bendingunit23

I took a first aid course on saturday, just a one day one. I passed it for the third or fourth time. It was interesting looking back at how much the course has changed, last time I watched a video on how to use an AED this time they had practice one that you could stick paddles on the CPR dummies and they would tell you stuff. Also the CPR dummies had red, yellow and green lights that stayed on if you had the depth and minium speed right. On the other hand I don't think they said the word amputation, we didn't check a pulse all day.

I found a part in the book that badly needed a comma:

I've got a ruler handy and at best my mid forearm is 3.5" across, how big is this guy? and almost regardless of how big he is I don't think I'd call that a laceration, that what you call something that needs some stiches they've almost cut there fucking arm off.


The other thing being the next day I was in a medical clinic and an 90+ year old woman was brought in by her daughter barely breathing. Really, The first aid course said if the patient (victim, whatever)'s partialy blocked airway doesn't clear in 10 minutes, call an ambulance and let the hospitals figure it out. Instead the nursing home called the daughter, who arrived, took her mother to a clinic, where she waited as the sectary/ nurse person did paper work, handled other people. The other people in the waiting room banded together and got her bumped to top spot. I was waiting for her to get slightly worse before I grabbed the desk phone from the nurse and call an ambulance. The doctor get there seven second decison , paramedics are there in 90 seconds. Nothing like that debate of are medical people higher up the first aider chain than level one and a bit of SEP.

Hope the old girl is still with us and feeling better.