Hiyaz
*Pinches self* Yes I’m still here. Last few weeks have been so manic it’s unbelievable. I won’t write out everything that has happened as I’ll be here all night and it may bore you into a coma but to put it in short form…
- I have a new boyfriend (been together 5weeks now), his name is Jim and he makes me very happy.
He spent a week here and it was so perfect, it felt like heaven. Nothing beats the feeling of being in his arms or his company. The distance is a bitch, he lives in Widnes which is quite a trek from here but I know we’ll make it work as we think a lot of each other. I’m seeing him again next Thursday and time can’t go quick enough.
- I’ve been doing a lot of Red Cross stuff, was on a Casualty Simulation weekend and got to play with makeup, creating bruises, burns, cuts, fractures and learn how to be a casualty like medical conditions and unconsciousness. I’ll now be asked to help out at training courses and ambulance assessments to either apply makeup to casualties or be a casualty myself. People always say it’s easy to be unconscious, all you have to do is lie there with your eyes shut! It’s so not true. It’s very hard. Once the senario has started and you need to play unconcious – that’s it, you’ve gotta stay in role until the assessor says, “casualty come alive”. You need to keep your eyes closed try not to flicker them, control breathing and sometimes pretend your airway is getting obstructed so the people being assessed will open your airway. If you’re ticklish that’s not good as you can’t laugh or smile. Seeing as your eyes are shut you can’t see what’s happening around you and need to trust and allow people to tough and get near you. Also your body needs to go entirely limp, it’s hard because instinct is to help if someone is raising your leg or lifting your arm, turning you onto your side or transfering you. So yeah anyway it was a great course. I’m waiting for my makeup bag now.
- Went away for a horse racing weekend doing first aid. Saturday was quiet then on Sunday we had to call out 3 ambulances and an air ambulance. After most of us left at the end of the day there was another casualty who had to be air lifted to hospital.
- I’m into Suduku!! Jim’s fault!! I’m working on another puzzle right now so this is taking a while to type haha
- Oh and I turned 21 last week! Had an absolutely great birthday, could not have been better.
- I’m looking into other week – the situation at work hasn’t really changed and I’m sick of it now. The girl I’m covering for is still off and our new employers have done nothing about her, but then they’ve done bugger all since taking over anyway, with anything. We’ve got no policies at work, no paperwork, not even letterheads. They haven’t got a website and the left hand doesn’t know what the right is doing.
- I took the IHCD exam and failed it, with the other 11 people also. Everyone failed apart from one and I was so upset, I was an absolute wreak. I could not stop crying. The first assessment I went on was Trauma and I think I was more traumatised than the casualty!! I should not have done that one first. Anyway I am hoping to resit it soon with more practise. Thing is I was kinda put in for the training a bit too late and I crammed it all in, I didn’t do too bad though, I know I can do it just need to chillax and practise more.
So yeah that’s a little update. Hope all is well with you all!!