I was watching a video of Barack Obama responding to fainting spells. Someone named David posted some more videos and I think you will learn a lot from them. The lessons learned and the videos after the jump.
Update: Some people do not know that people are accusing Obama of planting fainting fans. This diary seeks to dispel that these are plants by showing that Obama's detection of and reaction to fainting spells is totally normal.
The first video clip is of Bill Clinton responding to a young lady fainting right behind him on stage. He acknowledges the incident and explains that "it's hot up here" on the stage. Notice how he is just a little too quick to move on though? This is no criticism of Bill Clinton. This clip just shows that while it may seem that some speakers are pausing too long in their speeches when someone faints, "moving right along" isn't perhaps the best response. A few moments wait actually feels better and let's everyone catch their breath.
Also, notice that the person on staff is right there ready to help the young lady. They can tell right away what is happening. It must happen all the time.
Fainting at Bill Clinton speech:
The next video shows Hillary Clinton responding to someone fainting in the crowd at one of her events. What we can see and hear from this is that she knows what is happening from the suddenness and nature of the voices in the crowd even while her back is turned. Also, she is able to turn around, lock right into where the problem is in the crowd and assess that someone has fainted in a split second.
Notice that she takes time to make sure that help for the fallen person is on the way. Notice that she offers water and notice that she is in no great hurry to move on until the person is helped.
Fainting at Hillary Clinton speech:
I hope that these videos show that fainting can happen at anyone's rally. Also, I hope this points out that it is not difficult for a speaker to see and hear from the stage when someone in the crowd faints. Most of us know how easy it is to see in a sports crowd when "the wave" is passing by or where in the stands a pop fly is going by the crush of fans. I would imagine that the wave and crush caused by the 8 people surrounding someone fainting and then the reaction of the 32 people surround those people and so-on is a very sizable tremor in a crowd and a very easily recognized pattern. Also, the voices of those people surrounding someone who faints is also a recognizable pattern, as shown in the video.