First first aid exposure...

today i went for my 3rd marathon briefing..sort of for all leaders to voice their opinions and confirm the route details..wah lao me small fry only..then they talked so much oso not my concern..found out tat zhanjiang is one of the sector leader too..but he din come for the briefing..

after the first 2hrs of talk we had a short break then had a first aid talk by this speaker, who resembles alvin (zhang) so much...haha cos both look like coffeeshop uncle w crew cut hair..but tat speaker, joseph phang ( wonder if they are related hmm...) is quite zai...a certified paramedic from australia so he touched on the basics like CPR and exposure to injuries...the pictures he used are so damn bloody...one got a long slit on the stomach w intestines all exposed, one prisoner who tried to jump over the prison fence but leg was caught by the barb wire n one whole upper thigh was tore open ( argh...vomit...), another one is a poor kid who fell while learning ice-skating n a fat man, who couldn't brake in time, cut through his leg n fell on the kid causing 2 open wounds..the poor kid had to have his leg amptutated until the knee (i really hav shivers going to learn ice skating now)...
he oso let us viewed videos called Life ER taken from discovery channel where we saw real-life situations where ppl did the rescueing...one is a black getting stabbed by his gf...and one which is more amazing for me was the video of a delivery of a 5mth old baby n how they performed CPR on the tiny little life who was so hard to breathe w his under-developed lungs...the doc ( a female asian doc woo...) practically had to pull out the baby, cos the feet was facing down, n be so careful cos his head could break w such a thin neck..it was so nerve-breaking..then they used 2 fingers to do chest compression n had to insert a thin tube to pump oxygen into his lungs...i really feel like slapping the mother cos apparently she took drugs n alcohol which induce the delivery...the chance of a 5mth baby surviving is so slim..lucky the doc perserved n the baby with his strong will to live tat e young life survived the ordeal....phew...

the alvin look-alike wanted us to know how real life situation was n not only to this sporting event but nxt time if emergency occurs we hav to be prepared to face bloody scenes and knows wad are the things we can do to help...(takes a deep-breath) seriously i doubt i will hav any courage to do it...haiz....