June 1st [Wed]

Had a first-aid course in school today.
Spent 9 hours in the hall memorising the signs, syptoms and treatments for burns, wounds, shocks, strokes, heat exhaustion, fainting, asthma, animal bites, poisoning, blah-de-blah, you name it, we learnt it.
The plus side is that I finally learnt how to perform CPR on a dummy.
The minus side is, why the hell would I want to learn how to perform CPR on a dummy?
Notice I said 'perform CPR on a dummy', not 'perform CPR'. That's cos I doubt I'm ever gonna have to perform CPR on someone who's head and torso combined weigh less than 5kg, has no limbs whatsoever to speak of, and get this - is called Little Anne. And they wanted it to be 'realistic'. Uh-huh.
And we were tested. Seriously tested. On how we carried out CPR, I mean. And also on how we acted in some warped scenarios, where, co-incidentally, you forever had a first-aid kit so conveniently available, and on first-aider's theory. Hurr.
And the weirdest bit- I actually passed all 3 tests.

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