I taught a first aid course over the past weekend that was special. It was a group of 20-21 year old guys and a girl. I giggled more in that class than I have in a long time. They were hilarious.
Before CPR on day 2 in 2 rescuer, one guy said "tongue or no tongue". Without missing a beat, I said "no tongue". I caught one of them kissing the dummy (a quick peck on the cheek) and when it came to bone and joint injuries, another guy made like a ghost voice and said "I aaaaaaam Saaaaaaint Joooohn. I can seeeee your eeeeends! Tuck in your eeeeeends"
I love teaching. Just love, love, love teaching. It is the same frigging material time after time but the people make it different. They ask different questions, see the subject in a different manner.
I love my students. I learn and giggle so much because of them.
28.6.11
27.6.11
Tragically Hip - Boots or Hearts
Well I think that there's a problem here
Her voice just don't sound right
But I left myself on an answering machine
Said "I'm back in town tonight."
I feel I've stepped out of the wilderness
All squint-eyed and confused
But even babies raised by wolves
They know exactly when they've been used
See when it starts to fall apart man,
It really falls apart
Like boots or hearts when it starts they really fall apart
Fingers and toes fingers and toes
Forty things we share
Forty-one if you include the fact that we don't care
Now you've blocked off most of main street
For your faith parade
Everybody in town now they probably all agree
I'm lying in the bed I made
See when it starts to fall apart man,
It really falls apart
Like boots or hearts when it starts they really fall apart
Well you won't even let me talk to you
We got some air to clear
Well, we'd probably only agree on one thing anyway
That's what the hell is happening here
Fingers and toes fingers and toes
Forty things we share
Forty-one if you include the fact that we don't care
See when it starts to fall apart man,
It really falls apart
Like boots or hearts when it starts they really fall apart
Her voice just don't sound right
But I left myself on an answering machine
Said "I'm back in town tonight."
I feel I've stepped out of the wilderness
All squint-eyed and confused
But even babies raised by wolves
They know exactly when they've been used
See when it starts to fall apart man,
It really falls apart
Like boots or hearts when it starts they really fall apart
Fingers and toes fingers and toes
Forty things we share
Forty-one if you include the fact that we don't care
Now you've blocked off most of main street
For your faith parade
Everybody in town now they probably all agree
I'm lying in the bed I made
See when it starts to fall apart man,
It really falls apart
Like boots or hearts when it starts they really fall apart
Well you won't even let me talk to you
We got some air to clear
Well, we'd probably only agree on one thing anyway
That's what the hell is happening here
Fingers and toes fingers and toes
Forty things we share
Forty-one if you include the fact that we don't care
See when it starts to fall apart man,
It really falls apart
Like boots or hearts when it starts they really fall apart
21.6.11
19.6.11
Odds - Truth Untold
Awaken from your slumber
And get up for the train
You were caught at your station
And waiting for the rain
Well I call and you answer
And I answer you again
So remember to answer
Remember the way it ends
The truth untold
Will always lie between us
We may never unfold
The way our lives have brought us here
Now send out all your letters
And write it in the sky
For worse and for better
Forever you and I
Then surrender all the ammo
And gather all your charms
'Cause it's gonna burn you
And it's gonna blind you
And it's gonna tear you
Arm from arm
The truth untold
Will always lie between us
We may never unfold
The way our lives have brought us here
Can we get on this together
Is it time to pull the wire?
Well I'm gonna learn to unwind you
And I'm gonna earn your faith entire
The truth untold
Will always lie between us
We may never unfold
The way our lives have brought us here
And get up for the train
You were caught at your station
And waiting for the rain
Well I call and you answer
And I answer you again
So remember to answer
Remember the way it ends
The truth untold
Will always lie between us
We may never unfold
The way our lives have brought us here
Now send out all your letters
And write it in the sky
For worse and for better
Forever you and I
Then surrender all the ammo
And gather all your charms
'Cause it's gonna burn you
And it's gonna blind you
And it's gonna tear you
Arm from arm
The truth untold
Will always lie between us
We may never unfold
The way our lives have brought us here
Can we get on this together
Is it time to pull the wire?
Well I'm gonna learn to unwind you
And I'm gonna earn your faith entire
The truth untold
Will always lie between us
We may never unfold
The way our lives have brought us here
17.6.11
Goals for the new year
One of them was to donate blood. Well, for anyone who wants to donate blood... don't ever, ever, ever sleep with Africans... even if they have a hat on. The year was 2005 and it was only once. Makes no difference to the Red Cross. I'm out for life.
