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First Aid and Basic Medicine | Tuesday | Period Two
Another Tuesday, another session of first aid class. Today, class was meeting outside under a tent, which some might call generous on the teacher's part. Bruce just thought it was good to provide maximum possible distractions to make sure the students could focus on the task at hand.
"The final is next week, and we've covered quite a bit of ground so far," Bruce said, swinging his arms loosely once everyone had arrived. "We did basic and advanced bandaging, burns, and tourniquets. Today is our last real class session, so I want to spend it on CPR."
Sounded fun, right?
"CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation," Bruce began, "and it is used in cases of choking or drowning -- really, any circumstance where someone is having extreme respiratory difficulty. A good indicator to clue you in that you should use it would be if someone is turning blue or gesturing to their throat and can't speak. Please ask the person if they're okay before starting anything; there's always the chance that the person is just ignoring you or making a weird expression or... yeah."
He scratched his neck. That had gotten off-topic.
"Assuming CPR is necessary, after making sure the surroundings are safe and checking to make sure the victim is not breathing by putting your ear to their nose and mouth and listening for breaths or coughs, you want to lay the person flat on his or her back, place the heel of your palm right here--" he gestured on himself to just below his breastbone-- "lay your other hand over the bottom one, and apply thirty short, fast compressions, one after another. You'll have dummies to practice on today -- I know you're all excited for that." The dummies were creepy. He understood that. "After thirty compressions, hold open the victim's mouth and breathe in twice while pinching his or her nose. If that doesn't work, repeat the compressions. The rescue breathing is optional, and please don't do it on the dummies, but the compressions are the important part. You want to be pressing down about two inches and compressing rapidly. Today, the dummies are programmed to light up and buzz if you aren't compressing correctly, so try to avoid that. It'll be... loud and annoying to everyone else."
He gave a sheepish little... sort of a neck-twitch.
"When there are ten minutes left, we'll segue into discussing the final and you're welcome to ask any questions you might have about it," Bruce added. "It will be a practical exam set in the Danger Shop, so be prepared for that."
"The final is next week, and we've covered quite a bit of ground so far," Bruce said, swinging his arms loosely once everyone had arrived. "We did basic and advanced bandaging, burns, and tourniquets. Today is our last real class session, so I want to spend it on CPR."
Sounded fun, right?
"CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation," Bruce began, "and it is used in cases of choking or drowning -- really, any circumstance where someone is having extreme respiratory difficulty. A good indicator to clue you in that you should use it would be if someone is turning blue or gesturing to their throat and can't speak. Please ask the person if they're okay before starting anything; there's always the chance that the person is just ignoring you or making a weird expression or... yeah."
He scratched his neck. That had gotten off-topic.
"Assuming CPR is necessary, after making sure the surroundings are safe and checking to make sure the victim is not breathing by putting your ear to their nose and mouth and listening for breaths or coughs, you want to lay the person flat on his or her back, place the heel of your palm right here--" he gestured on himself to just below his breastbone-- "lay your other hand over the bottom one, and apply thirty short, fast compressions, one after another. You'll have dummies to practice on today -- I know you're all excited for that." The dummies were creepy. He understood that. "After thirty compressions, hold open the victim's mouth and breathe in twice while pinching his or her nose. If that doesn't work, repeat the compressions. The rescue breathing is optional, and please don't do it on the dummies, but the compressions are the important part. You want to be pressing down about two inches and compressing rapidly. Today, the dummies are programmed to light up and buzz if you aren't compressing correctly, so try to avoid that. It'll be... loud and annoying to everyone else."
He gave a sheepish little... sort of a neck-twitch.
"When there are ten minutes left, we'll segue into discussing the final and you're welcome to ask any questions you might have about it," Bruce added. "It will be a practical exam set in the Danger Shop, so be prepared for that."
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