W00t!
First aid exam: written 96%; practical 100%.
I rock!
Although I have struggled with this course, having difficulty with the way the instructor's teaching method worked against me, and also the mnemonics she used, I guess I have done well. A lot of what I did has come from past courses and personal experience which in the end made things a bit easier for me.
Some of the scenarios that I did involved a broken, avulsed arm; puncture wound from a hypodermic needle; CPR/AR and someone knocked down from an explosion who was having difficulty breathing. The only mistake that I might have made (but really I didn't make it, it was just something that was missed by the person acting as the patient) was with the broken arm, I wasn't told that there was point tenderness when I was palpating, but I still did everything correctly.
It is nice to have this out of the way for another two years, it is very mentally draining, and a very physical course. My knees, arms and back are going to need a few days to recover from all the kneeling, rolling people, lifting people, etc. Even CPR is physically exhausting. Imagine pumping someones chest for 30 minutes straight, could you do it? We are trained to teach a helper in how to do it, but even then you are still going to be very worn out and switching every few minutes to let someone rest a bit.
And as I tell all my patients, I like doing first aid, but I don't like to HAVE to do first aid. Be careful out there.
I rock!
Although I have struggled with this course, having difficulty with the way the instructor's teaching method worked against me, and also the mnemonics she used, I guess I have done well. A lot of what I did has come from past courses and personal experience which in the end made things a bit easier for me.
Some of the scenarios that I did involved a broken, avulsed arm; puncture wound from a hypodermic needle; CPR/AR and someone knocked down from an explosion who was having difficulty breathing. The only mistake that I might have made (but really I didn't make it, it was just something that was missed by the person acting as the patient) was with the broken arm, I wasn't told that there was point tenderness when I was palpating, but I still did everything correctly.
It is nice to have this out of the way for another two years, it is very mentally draining, and a very physical course. My knees, arms and back are going to need a few days to recover from all the kneeling, rolling people, lifting people, etc. Even CPR is physically exhausting. Imagine pumping someones chest for 30 minutes straight, could you do it? We are trained to teach a helper in how to do it, but even then you are still going to be very worn out and switching every few minutes to let someone rest a bit.
And as I tell all my patients, I like doing first aid, but I don't like to HAVE to do first aid. Be careful out there.
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