It's not true. Once you have black, you most certainly can go back.
Just sayin'.
It's not true. Once you have black, you most certainly can go back.
Just sayin'.
15.6.11
Practical testing
Right. WWZD?
You have a patient that is being brought off a flight that is bleeding and faecal matter on the wheelchair.
You find that he has a pulse of 80 carotid, no radial. As you expose and examine the chest there is a nitro patch. You move on and make the transport decision that this is a load and go. Get the guy into the back of the ambulance, you take a set of vitals, get an IV into him and he codes. You rip off the nitro patch/wipe off the med, attach the AED, shock, start 2 mins of CPR, shock twice... he comes back. Bolus him and boost his BP successfully. Get to the hospital, drop him off.
Then, you find that you have failed the practical due to a critical error of not ripping the patch off during the primary survey because you didn't have a radial. It makes sense that it is lowering the BP but I thought the only 2 criticals were remove nitro patch prior to administering your own nitro and rip the bugger off before using an AED.
So, the next day I went back for the re-do and I was so upset over the situation that I actually cried during the exam. Me? Cry during an exam?
Good grief. Despite my stupidity, I passed the second medical and I passed the trauma the first time.
Now just pins and needles to find out about the stupid written. Paramedical licensing bodies are not professional bodies. I don't care what anyone thinks or says. I taught at freaking university and have 13 years uni experience. They need to learn how to write a proper question that isn't ambiguous.
Sheesh. So, I may or may not have passed the written. I over thought things. I don't want to have to go back and write the exam again. Cross your fingers and hope I passed.
You have a patient that is being brought off a flight that is bleeding and faecal matter on the wheelchair.
You find that he has a pulse of 80 carotid, no radial. As you expose and examine the chest there is a nitro patch. You move on and make the transport decision that this is a load and go. Get the guy into the back of the ambulance, you take a set of vitals, get an IV into him and he codes. You rip off the nitro patch/wipe off the med, attach the AED, shock, start 2 mins of CPR, shock twice... he comes back. Bolus him and boost his BP successfully. Get to the hospital, drop him off.
Then, you find that you have failed the practical due to a critical error of not ripping the patch off during the primary survey because you didn't have a radial. It makes sense that it is lowering the BP but I thought the only 2 criticals were remove nitro patch prior to administering your own nitro and rip the bugger off before using an AED.
So, the next day I went back for the re-do and I was so upset over the situation that I actually cried during the exam. Me? Cry during an exam?
Good grief. Despite my stupidity, I passed the second medical and I passed the trauma the first time.
Now just pins and needles to find out about the stupid written. Paramedical licensing bodies are not professional bodies. I don't care what anyone thinks or says. I taught at freaking university and have 13 years uni experience. They need to learn how to write a proper question that isn't ambiguous.
Sheesh. So, I may or may not have passed the written. I over thought things. I don't want to have to go back and write the exam again. Cross your fingers and hope I passed.
14.6.11
The pickup line
So I was hit on yesterday when I was teaching a class of first aid. He asked for my business card to look into volunteering with one of the organisations I teach for. During the day, he helped me make cpr dummies and said that he liked me. I'm dubious because I had a Nigerian lover when I lived in the UK and lived spitting distance to Peckham in London. I know a bit about Nigerian culture and it isn't necessarily good. If he contacts me, I'll start a phrase and if he can finish it, I'll go on a date with him. He actually was cute.
I know. I'm ridiculous in that I've been pining for some action then when it has the potential to come my way I make it jump through flaming hoops.
There is a reason I am single. Obviously.
I know. I'm ridiculous in that I've been pining for some action then when it has the potential to come my way I make it jump through flaming hoops.
There is a reason I am single. Obviously.
11.6.11
Druggie
Big picture visual learner. It's how I roll.
Not feeling hot about the written exam yesterday... Let's hope I rock the two practicals.
