A certified rescuer (^^)v

Wow! I haven't posted anything for more than a week already!!! This is so0o0 not me~ Well, the only word that best suits me right now is BUSY.. Living as PRP is harder than I thought it would be. Alhamdulillah~ today is my last day in in-patient so I'm very looking forward to a more relax working atmosphere in the manufacturing section.


As I told you before, I'm stationed in a satelite pharmacy and for the past two weeks I was actually shifted to another satelite pharmacy that covers 10 wards and 4 specialist clinics. It was undeniably hectic and coping up was an uphill climb. You really have to pick up all the new things real fast but unfortunately I'm a slow one hehehe


Here in HQE, the employees are encouraged to attend the CPR course and I just received my certification as a rescuer last week. The course was really neat. Not only that I got to learn lots of new things especially in life-saving and emergency aids, I also met a lot of interesting people with lots of awesome experience in life-saving. Their hearts are made of gold~


Well let me share with you a bit about the CPR thingy. Well, the main idea of CPR course for the hospital employees is to enable the staffs to attend patient whenever there's a sudden collapse during any business in the hospital. The main steps of CPR is theoretically easy to remember but I later found it to be a bit confusing during the practical session. But after a few practices, I finally picked up (^^) The acronym would be DRC ABC~

D-->>Danger

Before attending an unconscious person, we must first look for danger. Look what is it in the surrounding that could lead to the collapse of the person. For instance, is there a life wire there?? Is there any poisonous animal like snakes??


R-->> Response

If the surrounding is safe, check for response. You may shake the person's body, or pat the shoulder while asking "sir sir, are you ok?"

C-->> Call for help

If there's no response, call for help. While waiting for help to come, you may perform what is necessary

A-->> Airway

Firstly, do head tilt and chin lift and check the person's breathing.

How to check?? We must listen, feel and see.

How is that done?? Put your ear at an appropriate distance in front of the person's mouth while your face facing the person's body. Listen and feel the air with your ear and look at the chest whether there's any movement or not. If you can't hear and feel air or/and can't see any chest rise that's when you start your rescuing duty!!!


B-->> Breath

When you found there's no breathing, the first thing to do is to blow two rescue breaths. The interval between the two breaths is 1 second. Check for chest rise when you do the blow. If there's no chest rise, reposition the person's 'head tilt and chin lift" and blow again. Check for breathing after that. If no breathing, check for pulse. If no pulse that's when you move to...


C-->>Chest compression

The basic principle for chest compression is push hard, fast and allow chest to fully recoil. There are 30 chest compressions per cycle. After chest compression, we are to give two air blow into the person's mouth. This should be done in 5 cycles and once you finish 5 cycles, you are to check the pulse and breathing again.

No pulse-->> give another CPR

Have pulse, no breathing-->> give blow for two minutes. One blow in every 5 seconds..

Once the pulse and breathing is present

Keep the patient warm, reassess the condition every 2 minutes and put the patient in a recoveyr position~


That's it!! Seems easy.. but the course will test you on one man CPR, 2 men CPR, baby CPR, baby choking and adult choking and I got mixed up a little bit. But it's really interesting, you know. You'll get a certificate that'll be valid for 5 years. And owh yeah~ we were actually introduced to the Automated external defibillator too and was taught how to operate it and was also taught on how to insert airtubes into unconscious patient hehe co0l!

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The Natural Conspiracy~ Traffic...

Do you ever notice that whenever you're late, everything around you seem to conspire to make you even later than you already are???


There is always something in your way that prevents you from arriving at the intended destination just in time.. That happened to me YESTERDAY~


I was late for something and was speeding at 100 km/h on the right lane of the road.. Here, the average speed is usually between 60-70 km so for someone driving in that speed, she's probably considered as a reckless moron. But I really have to speed up due to a solid acceptable reason.

Remember this guy??? hehe

As I was focusing on my driving, suddenly I saw a white kancil upfront travelling at about 60 km so I slowly press the brake and tail the kancil. I really wanted to overtake the kancil but there was a red saga just next to it and they seem to be cruising gleefully at the same speed leaving me no room to overtake... Luckily the kancil took a different exit at a roundabout~



Then, there I was determined to make it in time. I start focusing on the road again with my right leg steadily pressing against the pedal. Suddenly upfront a slow moving motorcycle was about to overtake a car (seriously SLOW, like 40 km/h or maybe even 20 km/h). If I hit the brake a second late, I would've knocked the motorist. I hit the brake with all my might (exaggerating~) and manage to slow down and not hit the motor but I had to bear the distasteful inertia. I hear a loud thud from the back seat. Great now my books fell off~ I did steal a glance at the motorist when I finally overtook it to turn to the right. I saw a young confident face. Confident as if he was riding a stallion~



I turn to the right and evaded the motorist. I started to speed again at the right lane. And then come another white kancil who was moving quite slowly in front of me. I have no choice but to overtake it using the left lane and as I did, the driver seem to press on the pedal harder and they we were on a pointless race~ It was really annoying...


