The Opening the book and showing them life

On Saturday I helped out Kal as a patient on a First aid course. So I arrived to put some unsuspecting people through the biggest step in the training.

You have had a pt in the classroom, and you have tied them with bandages, you have had the pt in the hall, the one that felt a bit funny and collapsed.

Now you get the bridge to real life, something in between. Outside the car has pinned a person up against the wall, the driver has a hypo and the person is crushed, or the person who has fallen onto a fence and it has gone right through their leg. Or the stabbing in a stair way. Now in the real world where these things do happen. Try and apply the same training not as easy as a jump as some thought. Which is the point of the exercise, You know stuff but before you jump in, in front of the public lets expose you to it and you can make your mistakes here.

It can be a bridge too far for some, at this stage but some coped admirably. Lots of blood and makeup and after a reasonably gentle debrief (were are nice at the start so they come back) everyone seemed to enjoy it. Some might just work a little harded now to be that bit better.

Just wait until they have some more experience. Then we'll try again. ( evil cackle )