10.6.11
8.6.11
Trespassers William - What of Me
It's a place that's not so far
I dream there and sometimes I wake there
Do you want me caring less
Sometimes we don't ask for what we need
And I guess how I want to be loved
And I've guessed what of me you need
It doesn't matter if we lie
Your sentences never defined you
Do you think that I can't feel
When I touch you there's words on your body
Should you be scared
When I say sometimes I'd want you dead
So no one else can have you when it ends
How'd I reach this point on my own
And how fragile right there I was
This is not the first time
That I've watched the end of that thing that had no end
Do you want me caring less
Sometimes we let go of what we need
Why can't you guess how I want to be loved
You can't even tell me what of me you need
***
This song popped into my head this morning - love it and love Trespassers William. Odd dreams being had last night - was being held hostage along with many others and I was the only one willing to stand up to the captor. I may be difficult to get along with at times and socially awkward, but I can get the job done and say things that others only think. It lands me in the dog house but concurrently people admire that about me. We have to be who we are. I've tried to change and although I'm in the doghouse less, I'm not as happy as well.
Really want to start an IV for some reason. Weird.
I dream there and sometimes I wake there
Do you want me caring less
Sometimes we don't ask for what we need
And I guess how I want to be loved
And I've guessed what of me you need
It doesn't matter if we lie
Your sentences never defined you
Do you think that I can't feel
When I touch you there's words on your body
Should you be scared
When I say sometimes I'd want you dead
So no one else can have you when it ends
How'd I reach this point on my own
And how fragile right there I was
This is not the first time
That I've watched the end of that thing that had no end
Do you want me caring less
Sometimes we let go of what we need
Why can't you guess how I want to be loved
You can't even tell me what of me you need
***
This song popped into my head this morning - love it and love Trespassers William. Odd dreams being had last night - was being held hostage along with many others and I was the only one willing to stand up to the captor. I may be difficult to get along with at times and socially awkward, but I can get the job done and say things that others only think. It lands me in the dog house but concurrently people admire that about me. We have to be who we are. I've tried to change and although I'm in the doghouse less, I'm not as happy as well.
Really want to start an IV for some reason. Weird.
6.6.11
EMT exam prep day
Well, it would have been save the fact that they changed the prep day to last week and didn't send notification to me.
Odd though, I sat in Starbucks waiting until the non-existent prep day was to start at the school I met with two EMS chaps who do field training in the city. They weren't on my platoon but we recognised each other... they gave me tips and tricks on how to be successful in the interview process.
Maybe that's why I sat there and studied for a couple of hours.
Anxious about the exam (written on Friday and 2 practical exams on Saturday).
Wish me luck.
Odd though, I sat in Starbucks waiting until the non-existent prep day was to start at the school I met with two EMS chaps who do field training in the city. They weren't on my platoon but we recognised each other... they gave me tips and tricks on how to be successful in the interview process.
Maybe that's why I sat there and studied for a couple of hours.
Anxious about the exam (written on Friday and 2 practical exams on Saturday).
Wish me luck.
5.6.11
Two glasses of wine
after a long day studying for my EMT board exam. It's been since 2007 since I've been face-to-face physically intimate with someone. It feels wrong to just be the girl at the bar to find someone to fuck, but I have been waiting for Mr. Right and he's not come along. Is it ok to just fuck Mr. Tonight?
If I don't have a strong NAY!... I'll sit at the bar next weekend. I'm tired of being celibate and waiting for someone who obviously isn't coming (pun not intended).
***
Update:
Yeah, no. It would entirely be against who I am to do such a thing.
Crap.
Update 2:
It is entirely against who I am to sit at a bar and look to just screw the first person who asked me. I think, however, that I am going to take a more proactive stance and muster up the courage to ask people out for coffee/pints. Let's see if I can do that instead of just intimidate the hell out of people...
The truth is, I'm looking for my Albert but until he grows the balls to ask me out or to find me, I'll see if I can find him.
If I don't have a strong NAY!... I'll sit at the bar next weekend. I'm tired of being celibate and waiting for someone who obviously isn't coming (pun not intended).
***
Update:
Yeah, no. It would entirely be against who I am to do such a thing.
Crap.
Update 2:
It is entirely against who I am to sit at a bar and look to just screw the first person who asked me. I think, however, that I am going to take a more proactive stance and muster up the courage to ask people out for coffee/pints. Let's see if I can do that instead of just intimidate the hell out of people...
The truth is, I'm looking for my Albert but until he grows the balls to ask me out or to find me, I'll see if I can find him.