Well.. I manage to arrive just in time. Alhamdulillah~ It's just so weird how things could get in your way when you're in need of the whole universe to be on your side~



Moral of the story... If some one is speeding up, he or she might not just be a reckless moron. He or she might be in some kind of emergency or urgency...


Another moral of the story... Depart early to arrive early.. Ouch! that hurts~ hehe

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Puppy Love: Part I ~ Always the SWEETEST (^^)

An array of distant memories came rushing into my mind as I gaze at the ornament resting on my palm. It was a silver necklace with a diamond pendant; the last vestige of a long forgotten relationship. I curled up a smile for the memories that sets in was nonetheless are pleasant ones..


When I was thirteen...


Trying to fit in was a struggle when you are shifting from another school full of secularism into a school that puts emphasize in Islamic practice. Entering the school compound without a veil during day one was enough to make false stories trailing my every action for months.. One of the most notable occasion would be when I was summoned by a naqib to answer about the gossip of me with another guy in my batch.


It was another normal recess, except that I was heading towards the form 4 block instead of the canteen to the meeting I know I would dread forever. In my pace, I tried to heave every ounce of courage from deep within. I was determined to tell the naqib the truth, that everything was untrue and that it was another malicious rumour... I have no idea who he is, how he look like.

I don't care if he is fiery in his looks and harsh in speech, I'll tell the truth with dignity!


When I arrived, there the naqib was leaning against the railing. I could feel a surge of fear starting to cover my body. When he turned around facing me, he was nothing that I've imagined. He was tall, rather dark in complexion and I would definitely categorize him as good looking. His neatly combed hair, nicely ironed uniform and his shiny Walker boots was enough to give the impression that he's a dandy or maybe a strickler for neatness. I greeted him and asked what was it that he want to talk to me about.


Suddenly his glare soften and with a smile he said, "It's okay. You can go for recess.." I was dumbfounded and was left puzzled all day long.


When I was thirteen during a hockey clinic

The atmosphere of the gravel walkway was filled with chattery and laughters; all of us were pretty excited to get our hands on the hockey stick with the hope that there is a hidden talent buried in us waiting to be excavated. The seniors were already on the field when we arrived there. Suddenly I saw a face that made me want to run away and leave the clinic at once. There T was, the naqib who called for me a few days ago. He asked us to form a line and he started to give us a simple briefing about the game.. OOO~ so he's the school captain~

We were then divided into small groups and each of us were given a hockey stick made of fiber glass. All the seniors were assigned to teach a group except for T; he just wander about, randomly observing the groups. I was waiting for my turn to hit the ball when T approach my group. He said something to the senior and suddenly I heard my name being called. I reluctantly head towards T and I swear I saw him smirk.. And what is he up to now???


T: Remember me??
G: For sure~
T: Now try passing the ball to me..


So we did several passes. In all honesty, I was quite delighted to have the attention of the handsome captain but at the same time I feel so awkward with the unexpected cordiality after our first meeting.. At the end of the clinic, I realized that we were already far from the rest of the crowd. The sun had started its descent at that time and I could see its golden rays reflecting off the grass. When it was time for me to join the group T said, "Hey.. maybe we could be friends someday.." All I can give as a respond was a shrug... Weird guy~


When I was thirteen before the long vacation

My emotion was like a whirlpool; a blend of confusion, apprehension and undeniably a pinch of excitement. I was not sure whether I was being a paranoia or being delusional but I thought T was stalking me.. I noticed that he often roam in front of my class since the hockey clinic and I swear I sometimes saw him glancing towards my way at the corner of his eyes as he pass by. Once, I found a short note handwritten by him under my table saying,

I saw you without your hijab last Saturday..

-T-

I failed to grasp the message and also failed to predict his intention. It was a mere statement that left me asking myself "What is it that he's trying to say?? Can't he be frank??? Just write a bunch of tazkirah then I won't be confused"

Two days before vacation, I received a package from T; cylinder in shape and wrapped neatly with a flowery wrapper. All my 7 roommates gathered around me as I open the wrapper. Three of my roommates are from his batch and they were indeed excited, even more excited than I was. When what's inside was finally revealed, the titters and pratllings immediately turned into squaels, some even jumped onto their beds. It was a mineral bottle full with drowned LIZARDS! And this was when I first start to hate lizards very much. I returned the bottle to T in a nicely wrapped box.


A day before vacation, I received another package from T. This time it was square in shape, considerably thick and was wrapped in a pink wrapper. I expected the worse as I unwrap it and my prejudice was obliterated when I found it to be three books and a very cute,nicely woven facetowel. They were accompanied by a handwritten short note

Please don't be mad at me for yesterday's prank.. I just want us to be friends..
I hope you like these.. Enjoy the holiday ;)

-T-

Amused~ "One weird guy~"

To be continued....

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