1. BSI
2. Is it safe?
3. MOI/NOI
4. # of patients
5. Gut feeling
6. "Hi my name is Brooke, I know first Aid. Can I help you?".......
This is 1/10th of the reasons why I have not updated my blog in a while. The other reasons consist of working 40hrs a week, taking 16 semester credit hours, working an additional 10 hours a week at my internship site, and I use to have a 1st Aid lab Friday nights from 6pm to 9pm. I am now officially certified in 1st Aid. So if anybody ever needs 1st Aid help, please....feel free to call. That is if I am home. :)
P.S. I will update more about Canada.........................Soon.
25 Years
4 months ago
4 comments:
I know what that means!! It made me laugh. I'm glad you are certified..now we can save the world, one victim/patient at a time. I was just thinking that I needed to go through my CPR/1st aid pamphlets, notes, and booklets to refresh my mind on a lot of things. Now if I have any questions I can ask you - brilliant!
-Susan
LOL that is exactly what I think. Save people one person at a time!! Hey any questions you have shoot it my way while the info is still fresh in my mind. I almost had to use my 1st aid today at my internship and those steps were flashing through my mind. It is some good info to know!
That's how it was when I worked for PEAK. I was always using minor 1st aid treatments and once or twice I actually had to elevate extremities, treat for low BP, because people liked to faint. This may sound kind of weird but I loved it. I love knowing that I have 1st aid knowledge and then can actually use it when I need to. I haven't really used it since...which is why I like working in the field we're going into -- because you will at one time or another have to use first aid. It's totally awesome. I do have a question about CPR - did they teach you the 30/2 way and continuous? Or did they teach you no breaths only compressions? I know when I was in the course they came out with this new thing saying that if you witness someone falling and they have no pulse, then you just do straight compressions because they should have enough air in their system by the time 2nd help arrives. We all thought that was pretty stupid but it was geared toward people with little to know training in CPR. I was just wondering what they taught you.
They taught us to do compressions AND breathing. I have heard the idea that the person might have enough air in their system to not need compresions but they did not teach it to us. They also taught us the 30/2 way. I am not quite sure what the continuous is? But that doesn't mean they didn't teach it to us. Maybe they just called it something different.
Often times when I am working at my internship my first aid pops into my head because I can see potential situations happening. They never do. But that is why I love the field also, so much hands on work!
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