You're looking at a fully trained First Aider!

Yeah! Not satisfied with Traveling to Ireland, myself and Lahdan (amongst others) attended a training weekend yesterday and today to top up our first aid skills. The course consisted of:

Resuscitation
Choking
Comms and casualty care
Bleeding
Chest pain
Unconscious casualty
Primary (top to toe) survey
Bites and Stings
Burns
Sprains and Strains
Fainting
Asthma
Bone, muscle and joint
Head injuries
Meningitis
Poisons
Shock
Stroke
Seizures.

And because we were there it was fun . Today was a bit more active though, carpet burns seemed to make everyone laugh after I suggested it. Sadly friction burns was already up . Oh and for a few scenarios we had to pretend we were injured and let the other three figure out a way to treat us. Our team was Moi, Lala, Josh and Andy (after the ravenous boy was fed 3 times). Josh got something like he fell off a ladder or something and had a leg injury and the onset of shock. Andy was also our guinea pig for that one. Then mine, somewhat appropriately was I had been out on the town and got suitably hammered, then somehow mistaken a wineglass for a chair and had glass embedded in my arse. Lahdan had to hold a bandageon it whilst Josh pretended to phone for help and reassure me
Josh: "Don't worry, you'll just wake up with a sore bum tomorrow"
Me: "Oh no worries, I'm used to it".
Andy meanwhile pretended he was elsewhere.

and later we were given estimates for percentages of the body, the lower torso being roughly 9%. This was needed for burn assessment. Josh had an interesting thought.

Josh: "What if they're pregnant?"
Leader who's name escapes me: "Well... you usually have a baby."

So thats that. We didn't get assessed as that's external but we're nearly officially first aiders...

We are first aiders even without the certificate - ish. How long have you been in St John? As for the rest of us, we have experience.

Woof!