CPR Training
On April Fool's Day, I completed my training enabling me to possibly save a life one day. The class held seven people including one EMT retake. There was a hot cop, a young girl, and a large hospital worker who complained about all the kneeling.
We watched various videos, and then performed the actions along with the video. We had bottomless torsos. Breathing into their mouths through plastic funnels would actually inflate their chest, provided the head was tilted back far enough to allow passage. Clasping your hands and performing compressions isn't a very comfortable act, and I wonder how much harder it will be on a human.
We got to yell the word "Clear!" just like on TV, though we didn't actually shock the mannequins.
The baby they gave me to work on had it's color mismatched. A plastic face with a frontal cut allowed for a black baby to have a white face (think The Six Million Dollar Man's Maskitron).
There are a few different rules to know, and the order matters depending on the circumstance. Unfortunately, this seems to be another activity, that unless you do it often, or review the material, can easily escape your mind. I will need to make an effort to keep it fresh.
I aced my test, though at the last minute I changed an answer to the correct one. The young girl appeared to have failed, but the instructor just made her change some answers until she got it right. Hmmm.
Back at school, the night's lecture was on renal failure, diuresis and urine concentration.
We watched various videos, and then performed the actions along with the video. We had bottomless torsos. Breathing into their mouths through plastic funnels would actually inflate their chest, provided the head was tilted back far enough to allow passage. Clasping your hands and performing compressions isn't a very comfortable act, and I wonder how much harder it will be on a human.
We got to yell the word "Clear!" just like on TV, though we didn't actually shock the mannequins.
The baby they gave me to work on had it's color mismatched. A plastic face with a frontal cut allowed for a black baby to have a white face (think The Six Million Dollar Man's Maskitron).
There are a few different rules to know, and the order matters depending on the circumstance. Unfortunately, this seems to be another activity, that unless you do it often, or review the material, can easily escape your mind. I will need to make an effort to keep it fresh.
I aced my test, though at the last minute I changed an answer to the correct one. The young girl appeared to have failed, but the instructor just made her change some answers until she got it right. Hmmm.
Back at school, the night's lecture was on renal failure, diuresis and urine concentration.