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Welcome to Pacer's Corner
My Paramedic friends at Lima Allen County Paramedics have asked me to help pass along a reminder to you, your friends, and family. Move R-I-G-H-T for emergency lights and sirens of police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances.
R-REACT quickly but calmly. Scan all directions for more than one emergency vehicle. Plan your next move.
I-INITIATE your move to the right. Use your turn signal. Try not to slam on your brakes or pull over suddenly. Never, ever run a red light to move to the right.
G-GAUGE the distance between your car and the other cars around you are pulled over as far right as possible. Never stop at a place that doesn’t have room to pull over safely.
H-HALT Stay completely stopped to the right of the road until the emergency vehicle has passed, but remember there may be more than one vehicle responding so look in all directions before moving back into traffic.
T-TOLERATE the few minutes of your time that you have to stop for emergency vehicles. They may be responding to help a friend, a loved one, or neighbor
Here’s a little quiz about the human body. How many can you get right?
If all the blood vessels in your body were laid end to end how far would they reach?
a. 60 miles
b. 600 miles
c. 6,000 miles
d. 60,000 miles
What is the normal pulse rate for a human?
In one day, how many times does your heart beat?
c. 10,000 times
d. 1,000 times
By the time you are 70 years old, how many gallons of water will you drink?
d. 120 gallons
It takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile.
a. true
b. false
How many taste buds does your tongue have?
a. 30
b. 300
c. 3,000
d. 30,000
How fast does a sneeze travel?
Here’s some fun facts to impress your friends
You blink your eyes over 10,000,000 times a year!
Your fingernails grow almost four times as fast as your toenails
Your forearm (from inside of elbow to inside of your wrist) is the same length as your foot.
Your femur (thigh bone) is stronger than concrete and to think it’s hollow!
The average person has at least 7 dreams a night and each dream only last 2 to 3 seconds.
The average American over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in line.
The width of your armspan from middle finger to middle finger is the length of your body.
Half your body’s red blood cells are replaced every seven days. And you think you’re tired for school on Monday morning, what about your red blood cells?
One last thing from me, every year you get older, I get 7 years older because dogs age 7 times faster than humans.
Do you have any interesting human body facts that I missed? Email me pacer@limaparamedics.com and if I print your factoid, I will send you a very special puppy treat. Don’t forget to put your name and full address in the email.