. Its quite nice to see.
"Life comes before dignity."
Not that being bare-chested should be indignant anyway, but that's a fine quip.
The thing I worry about is most bras close in the back. The ones I wear don’t even have a closure. I would have liked an explanation of how to deal with an unconscious person whom you may not want to move/roll and is wearing restrictive undergarments.
@@doubtful_seer it doesn't seem like a bra would be problematic for the pad placement, but in an emergency scissors or a knife might open a bra
I mean, maybe an unconscious person wouldn't want their boobs sitting out in the open. It's more about embarassment than dignity.
@@leeshapon I don’t think they’ll care if it means their life is saved
@@doubtful_seer in so my CPR classes with tradespeople. Knives and various tools capable of curing are a thing. Without a cutter, lift the bra so the pads are on bare skin.
I like how the Defibrillator states 'follow the instructions calmly', Tom reads it out loud and then proceeds to follow the instructions hectically :D
Well that is a better representation of how most people would react in the situation
@@ad3z10 That's a good point actually! ^^
As calm as Dumbledore
@@revimfadli4666 I AM CALM!!!!
@@revimfadli4666 DIDJA PUT YA NAME IN DA GOBLET OF FIYAHHHHH
"It is the human equivalent to turning it off and on again"
Does that mean CPR is the equivalent of hitting it until it works again?
Yes
Hmm what would "now you're sure it's plugged in?" be?
@@gentrydean3789 "are you sure you're not imagining it?"
"Blowing into the cartridge" would fit more i think
good cheses
It's a great idea. A piece of iconic British history, that's unfortunately no longer needed, but saved by being turned into something that is needed.
The Phone Box still stands. Only this time it will be for a greater good.
Hi Tom!
I work for British Telecom and was thoroughly intrigued by this video as I wasn't aware that BT was offering this to these amazing, life saving organisations. I shared this fact (and a link to your video) on our internal messaging system to raise awareness and it has since hit our internal newsletter too.
I hope this gets some extra traffic your way. Thank you so much for bringing it to my attention
BIG thanks for spreading the word. From this para in the states.
When it comes to CPR, something is better than nothing. Bystander CPR is often done by untrained people, yet still greatly increased survival rates.
100% the person is literally dead you really cant do harm having a go.
As an American performing CPR when not being trained in it sounds like a good way to get sued if you aren't specifically protected by a good samaritan law.
@@spiderpickle3255 "Oh no, how dare you to save my life! Give me your money, now!" It's just ridiculous that it happens tbh, but I'd still take up the lawsuit if that meant potentially saving a persons life.
@@disaba100 honestly if I saved someone and they then sued me for not being a trained professional (even though no trained professional was around to do the job instead), I would've wished the person couldn't be saved.
@@disaba100 nah more like if the victim's condition goes wrong you can be seen as liable. Which is why lots of people are scared to help others
Oh, our town turned them into high speed wifi hotspots, savings lives is cool too though
forget defib, I need these
Turn them into urnals
They could be both
They could've been turned into fast charging points too, just incase you're out and your phone dies. There's so many uses for them they really didn't need to be removed.
@@aperioculus1988 in Edinburgh where I live most bus stops have charging ports now
Here in Germany everyone has to visit a course, where you are told how to behave in medical emergencies just like this in order to get your drivers license.
That's a very, very, very good idea and I don't know why we don't have the same rule in the UK. It's not as if the essentials are hard to learn. I did a course just after I left school and then another one 30 years later. I'm pleased to say I hadn't actually forgotten the basics even though I'd not really thought about them in all that time and never had to use them... Thankfully.
Deutschland, like many EU nations, requires citizens to respond/act in an emergency. Here in the US, there's no legal compulsion to render aid/assistance during an emergency. Most states will shield against criminal/civil charges for providing aid in good faith. Now, if Samaritan laws would only shield providers from b slapping bystanders who video the incident/suing the crap who'd post them/both.
"Remove all clothing from chest and stomach."
Tom: *rips off his own shirt*
Legend has it tom gravitates to red objects.
That's not a legend that's just fact
No, the red objects gravitate to him
@@marcoroberts9462 ooo good point
@@marcoroberts9462 The force between them is independent of reference frame, so both phrasings are valid.
Edit: I have recently been informed that I am a nerd. This news has devastated me greatly. Please disregard any publicly visible signs of knowledge in the future, as I try to remedy the issue. Sincerest apologies to those who have been affected.
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Should be: "In one minute, will reanalyze heart rhythm" to prevent exactly what Tom did here.
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The ones that I have at work don't even tell you that. It only prompts you when you need to stop or start. There is no confusion of what to do.
