Saturday, October 24, 2009
Chapter#289:First Aid Course Week 1

Today is a tiresome day.Morning wike up at 7a.m ,then headed to Manjusri Sec Sch for First Aid Course.Went the olld sch and saw Alvin and Si han,also arriving at Manjusri "Old' Sec Sch.The new one was at Ubi.The old one was in Sim Av...I recall.
When reaach new school,it was like..super big.There was a big parade square,facing the long-stretched school "front view".I infered that it was recently build..THIS year coz the school looks...new.When everyone had arrived(Chung Cheng Scouts),we were split into two grps,each in a rm.I was with Shao Hua,Heng Meng,Alvin and Si hHan.Derek was with the Sec 2s,nxt rm.

While waiting for the instruvtor to ste-up/prepare,we took a tour round the school.And in the central of attention,the patch of grass in front of the entrance of the school,there were..gadget..experiments...display items...hands-on exhibits...I mean..eg.Starting from the left,there was this pond..shallow pond and beside it was a tall cylindrical tube container.Three holes were..."on it" and water came out of the tube..big tube and the length of the stream of water coming out was different.There was a sign board,describing the..exhibit.Next was a maze,built on a circular board,which was springy.The sign board said that it was a game,"try to move the ball(there wasn't one provided")to ur goal,the red dot,using ur..ermm...[searching the word..dk!] movements of ur legs.Next was the rollercoaster,which was pretty cool.From the 2 nd floor,a tube was connected to a metal track..erm like...*wa lau..picture then u know.I CAN'T DESCRIBE IT WITH THE CORRECT WORDS!!*k..It's like a rollercoaster track,with a loop.When drop from the 2nd floor the ball goes down and into a basket.Done!...next was an "eye-catcher",very distinct.It was actually a big ,white sphere,like an e-y-e-b-a-l-l..U look into one side..It actually a scope,except that watev u see,is invented/up-side-down.Next exhibit was a lever system,like the one in the Science Centre.140 kg,with the help of a lever, to lift up the weight from three different points of the lever.(Physics..think about it).2nd last was refraction of light.A water container,which had 6 sides,one was pasted with a tic-tac-toe diagrams.From different angle,we saw different images.Refraction..THE LAST ONE..(finally...I noe u damn sianz..definitely want to skip reading this shyt info..not neccessary) was two steel BALLS,suspended in the mid of the air,(definitely connected to..."metal connectors.." Wa lau..my EL deproving...Holiday mood what..XD)The goal was to find out which ball was heavier by carrying out the pendulum "exercise'.The ball hit another ball.I called it..,'Balls of Steel".

Finally over with lousy explanation,now on to the main point.Class started and we learnt
1)First Aid theories and brief information
2)Attacks on respiratory system(finally know how to do CPr..the "Kiss of Life!!"
3)Attacks on Circulatory System eg.shock,wound bleeding
4)Attacks on Nervous System eg.fainting,fit,stroke,head injury,abdominal wound
5)Muscular System eg.Fracture,Soft tissue Injury,Cramps
6)Skin eg. burns,scalds,stings,heat disorders.

Actually each session supposed to take !!3 HRS!!,THREE HOURS LEH!!!But the instructor had a view."U dun really hav to learnt by the book,all the theories.U just nid to experience it."So,he briefly went through the 6 Session very fast,all in 5hrs only leh.Wa lau!!Damn gd leh..So we were happily dismissed at 3pm,after finishing 45 mins of pratical,topic: Saving an unconscious casualty with a choke.The other class was only at Session 1 leh.To say that we were lucky to have that instructor.=D
Oh ya..The school..HAS LIFTS FOR TEACHERS WTF!!!!