CPR for Dummies · 11 January 10
On Saturday I took the “Emergency First Aid
with Level A CPR + AED” from good old St. John Ambulance and, prior fears aside, I have to say it was pretty awesome (as a general interest course and as therapy to help get me over my medical fears/phobias).
I am SO READY to put people in the Recovery Position and wail on their chests if they are in any sort of cardiological distress. I even managed to make it through the amputation and partial amputation part of the course (I did go lay down in the back of the class when I started to feel faint but I stayed conscious and the class cheered from me when they video ended and I was still watching).
As interesting as I found it and as much as I think I could actually perform the appropriate actions, should the need arise, I am still hoping I never have to use these new skills… I cling tight to the notion that the human body is filled with a beautiful and magical white light rather than the goop science says it is filled with.