I absolutely thought the same thing. Better yet, it shouldn’t say anything. Or it should say “Keep doingf CPR. In one minute, will reanalyzed the heart rhythm.”
I was about to say exactly the same thing. It would be a little clunky use of English, but I think it's still perfectly clear what it's telling you.
I wonder if it could even guide you through how to do CPR?
...I wonder how impractical it would be to make a machine that does CPR?
Hi Tom , Nice to see you again! I know why I watch your videos again , public needs you . thanks again and I hope to see you soon . love from france .
Glad you showed this! We need to be reminded now and then.
“Timmy isn’t waking up!” “Have you tried turning him off and back on again?”
It truly is the universal solution.
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@@ericbazinga ***The true reference***
@@ericbazinga tnetnba
it crowd???
Defibrillator: "remove clothing"
Me: "Shirtless Tom!"
Defibrillator: "from the patient"
Me: "that makes more sense"
You can't separate the red tshirt from Tom
@@AR-py5uk it's red t-shirts all the way down
@@AR-py5uk one can’t be Tom without a red shirt. It’s like asking for an Oreo with no cream
After 40 minutes of CPR having a shirt off is definitely an option…
The red shirt stays ON during CPR
Our local phonebox has been turned into a community bookshop, I love that people are finding new uses for them!
I LOVE how there ist no background music. Just the wind and some birds and your voices of course. Love it.
It keeps a piece of British cultural heritage intact, and turns a largely obsolete technology into something vital.
I can't wait for someone to use misplaced nostalgia to complain about it.
using their Apple smartphone, no doubt
Let's hope the Difribulators are more reliable and less vandalised than the phones were.
Nostalgia for working telephone boxes is on the same lvl as nostalgia for blood letting or shitting in a bucket. It's old tech, get over it. The boxes themself can obviously be repurposed though, a box is a box.
back in my day we didnt have defibs everywhere, if you were dying im afraid that was it, sorry but its true, none of this new fangled saving lives bollocks, if you were into that you had to carry it with you 24/7 and it was your burden and responsibility to bring it everywhere you went, personal responsibility is something your generation know nothing about
In some countries there is a law stating that a defibrillator should be placed in any place hosting more than x people
The "here and now, just did it" . This six-minute educational video would give a lot of people enough understanding to give it a go. Thanks to all who contributed and to Tom, another brilliant Vid. I'd give that a go here in Australia if we had smart defibrillators located on street corners or outside shopping centres... Another win thank you :)
Bravo. Love this video and this initiative in the UK. Pre-EMS-arrival CPR and AED application is the biggest contributing factor to patient survival
"You would have saved their life, if it was saveable you would have done it." - I don't think there can be higher praise
Just leaving the dummy for dead? Damn that is cold.
Also, don't think there could be worse encouragement, because when inevitably the patient doesn't recover, Tom will feel like a failure.
Instead feedback should be something like: giving the best chance for that patient to survive
Don’t be surprised that while doing chest compressions on older patients, you will hear ribs breaking. Yet another example of things that are bad, but still better than dying.
Can that happen? 😳
@@jcespinoza it's quite common. My last CPR instructor told us to "always expect a crunchy chest"
@@jcespinoza I was told in lifeguard training that if you do CPR correctly you're almost guaranteed to break at least one rib. This may have been slightly overestimated to ease the tension of realizing you broke a rib WHILE giving CPR but its common enough to be mentioned in training.
@@jcespinoza you should compress 2 inches, broken ribs is very very normal
@@tribblier 2inchs? I'm not great with Imperial (34yo Englishman) but I would never go 2in. Aim for 1/3 of the chest is what I've been taught since university and with every refresh.
As for braking ribs. Not just elderly patients. It's likely for anyone. The TV don't mention that
Honestly, having just lost a grandmother 3-4 days ago, seeing a country start to implement this brought some warm back into my heart
"Remove all clothing..."
Removes all clothing in the phone box and becomes Superman
😂🤣🤣😆 too funny
I love how the thumbnail is just Tom going “Get a load of this guy.” to a phone box.
Seems like they should really restructure that "Re-analysing heart rate in one minute" voice line to something like "In one minute, this device will re-analyse the patients heart rate". Or maybe something less cumbersome.
Point is, what Tom did is gonna be what most people will do, stop immediately, then realise they weren't supposed to stop. Starting with the information that there's a minute countdown would probably prevent that.
Probably even something like "Continue CPR. In one minute, ...."
That way you know that your current job is to perform CPR, so whatever follows is additional information and not a command for you to change what you're doing
Yup. Definitely a derp there on the format of that voice command.
