First Aid, 5/30, Session 2

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Elliot waited for the class to assemble and then began her lesson. A variety of handouts described the conditions she named.

"Hey. You guys did great in a tough situation last week. I was really impressed by the emergency management skills you showed."

"This week, we're getting into the nitty-gritty of emergencies affecting the respiratory system, which is how you breathe. You need to breathe so your body can convert oxygen in the air into the oxygen that fuels your body. The most common emergencies involving breathing are choking and near-drowning, but people may also stop breathing because of allergies or asthma. And then there's hyperventilation, which is usually psychosomatic. Not fun, but psychosomatic. About all you can do to stop that is try to take deep breaths."

"Today, I'm going to have you practice the Heimlich Maneuver and rescue breathing. Heimlich hurts like a bitch if you do it right -- seriously, you need to squeeze so hard you think you might break the person's ribs. So practice it on the danger-shop generated people in that room. If you know how to do it on an adult, try it on one of the babies or pregnant women."

"After that, pair up and go practice rescue breathing. You can make your own pairs for that. And, guys, there's nothing gay about it, even if you are afraid of boykissy."

"Oh, and one more thing? Last week, I didn't really do introductions, but I probably should. Tell us your name, age, any experience you have with first aid, and if there's anything weird about your physiology that I might want to know for this workshop. If you aren't comfortable saying it out loud, come see me after the session."

"And finally, the rules; one absence is totally fine. Two unexcused absences, and you get detention. So show up."

"That's it, guys. Go for it."

[OOC: OCD's up. Pretend I used the introductions thread instead of sign-in on purpose. We have 15 people in this class -- if anyone is hanging on the rescue breathing as of tomorrow morning, they'll get to work with either Elliot or one of the multipliers. Also? If your character has a truly major problem with the rescue breathing exercise, please let me know in the OOC thread.]

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Re: Rescue breathing

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Um," Peter said intelligently as he blushed dark red. "Ladies first?"

Re: Rescue breathing

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally rubbed the back of her neck and blushed a little, too. "Well, I guess... lie back and let's get to it?"

Re: Rescue breathing

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter lay on his back and tried to look like an accident victim. He may also have been taking a cue from Walter and thinking of England.

Re: Rescue breathing

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally got on her knees and leaned down to do the proper breathing technique. There was definitely no tongue. This was gonna be strictly a breathing thing. Cause otherwise she'd guilt.

Re: Rescue breathing

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter was vastly relieved about the lack of tongue. Because how do you respond to that in class? He really didn't want to figure it out.

"I feel very saved, Cally," he said, still slightly blushing.

Re: Rescue breathing

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally leaned back on her knees and smiled. "Guess I did it okay, huh?" She moved to her back and lay quite still, her mouth open.

"Your turn."

Re: Rescue breathing

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Profoundly aware of either pulling her hair or otherwise hurting Cally, Peter attempted to follow the directions with a minimum level of intrusiveness. Which meant definitely no tongue and perhaps fewer breaths than were technically required.

Re: Rescue breathing

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally had been thinking of Picon the whole time, in order to keep calm. She smiled up at Peter, a little nervous. "Well, I guess I can breathe easy, now. Good job."

Re: Rescue breathing

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"You too," Peter said with a grin, less nervous now that it was all over. He offered his hand to shake. "We made it, eh?"

Re: Rescue breathing

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally shook Peter's hand. "Yes we did," she said. "And it was totally unscandalous. And if Anders asks, it never even happened."

Re: Rescue breathing

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter nodded in agreement. "I'll take the non-scandalous lesson to the grave."

Re: Rescue breathing

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Good," Cally said with a nod. "Thanks for partnering with me, though. Though I guess you probably wanted to avoid getting stuck with a guy, huh?" She winked.