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Sunday, February 26, 2006
Fifty Nine Time
First CPR perform 25/2/06 which is today. Was in SJ room then aisyah called amelia, said got somebody injured,ask me go. Then went out, trying to look for the person and place. I thought it was in sch. Then walk out of sch, walk towards Limbang direction. Looking around then saw a crowd. Then ran over. Saw an Indian man on the ground outside the temple. Walk over, already got two person down there liao. I thought i saw them doing CPR or ventilation. Then i get beside them. At that moment my mind was blank. Even though i do teach first aid but this is diff. It concerns life and death. I was looking at what the other two person did, then i started checking pulse. Pulse present, then i check breathing. His breathing was present but very faint. Can see foam in his mouth so that means he got breathe, cant see his chest rise. At that moment i had to make a choice to rescue breathing or continue. I choose to continue assessment. Did head to toe assessment. But this time it was really diff. I had to really palpate him head to toe because in sch we only do the sequence but not really go and feel. No any other injury. While checking his lower limb, found that my hand was wet, with urine. Damn.. But still continue check. move to upper limb. Then started to do secondary check, open his eyes, check battle sign. After that never did anything else le.. Open his airway to let him breathe more easily, check his pulse. Then ah leow came, he checked his pulse again. This time i think he no pulse le.. Then he initiated CPR. We had no face shield and we were so panic looking for any replacement. Then he thought of cutting a hold in a triangular bandage to act as a shield. He started one man CPR. Then one guy just came over and push me away and say he knows two man cpr. Then i was pushed away, and he did chest compression. What he did wasnt the right one lor.. He only compress ten time and was quite jerky. WTH!! I think he only got basic first aid cert lor. Then dunno why he went away, then i took over for the compression. I think he went beside ah leow dunno do what, then i was looking for the placement. Then he was teaching me where to place. Shit him la.. I got my Adult First Aid and BLS cert lor.. Shit him la.. Then press for a few time, then the ambulance came. The paramedic told us to continue to do CPR. Then they took over. I think they defibrillate him. Then they continued CPR also. Then defibrillate him again. By now his pulse came back already.. This time we were just standing one side see what they are doing liao. Then move him up the trolley using canvas sheet. Now there is an even more obvious between commoner and a first aider. The way they carried the canvas from the ground to waist level was wrong lor. They bend their back instead of kneeling down. It could have hurt them and the casualty was a heavy man lor. Then we disperse go back to sch. Wash up then sit in SJ room relax abit, relating what happened. I was really shocked/stun by this incident. There were flashback keep coming back.
What i can learn/see from this incident.. 1.Commoner and a first aider. Those who offered help were mostly commoner. Dunno what they were doing lor. All wrong technique. I dont like ppl who dont know anything act as if they know everything and cause disruptions here and there. If you dont know anything, jolly well STFU and get lost one side and DND. Shit to all those commoners. 2. Flight or fight. I understand more of this theory. Nobody wants to have extra troubles/problems for themselves. However, there will be time when situation arise that one has to undertake. When i went over, my heart was thinking "not my problem why help" and "let's go". But as i near the place, the fight became more obvious. If i dont do anything, he may die there in the presence of so many first aiders trained in CPR theory and some practical. Which will be a disgrace to the sch and to SJ. 3. I need to calm myself even more in times of needs. Because panic wont help, it will just make matters worse. 4. Dont take first aid so lightly anymore. It is not just small wounds, life and death may als0 be implicated like just now. During case study, i have been quite relax with it. From today onwards, i shall take a more serious attitude towards case study. 5. Doing a case study and doing a real case is definitely diff. You dont have a judge to tell you what sign and symptom of where he is injured. It is really by your own. If you miss out something, the person's life may be in danger. eg. I starts to see the casualty feet and hand turn cyanosis. Which in case study, the judge will just tell you and you dont have to even see it. 6. A more reliable or uniform standard must be set. Which in this incident, the way they called for help and equipment was like so vague. I only heard fainted. I think i will need to have a code blue system as use in hospital in case any incidents like this happen. This protocol must be follow strictly as to how the person is gonna pass the case and request for equipment and ppl. 7. The title "Qualified First Aider" seems a heavier responsibility and more significant now then before. One must be equiped in up to date skills and knowledge to call themselves a first aider. A basic first aid cert doesnt constitute a Qualified First Aider. Only an Adult First Aid cert holder can be called a qualified first aider.
Went home told my parents, then mother say good. Did a good deed today. They werent suprise at all. Or maybe they dont know what CPR is la. So just forget it la. Had soccer in KSS today. Found out that my right ankle is spoilt. I mean spoilt. I think the muscle have weakend due to frequent spraining of it. When i was "kia-o ka" wearing my shoe, the right side of the feet was flimsy. I think i have really detroyed my own ankle. And it is gonna last for a lifetime. And it will be my weak point now. I think a sweep on that ankle will probably throw me on the ground already. Haiz~ What luck!
Last, I am not a hero. I am just a nobody.
Nitez to you~
ps. Some motivations are back.
and so He speaks