@@maagiapall the ones we have in the hospital say "continue/resume compressions" and if it's "analysing" then it repeats that until "shock not indicated, resume compressions".
This may just be a odd machine/old or whatever?
@@maagiapall It should say nothing, it should just tell you when to stop and then that it is analysing again, as when someone hears the voice they are likely to stop, however it should be part of basic CPR training, if you aren't trained you wouldn't be giving effective compressions in most cases (Tom being the exception in doing OK)
@@5688gamble I think this is a case where constant affirmation from the device is a good thing. Last thing you want is a minute of silence and the person performing CPR wondering why the box stopped making noise.
Just brilliant. Great show
Great video, very helpful, I did know they did this to some Red phone boxes but good to watch Tom learn how to use the defibulator.
In 100 years, Tom, his life extended by biotech and nanotech, will make a fascinating video explaining the forgotten history of Britain's defibrillator boxes, and how they were used in pre-telepathy days for a primitive form of telecommunication
I would absolutely loathe telepathy
@@geckogeico2212 I probably would hate it a lot less if we were able to block people out of our brains. Especially if we could sort of autofunction like that. Or if we had to actively open doors to do things with it.
In 10 years, if the emergency operator tells a kid to get the defibrillator from the telephone box on the corner, the kid may not know it is.
From the moment I understood the weakness of the flesh, it disgusted me
@@StarshadowMelody Telepathic advertisement in 5,4,3...
Knowing how much views Tom's videos generate, this video most likely will save a life.
"Aye, I'll raise his offer. Two!"
*life; to live is a verb
Could be a good title for this video: This video most likely will save a life
@@deepspacewanderer9897 Meanwhile, you won't save a life...
Heartwarming!
Electrifying!
I just found this website. I was mesmerized by a previous robotic delivery system video and subscribed. Great find.
''Stayin' alive'' by the Bee Gees is the perfect rhythm for chest compressions. This was advice from a CPR trainer when I learned to use one of these machines.
Another tip, keep your elbows locked if you don't, you will tire MUCH quicker.
It took me an embarrassing long time to realize the title is a pun
Me too. That's shocking
Well, I knew Tom is not here for clickbait, so I immediately started searching for a possible pun. As James Bond said, "Positively shocking."
And I realized it now😂
Oh. My. God.
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Some places use them as a library type thing full of books and DVDs
We have a library phone box in our village.
Cool
that is also true for Germany- sometimes the yellow German equivalent, but I have seen several red phone booths in Germany
Or some kind of art installation?
There’s one in the village of Kirkby on bane near woodhall spa. not far from where I live.
i never realized how amazing the technology of those are! i’m blown away that it can sense the heartbeat and administer the shocks since in media it’s always a doctor saying “clear!”
Very helpful video and brilliant use of our old telephone boxes.
The defib phone boxes are such a great idea
As opposed to what? Haha
@@AceOfClubs1939 letting them go to rot and ruin, or impromptu urinals
Right!?!? And you get to keep such an iconic object of British history everywhere.
@@JT-hi1cs they’ll knock them down in a few years to “save the world” or something, sadly.
I dont think so. These seem to practically invite vandals. It’s exactly the type of thing local kids who got nothing better to do would play around with
My partner and I have a running joke where we say ‘why is there a telephone in that defibrillator box?’ Whenever we see an actual pay phone.
Fantastic video Tom. Iam sure this video will help save lives👍👍
An absolute fantastic idea and so simple!
"There are concerns over maintaining dignity. Life comes before dignity." Wish more people would understand that
True. Dignity is a convoluted thing though, as it's tied to a patient's will to live. The latter has after all to *want* to live, and to believe that the misery inherent in the recovery process is going to be worth struggling through.
I had to learn that the hard way. Recovering from severe injury puts the mind through hell as much as the body.
The tough cut scissors you’ll often find with the defibs are designed to cut through jeans, bras, all sorts. It’s a lot easier and makes you think less than undoing clothes
@@jimtaylor294 i think he's mainly referring to showing tiddies
@@antonhelsgaun Perhaps; though dignity goes beyond just boobies.
@@jimtaylor294 Not really, its an artificial concept that doesnt mean anything on its own.
“Could a bystander with no medical training actually use one of these to save a life? To answer that I’ve decided to kill someone.”
It's only killing them if the answer is no :)
I read this the exact time the part came up
Important messages, great service/charity thanks both!
This channel is phenomenal
Well now I’m just annoyed that I didn’t see him, I live down the road from that Defibrillator box
I used to live there as a kid. I immediately recognized the names on the road signs right behind him. At least if I ever return home I'll be able to have a heart attack, knowing that I can be saved.
