April 23, 2022 Subverted Selfie Project Post
April 23, 2022: I’m so #exhausted tonight. I did day one of my second first aid course with @stjohnambulancebc - Standard #FirstAid - with CPR-C-AED (CSA Intermediate). It’s a two day offering, but to be honest most of the stuff covered today was what was covered in the one day long Emergency First Aid with CPR-C & AED (CSA Basic) that I took a few weeks back. It’s tomorrow will be all new material. Overall, I did appreciate the review, and the chance to practice #CPR more. I also loved how we got to practice placing each other into recovery position as opposed to just placing a dummy into that position (and wow, small world … the young woman I partnered with, actually had a lovely arm tattoo of florals by @tattoosbyjolene … who did my #bee tattoo last September).
In early May, I have Mental Health First Aid which will complete my First Aid exploration for now. Followers of my feed know I have had my own personal struggles with mental health so I’ve seen it from the casualty side, from the side of the one who is suffering. I’m trying to learn about what I experience though, I feel that’s important so this should be a good course to push through.
If I were to study first aid further, it looks like the next levels would involve taking Occupational First Aid Levels 1 and 2, and maybe even level 3. But I don’t really need those right now. Ultimately, these first aid courses for me were always more nice to have, as opposed to need to have, although I do think everyone should get training in this area. I also took the course on working alone - which was good. Even as an artist where part of my garage is setup for doing sculpture work, I feel more confident in knowing what to do should something happen while I’m making art: having someone to checkin with regularly on days I’m in the garage being one example. I have a good first aid kit on hand in my home studio and garage, even when @cutekoalaby was living with me, but I don’t think either of us had the knowledge that can come with taking a few good first aid courses to have been able to have helped each other back then.
Anyway. Time for some sleep.
113/365.
April 23, 2022 Subverted Selfie Project Post
April 23, 2022: I’m so #exhausted tonight. I did day one of my second first aid course with @stjohnambulancebc - Standard #FirstAid - with CPR-C-AED (CSA Intermediate). It’s a two day offering, but to be honest most of the stuff covered today was what was covered in the one day long Emergency First Aid with CPR-C & AED (CSA Basic) that I took a few weeks back. It’s tomorrow will be all new material. Overall, I did appreciate the review, and the chance to practice #CPR more. I also loved how we got to practice placing each other into recovery position as opposed to just placing a dummy into that position (and wow, small world … the young woman I partnered with, actually had a lovely arm tattoo of florals by @tattoosbyjolene … who did my #bee tattoo last September).
In early May, I have Mental Health First Aid which will complete my First Aid exploration for now. Followers of my feed know I have had my own personal struggles with mental health so I’ve seen it from the casualty side, from the side of the one who is suffering. I’m trying to learn about what I experience though, I feel that’s important so this should be a good course to push through.
If I were to study first aid further, it looks like the next levels would involve taking Occupational First Aid Levels 1 and 2, and maybe even level 3. But I don’t really need those right now. Ultimately, these first aid courses for me were always more nice to have, as opposed to need to have, although I do think everyone should get training in this area. I also took the course on working alone - which was good. Even as an artist where part of my garage is setup for doing sculpture work, I feel more confident in knowing what to do should something happen while I’m making art: having someone to checkin with regularly on days I’m in the garage being one example. I have a good first aid kit on hand in my home studio and garage, even when @cutekoalaby was living with me, but I don’t think either of us had the knowledge that can come with taking a few good first aid courses to have been able to have helped each other back then.
Anyway. Time for some sleep.
113/365.