They teach you first aid in case there aren’t medical professionals meters away. They do not teach you to pry somebody’s mouth open. In fact, they specifically tell you not to.

The turning was the scariest part to me. eesh

Must be a European thing. In Boxing and UFC here they take the mouthpiece out but a concussion and a seizure aren’t the same. I would call them behind the times but whatever, keep manipulating the vertebrae of a guy who went face first onto the turf :-S

How is it possible you and all the other similar responses live in 2017, have the Internet, and still believe it is possible to swallow your tongue?

People who mistakenly think you can swallow your tongue when you have a seizure or get knocked out. Spoiler alert: You can’t.