@@ClipperDays if anyone's around
Well, now ya know. :)
@@DavidLinn anxsiety
That's a cool coincidence!
Machine : "Keep calm"
I've never seen Tom this stressed before.
@wuoi zuiu I think they are talking about women
Fantastic! This is a wonderful use!
This is an awesome idea 💡! Bravo 👏
Life definitely comes before dignity, but the possibility of being found dead and naked has kept me out of some very stupid situations
The best defense is to never be in danger!
Dead _and_ naked. So life came before dignity after all. :)
@@rubenskiii yes, the point being that I have chosen dignity:) I'm alive aren't I?
@@rubenskiii I think, anyway.... Can you check?
underwired Bras and piercings and jewelery may have to be removed to prevent burns and the metal conducting the electricity away from the heart area, though generally it's fabric insulating the skin that will cause the problem by blocking the shock, not wires etc
that's a nice way to save the culture, heritage, and identity of your nation. whoever came up with it was a genius
not to mention save lives
@@Kaemble thats the least important :p
@@Kaemble also having the defibrillator in an obviously visible location makes it far easier for general public to find if needed
@@Kaemble I forgot to add that :P
Quite often they are used as free libraries as well, take a book and leave a book
Our of all the videos I’ve seen, that was a heart starter❤️😄
Awesome, excellent initiative!
My CPR training always started with "Scenario: someone collapses in Tesco's car park..." I always thought "I'll be fine, I only shop at Sainsbury's".
What is a Tesco?
@@5446isnotmynumber A British shop, I take it you're not British?
@@alpheendomination so a walmart?
@@5446isnotmynumber No because tesco isnt the only shop for miles
@@bt3743 normally walmarts are next to other stores like targets and costco's and furniture places so that's not actually true (like where I live in the subards there is a walmart 3 miles away from me and like 10 stores within a half a mile of that walmart)
Imagine being a time traveler from 1954 or whenever, coming up to a newfangled telephone like this one and getting a shocking surprise.
Doctor who flash back
Futurama flash back
"remove all 'clothing from chest and stomach'
: alright?
"peel off the pads labelled two and place on the bare skin..."
: huh cool, must have invented telepathically placed phone calls. Boy I can't wait.
@@kennarajora6532 Sends you straight to speak with god
@@RyanBlakeKain This is comedy gold
This is a very good use of redundant phone boxes! Although my village had 4 phone boxes that no longer worked, they were just removed.
Your rhythm for CPR was spot on too! Its the same BPM as Stayin Alive by the Beegees!
Or another one bites the dust if you’re in a bad mood, or you don’t particularly like the person.
The world is better for having Tom Scott and no one will ever convince otherwise
If something ever happend that would convince me otherwise a lit of my trust in humanity would be hurt.
@@ricebeansrockroll882 oof QwQ
Who the hell would even want to convince you otherwise?
Agree. No questions needed.
Who would even try? The insanity.
"It is the human equivalent of turning someone off and on again" - GOLD
Which immediately reminded me of The IT Crowd.
"Hello 999? Have you tried turning 'em off and on again?"
Truly is, my father had some mild heart rhythm thingie and at the hospital they have him a shock to stop the heart (I don't remember if it automatically started again or they delivered a second shock) and he's fine now.
As opposed to how the media usually understands defibrillators when they use it to start the heart after it has stopped. From what I understand, CPR is designed to start the heart again, which is probably why the machine told Tom to do that after the shock was delivered.
@@ThreadBomb Have you tried forcing an unexpected reboot?
This made my afternoon. This Warmed my freaking heart.
Really appreciate your work on this video. I think you have made me realise I need to do a CPR vid. Thank you for the ideas
AED "start chest compressions"
Tom in his head "OK, Freestyle."
Begone bot
I've reported them, waiting to see how long this takes.
Stayin' alive.
@@route2070 ive reported them millions of times
@@route2070 same
Tom, dissappinted you didn't show what the previous use for telephone boxes was. For science
I guess we'll never find out..
Probably urinating.
I am dissappinted too
@@livinlicious definitely
Traveling through space and time, the blue ones also had more room on the inside than they looked from the outside so they could probably be used for storage
This is absolutely brilliant
A few villages in south Wales where I'm from have turned them in to mini public libraries. Its fantastic to see and helps maintain a community feeling
It's so nice that there's actually a defibrillator for these things. Tom, you may just save a life in the future with this demonstration.
You are just omnipresent at this point.
Worth mentioning: Most places of business in the US also have defibrillators. It shouldn't be too hard to get access to one in an emergency situation.
