Day 2 of the First Aid seminar had us deal more with CPR, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation. Things have changed a bit since I last took the course, we now do 5 series of the following combo: 2 breaths inside the mouth and 30 chest pumps, then check for vital signs, if person not breathing on its own, repeat until ambulance arrives… When I last took the course, it was 5 breaths / 10 pumps, check and repeat… so now you know too.

The funnest part was to play with the defibrillator, we see them in movies all the time, but I had never seen one this close. The model we had had a recording in it telling us what to do and would continue to repeat the orders until it was satisfied that you had done it. Unlike Hollywood’s defibrillators, the machine will only shocks if necessary, it works with the signs it feels from being connected to the body, no one is holding paddles and yells “Clear”… Fun nonetheless. I asked why the defribilator had a British voice, he said they come in every accent. I want a gay one.

We also did a lot of First Aid / CPR for infant, something I had never covered in the past, at least not to this extent. For today’s class, we were introduced to our models:


The babies resting before the lesson

I couldn’t help noticing poor Shaniquaa’s segregation:

I couldn’t decide between Baby Maria and Shaniquaa, I went with both:

Oh and just for kicks? This is what I looked like after I was treated for my injuries at the car accidents scene:

I had lost one ear, they found it and put it on ice. I had a piece of the windshield stuck to my forehead, they bandaged around the glass and were careful not to remove it. Someone held my neck and head straight as they didn’t know if I had spinal injury, very good, the person shouldn’t move until the ambulance arrives. They covered me with a blanket to keep me from going into shock and one person kept reassuring me everything was ok. A+ for the job, E- for the look.

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