Hello you. I had to use something that i trained to do for the first time today,first aid.
I was required to do a first aid coarse when i graduated as a reflexologist a few years ago and today,instead of finishing off an Amy Winehouse painting i decided to drive to kemp town to put some anti freeze in my car. yes i know what your thinking, ''but merv it was el scorcho today''. yes i know, but it was just something i've been meaning to do for a long time and now i needed it for the cooling effect it has on your car.
Anyhow, off i went,bought my anti freeze and decided to put it in straight away.
I was finishing up pouring it and doing the lid up when i heard a loud crack just behind me,like a coconut cracking on the ground.
Well,i looked round and this old man of about 90 years old had colapsed! right there behind me.i realized that the cracking sound was the poor mans head as he landed ,i went to help him up but he was still,no response at all.i soon realised that i was in a cpr situation for the first time since my coarse and i struggled to remember what to do,i was supporting his head with my hand at first putting pressure on the very nasty wound on the back of his head and stooped with my head low to listen for breath and watch his chest for movement, no air, no chest movement.
When i looked at his face again it was blue, i had no choice but to give him mouth to mouth.
I blew into his mouth 5 times and done just one handed compressions on his chest, as i went for the lip connection again he breathed deeply and started to move, i got a blanket from my car and made a pillow that put pressure on the wound untill the ambulance arrived.
by that time he was joking that he had just had his hair cut and i was joking thank goodness he had fresh breath! actually i wasn't joking about the fresh breath bit but i was glad to be there and i hope he's ok. I am not happy however about forgetting what to do though and with that i shall do a refresher coarse,
that's all for now folks and remember,,brush your teeth, put antifreeze in your car and do a first aid coarse,you never know when you might need it
merv x