U are the next Justin.Y u are everywhere
Hey it's you!
@@mohammedazzan7529 He’s been around for even longer than justin
Tom Scott continues to fascinate with such random topics. The enthusiasm is unparalleled. Keep the content going, Tom. You make seemingly mundane topics interesting and engaging. This one may actually help me save someone’s life.
This is actually really cleaver I never would have thought of a little defibrillator booth
This is a brilliant re-use of phone cabinets providing life-saving equipment. 😃👌👏👏👏❤️
Voice: "Follow the directions calmly"
Tom: *Speedrun!*
*dream music plays*
@@tortolgawd4481 " two girls one cup" displays on smartphone
"Life comes before dignity" never thought a paramedic would describe my life so well 😭
So your like, naked all the time?
Note: when doing CPR, interlock your fingers, with your dominant hand on top of your non-dominant hand!
Why?
@@falsemcnuggethope If you do that, keep your elbows straight & use your body weight to compress the chest, you will be putting enough pressure on and won't get tired as quickly. You don't want to be worn out 10 minutes before the ambulance arrives, or to damage your own hands/wrists.
You might break ribs in the casualty's chest but should continue anyway as it's possible to recover from broken ribs more easily than cardiac arrest.
@@seegee9927 Keeping your elbows straight is important, but why would interlocking fingers matter?
learned the recovery position, CPR and how to use an AED in school recently, definitely an important lesson
I had the experience of having to use one of these 4 years ago. Unfortunately, at the time the boxes werent coded so when i called the ambulance service back, they couldnt tell me the code to get the defib. My dad didn't make it but further investigations suggested the defib wouldn't have made a difference. Those five minutes stood in that phone box trying random numbers are easily the worse five minutes i've had.
I don't blame the service and have nothing but praise for the NHS. Following what happened, we had meetings with the NHS and locally they introduced a coding system to make them easier to open. Great video but god damn if it didnt bring some poor memories back.
Wow. How were you _supposed_ to get the defib out?
sorry for your loss :(
Sorry for your loss.
If you were American you'd be looking for someone to sue.
So sorry about your dad :(
Sorry for your loss.
Folks in the future: "Dad, why is the livesaving red box called "Telephone box"?"
The name might shift over time. Certain names for stuff has changed over time, so it's likely to happen here too.
telephone box? no thats the medical box. it's red to look like the red cross
@@lunarose9 you forgot the "
0:30
They change the telephone sign at the top to a Defibrillator sign.
In Windsor There’s a telephone box that has lots of books in like a mini library.
At least you've got something to read whilst waiting for the Ambulance! 👌
Great educational video 👍❤️ thank you
"the patient,,,, I can't feel a pulse!"
tom: "have you tried turning it off and on again?"
There's strict instructions about sticking on the pads. Right shoulder, left armpit. If you reverse them the machine may not be able to sense the pulse.
If it senses no pulse, it wont advise a shock. The defib turns the patient off, the patient turns themself on again if thats the terminology we are using.
"What kind of operating system does it use ?" "Vista" "We're going to die!" 😁
Next time you call emergency services you will be connected to an IT worker in India asking you turn it on and off again before requesting payment via Itunes gift cards..
I was like "there's no way Tom used clickbait. There is some way to read this as literally descriptive." And there was. Props?
Tom Scott saving lives by providing information from professionals.
Tom, the model that was being installed in the Tardis has a CPR instruction mode. So it would give you step by step instructions on how to perform CPR. I also would imagine that your emergency dispatcher also can give you instructions over the phone.
Finally Doctor Who makes sense. Who wouldn't want a Doctor in a phone box that has a defibrillator in it?
Guys... are we going to tell him about the police box?
@@stejer211 nah (^.^)
@@stejer211 It's the box with a police in it
The shocking new use for red telephone boxes is as a time machine.
I don't know, would Who?
4:46 Tom revealing that there's room for improvement for the audio instructions here.
Yes I thought that, maybe it should say 'one minute until...', unless there's something obvious I'm missing.
@@marcussheen That's precisely what I was thinking
Now that's wonderful. Turning old telephone boxes into a deliberator. Brilliant idea.
Around here (in Germany) a lot of communities convert some of our old phone boxes (which were yellow like the post here) to public bookshelves where everyone can leave and take books as they please. It's not that expensive for some shelving, maybe some glass repair and preserves the old phone cabinets in the streets.
But I really like the defibrillator idea, especially since the boxes are already connected to power, it's a great recycling idea! Love it. I kinda wish there were more around here, I've only seen defibrillators / signs pointing to them in public buildings or like universities and museums.