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First Aid, 5/30, Session 2
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.]
"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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Control issues? Naw...
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"So, uh. I'm ready, I guess."
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She consulted the instructions...
"Er...it says I'm supposed to pinch your nose...sorry," she said, doing so as well as tilting Cordelia's head back.
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She closed her eyes and thought of England.
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Okay. That hadn't been too weird.
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"Okay."
Fair was fair.
She settled back on the ground and prepared to be 'rescued'.
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"Okay, that wasn't that bad," Cordy said. I mean, she had gotten drunk and kissed a number of girls when she first arrived in Fandom, after all. And this was far from sexy, what with the clinical environment and all.
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"Thanks," she said, "So...are you new here?"
She'd lost count of the number of times she'd asked that question, but it seemed to work well, so far as ice breakers went.
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"I am, yeah."