Sloan - Everything You've Done Wrong
Do your time to pay the price
For every thing you've done wrong baby
In your life, you get so high
There's nowhere left to go but down
Don't believe that no one cares
'Cause we're here waiting for you, baby
Do your time, and then come home for good
So don't hide yourself away
Let it shine, let it shine
Don't hide yourself away
Let it shine
If you ever feel in doubt
You have a place in my heart, baby
If I ever feel left out
I know I've got a place in yours
Don't believe, that I wouldn't dare
To go and take you right back, baby
Do your time, and then come home for good
So don't hide yourself away
Let it shine, let it shine
Don't hide yourself away
Let it shine, let it shine
Don't hide yourself away
Let it shine, let it shine
Don't hide yourself away
Do your time to pay the price
For every thing you've done wrong baby
In your life, you get so high
There's nowhere left to go but down
Don't believe that no one cares
'Cause we're here waiting for you, baby
Do your time, and then come home for good
Do your time, and then come home for good
Do your time, and then come home for good
***
Wishes there was a public spot to link to proper songs, not live crappy versions of songs on youtube :(
For every thing you've done wrong baby
In your life, you get so high
There's nowhere left to go but down
Don't believe that no one cares
'Cause we're here waiting for you, baby
Do your time, and then come home for good
So don't hide yourself away
Let it shine, let it shine
Don't hide yourself away
Let it shine
If you ever feel in doubt
You have a place in my heart, baby
If I ever feel left out
I know I've got a place in yours
Don't believe, that I wouldn't dare
To go and take you right back, baby
Do your time, and then come home for good
So don't hide yourself away
Let it shine, let it shine
Don't hide yourself away
Let it shine, let it shine
Don't hide yourself away
Let it shine, let it shine
Don't hide yourself away
Do your time to pay the price
For every thing you've done wrong baby
In your life, you get so high
There's nowhere left to go but down
Don't believe that no one cares
'Cause we're here waiting for you, baby
Do your time, and then come home for good
Do your time, and then come home for good
Do your time, and then come home for good
***
Wishes there was a public spot to link to proper songs, not live crappy versions of songs on youtube :(
2.6.11
Chic Gamine - Butterfly Woman
Butterfly woman told me talk is cheap
So I'll show you how to walk and I'll give you the beat
Butterfly woman took me by the hand
She said first you're gonna have to learn to stand
Butterfly woman said, listen to me
I'll give you everything you need to live free
Butterfly woman said here's the truth:
What don't make you still will help you move
And she said: Heya...
So many people here just talk the talk
Gotta know when to love, know when to walk
Coming here you know I've seen it all
What don't make you stronger will make you fall
In this life I am the one that shows
The only way to change is by growing old
What I am to you may look weak
I am as strong as the ground on which I sleep
And she said: Heya...
Long ago before my hair turned grey
And my spine was bowed from the weight of days
Before my hips widened to bear the load
I thought that I could never grow old
But love has given me more it seems
Than riches and worries and pain and greed
And though my youth has wandered far and wide
These skinny old legs still don't break stride
Heya...
So I'll show you how to walk and I'll give you the beat
Butterfly woman took me by the hand
She said first you're gonna have to learn to stand
Butterfly woman said, listen to me
I'll give you everything you need to live free
Butterfly woman said here's the truth:
What don't make you still will help you move
And she said: Heya...
So many people here just talk the talk
Gotta know when to love, know when to walk
Coming here you know I've seen it all
What don't make you stronger will make you fall
In this life I am the one that shows
The only way to change is by growing old
What I am to you may look weak
I am as strong as the ground on which I sleep
And she said: Heya...
Long ago before my hair turned grey
And my spine was bowed from the weight of days
Before my hips widened to bear the load
I thought that I could never grow old
But love has given me more it seems
Than riches and worries and pain and greed
And though my youth has wandered far and wide
These skinny old legs still don't break stride
Heya...
1.6.11
Vroooooooom
Well, spent the day volunteering as a first aid person at the local Porsche club. Fun to be taken out on the track as a passenger and go between 220-250kms/hour, but my oh my it is never as much fun as a driver. I would not be opposed to someone giving me one of those vehicles to drive.
:D
Also learned that I have been chosen to volunteer on the "Membership List" which means that all the naughty EMR, EMT and EMT-P's who have had complaints lodged against them will need to come before the likes of myself (and others on the committee) to justify the actions they took and explain why complaints were lodged against them to the professional paramedic body...
double :D
:D
Also learned that I have been chosen to volunteer on the "Membership List" which means that all the naughty EMR, EMT and EMT-P's who have had complaints lodged against them will need to come before the likes of myself (and others on the committee) to justify the actions they took and explain why complaints were lodged against them to the professional paramedic body...
double :D
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