Nancy and I recently took a CPR and first aid class that took 4 hours. it was one of those classes were you are hands on, meaning no videos and no tests.Before we went into the classroom, nancy and i had eaten pizza and garlic bread for lunch, good thing we had to work on a mannequin. it was real interesting, putting your mannequin together. As we start to give our first puffs and pushes, you can hear people popping their mannequins lungs, keep in mind, this is suppose to be a real life situation...Oh i should mention, before we started the teacher told anyone with a bad knee to use the table, while everyone else was on their knees on the floor ( they were provide with knee pads, dont feel bad for them) me being as old as i am and with a bad knee i was able to stand by the table. so we started....first we had to do one minute non-stop ( which seemed forever) than we had to do 3 minutes non-stop, and than 5 minutes. 2 puffs 30 pushes. these aren't small pushes we are talking about, they wanted aggressive pushes. they taught us about adult, child and infant. At the end of the 4 hour class we went home excited and wanted to compare stories with Oj ( for those of you who don't know, he is also CPR certified through his work). that night we went to bed with our arms sore from all the pushing. the next morning nancy woke up sore from her butt and couldn't even sit down, poor her when we had to take a trip down the hill to say bye to an aunt that was leaving to mexico. she kept complaining about her butt hurting, and i would tell her " my butt doesnt hurt" not remembering that i was standing. Now that i'm CPR certified i'm ready to jump into action...so much so that a truck passed by the house and made a loud noise, i thought was a car accident, i jumped from the sofa saying " there was a car accident" ready to practice what i learned....but then i looked out the window and my excitement came crashing down when it turned out to be just a dump truck. i know it sound bad, but remember, i like watching ER shows....i like being in the action. Now that i'm CPR certified ...I'M READY....
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
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Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
Gee, too bad nobody got hurt in a bad accident...just kidding. :)
Good for you and Nancy! As a mom, I always feel extra safe when my girls are around people I know can save a life if need be.
see the older folk always get the perks. pretty soon you might even get senior discounts - lol! Maybe you can buy pho for all of us at the discount rate. Hey, and I hope you don't do like your brother when he and Jaime got certified. As we were having dinner I began to choke and your brother ran to the bathroom and later he peeked to see if I was okay so that he could come and finish his dinner. How is that for being prepared!? So, you were down the hill and didn't visit me...I see how it is.
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