Billionaire Sunjay Kapur has died after swallowing a bee at a polo match
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I just learned about solitary bees a few years ago. For some reason it has never cross my mind until I was researching these unusual blue bees in my garden which turned out to bee Blue Banded Bee which is awesome:
https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/blue-banded-bee-flight-karthikphotography/27046849
Wow! That's amazing, I've never heard of a blue bee. That's just really cool. I bet it was confusing when you first saw it. I've heard of/seen solitary bees but didn't think about it. Did a little beekeeping work as a kid.
We've got a couple weird ones on the other side of the pond that I've been around. (wasps, actually)
Cow killer/Red velvet ant it's sting is in the top 10 for most painful. They're beautiful.
Cicada Killers are huge, 5cm/2in long. I had one fall out of a tree with a cicada right next to me. I thought it was birds fighting.
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Wow! That's amazing, I've never heard of a blue bee. That's just really cool. I bet it was confusing when you first saw it. I've heard of/seen solitary bees but didn't think about it. Did a little beekeeping work as a kid.
We've got a couple weird ones on the other side of the pond that I've been around. (wasps, actually)
Cow killer/Red velvet ant it's sting is in the top 10 for most painful. They're beautiful.
Cicada Killers are huge, 5cm/2in long. I had one fall out of a tree with a cicada right next to me. I thought it was birds fighting.
thanks for sharing these cool wasps! We have some very interesting ones here in Thailand as well and I've seen them dig trenches just tossing sand around half a meter up which just shows how crazy strong they actually are so incredibly don't doubt those stings sting
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Nothing beats a layman explaining the job most professionals won't do to a professional who does it.
BTW: This is all wrong and will make things worse.
Please don't do what this dude writes.Yikes. It was not meant to be advice. Sorry for not making that clearer. I have edited the original comment.
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I'm assuming you've contacted 911 / emergency services since you know that the ambulance is 20 minutes away. In that case, the dispatcher will step you through an emergency diagnosis and if such an extreme action is warranted either they will put you in touch with a medical professional who can instruct you on safe procedure, or they will be a qualified paramedic and instruct you themselves. However that is EXTREMELY unlikely, tracheotomy are almost never warranted (outside of television) in emergency situations, as stabbing someone in the neck is not a trivial thing to do. In my region the procedure isn't even taught to first responders (Edit: I was half wrong, paramedics still learn it but EMTs do not) (Edit 2: No, I was right! Neither are taught it) as it's long been surpassed by modern intubation techniques and treatments like fast-acting anaphylaxis medications.
In short, follow the guidelines you are taught in your first aid class and contact emergency services. Don't stab someone in the neck.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Thank you for this advice. I always contact emergency services immediately if I find someone who is having a serious health event.
However, I spend time in remote areas where emergency services are sometimes an hour away. There is not always mobile phone coverage but to date I have not found anyone in that situation and my longest wait has been half an hour in an urban location.
Neither are taught it
This is a little disappointing, because it sounds like if someone needed it they will not be given it by emergency services. I can only hope that rural responders are taught a little more.
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So, if the person has completely stopped breathing, and ambulances are 20+ minutes away, should I limit my response to attempted CPR?
The answer is: YES
Thank you!
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Because their stingers are smooth, like bumblebees and carpenter bees. Are those not related either??
Do they die when they sting humans once? No? Then they’re not relevant lol.
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How have you never been stung by a bee? I’m genuinely asking.
I’ve been stung like a dozen times.
Idk. I don't fuck with them, they don't fuck with me. Bees are pretty docile in my experience. Been stung plenty by wasps, though.
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Do they die when they sting humans once? No? Then they’re not relevant lol.
One of the parent comments is correcting someone about not all bees dying when they sting, holy moly please learn to read.
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One of the parent comments is correcting someone about not all bees dying when they sting, holy moly please learn to read.
Yeh, and like I said - yellow jackets are not bees lol. They’re wasps. Irrelevant.
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Yeh, and like I said - yellow jackets are not bees lol. They’re wasps. Irrelevant.
Sure, take the Unidan stubborn pedantry route lol.
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I've never been to a billionaire polo match [sad trumpet] but I'd assume that there be some medical staff, like you'd find at any major sporting event where injury is likely. On the other hand, I could see how the staff was prepared for a broken neck and not considering bee stings. Either way, it's pretty funny.
That's not a sad trumpet, that's a happy confirmation that you're a better person.
Otherwise mostly agree, I find it funny but sad; would rather see him survive and become a philanthropist after a almost meeting death, instead of dying.
Incompetent medics.
