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tyresiasI am now smartserve certified. I wrote and told my sister about it and how it made me realise I needed to redo my long expired St-John's certification. She informed me of the following:
You should definitely update the saint john's certification. A lot of things have changed. In practice, non medical related personel are not longer required to check for "normal" breath sounds. CPR now starts with 30 compressions (used to be 15), THAN 2 breaths (used to be breaths first). That's just the major changes. Lots of subtleties. None of this means your odds are better of surviving cardiac arrest, but it's a start.*
*she's an intern becoming an ER doc.
I learnt 2 new combos todays, 1 new opener and we got into some grabs. It's still counter intuitive for me to strike with my knees (this is not done in Tae Kwon Do). Evidently, at some point I twisted my ankle but I didn't feel it for 5 hours. During which time I played basketball, went to Canadian Tire up North, walked back, walked Beatrice then went ot the pharmacy South of my place, came back from that.
A sprained ankle happens when the ligaments have been damaged by the joint being twisted.
People with "big bones" (which is my case) have proportionally weaker ligaments. (Conversly, the stronger your ligaments, the "smaller" your bones.)
My hard of hearing father accidentally ran over my presently injured foot when I was 5 years old. I prevented the car from moving with my ankle alone for the duration of a red light. A few x-rays later, confirmation that none of the bones broke, just mangled ligaments.
I once succeeded in damaging all the ligaments in both ankles while riding in a half pipe. The pumped feeling for landing a flip was extremely short lived and I have refused to attempt another flip. But I'll go for any grab you call out.
The damaged area must be cooled by using an icepack or a packet of frozen peas. The ice must never have direct contact with the skin or the patient could get frostbite. A cloth should be placed between the ice and the skin. Ice can be laid on the affected area for up to 20 minutes every hour, but for no longer than three hours in all.
Ice treatment has been known to be effective for up to 24 hours after the injury occurred.
I brilliantly got rid of all 7 tenser bandages I had after chest surgery.
I haven't had a painkiller in my home in over 6 years. I donated the percoset I had prescribed post-chest surgery to a friend going in for her orchitectomy.I'm considering asking someone to bring me some ibuprofen. ETA: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
indigoboyca came with an ankle brace, a tenser bandage (for night time) and ibuprofen! I feel so spoiled by my friends.
You should definitely update the saint john's certification. A lot of things have changed. In practice, non medical related personel are not longer required to check for "normal" breath sounds. CPR now starts with 30 compressions (used to be 15), THAN 2 breaths (used to be breaths first). That's just the major changes. Lots of subtleties. None of this means your odds are better of surviving cardiac arrest, but it's a start.*
*she's an intern becoming an ER doc.
I learnt 2 new combos todays, 1 new opener and we got into some grabs. It's still counter intuitive for me to strike with my knees (this is not done in Tae Kwon Do). Evidently, at some point I twisted my ankle but I didn't feel it for 5 hours. During which time I played basketball, went to Canadian Tire up North, walked back, walked Beatrice then went ot the pharmacy South of my place, came back from that.
A sprained ankle happens when the ligaments have been damaged by the joint being twisted.
People with "big bones" (which is my case) have proportionally weaker ligaments. (Conversly, the stronger your ligaments, the "smaller" your bones.)
My hard of hearing father accidentally ran over my presently injured foot when I was 5 years old. I prevented the car from moving with my ankle alone for the duration of a red light. A few x-rays later, confirmation that none of the bones broke, just mangled ligaments.
I once succeeded in damaging all the ligaments in both ankles while riding in a half pipe. The pumped feeling for landing a flip was extremely short lived and I have refused to attempt another flip. But I'll go for any grab you call out.
The damaged area must be cooled by using an icepack or a packet of frozen peas. The ice must never have direct contact with the skin or the patient could get frostbite. A cloth should be placed between the ice and the skin. Ice can be laid on the affected area for up to 20 minutes every hour, but for no longer than three hours in all.
Ice treatment has been known to be effective for up to 24 hours after the injury occurred.
I brilliantly got rid of all 7 tenser bandages I had after chest surgery.
I haven't had a painkiller in my home in over 6 years. I donated the percoset I had prescribed post-chest surgery to a friend going in for her orchitectomy.
indigoboyca came with an ankle brace, a tenser bandage (for night time) and ibuprofen! I feel so spoiled by my friends.
