Medical emergency.
So now we have a decent idea of what happened
CB radios
two cars
medical emergency
But we still have the lateral part. How did explaining the CB Radio save a life?
Was the explainer explaining CB radio to someone in his own car, or to a person in the other car.
Was the person being explained to the person who was having the medical emergency?
Was a little kid involved?
bumping in case the last post wasn’t seen.
Was the CB Emergency channel used to summon help?
Their own car
Nope
Yes to this and with …
Yes. Now we are starting down the lateral path.
Do you want me to reveal it? Seem like no one is interested.
The help that was summoned. Was it someone you might not expect to be of help in a situation like this?
Did the CB owner summon help for themself, or for another person?
Nope. It was paramedics.
Another person
Did the explainer talk directly to the paramedics?
Or to a dispatcher?
Or to some other intermediary?
Is the location of the cb explanation relevant?
Is the location of the paramedics when contacted relevant?
I think we are getting caught up in the rescue part.
Driver A hears over the CB from Driver B that her father is having a major medical issue. Driver A pulls off the highway and goes to a payphone and calls emergency personnel. The lateral part is: how did we get to that part of the story?
Well, looks like I killed the entire thread.
So a father is explaining to his little kid how the CB radio is used when suddenly he suffers a heart attack or something equally terrible. The kid, now armed with a bit of knowledge about how to operate the CB radio fiddles around with it until he reaches someone and tries to explain that his Dad is in trouble - perhaps the car has rolled to a stop somewhere on the side of the road. The receiver speaks to the child and helps him to work out where they are. Paramedics are called. Father is saved. Child is a hero.
Is that it?
Okay just reread the bit that says the receiver has to go to a payphone. So either this is before cellphones or in a remote area without coverage…
(I would have gotten much better grades at school if I just READ THE QUESTION the first time)
That is a great answer but unfortunately incorrect.
CB radios were prevalent so late 70’s.
Driver A is explaining how to use the emergency CB channel when at that exact moment an emergency call comes over from the other car about father having a major medical issue?
Extremely close, but it didn’t happen during the explanation.
I am away for the weekend. We are close enough that unless there is movement towards the answer I shall reveal it when I get back.