Hey all!
This weekend was really interesting! Saturday Sunday and Monday were set up for the Combat Life Saver class. That is a lot of gross medical stuff that people who hate needles have a hard time doing. The first day we spend learning things like how to provide care under fire and giving an IV. That stuff is really interesting. We actually get to give people IVs that day. Needles and everything. There is a lot of blood flowing that day. the second day was all about breathing and opening airways. We talked about blocked airways and punctured lungs. The human on human exercise that day was a Nasal pharyngeal. that is a 9 mm tube that goes in your nose to your throat. we had to do this to each other. when i went to get mine the instructor walked up and looked at my nose, he said that i have really small nasal passages and that they might now want to try and do this to my nose. i let them try just to let them have the chance, but it wouldn't go down. that was a really interesting feeling having a tube in your throat. The other major thing that we talked about were punctured lungs. if you seal the wound that punctures your lung and you are still having problems you stick it with a giant needle to let the air out of the sac around the lung as to give the internal organs more space to work. that needle is huge. that evening we got all of the people who hadn't gotten to stick people with IVs finished. i had three holes in my arm from 2 people that night. The third day of CLS was all about the written test. I got 100% on that test which makes me very happy. it was a good day overall.
today was the total opposite. we sat in an auditorium all day listening to different briefings on things like Equal opportunity, sexual harassment, and others. it was a pretty boring day, but that meant that i got a lot of reading done between the briefings. and it is the first day since the night that we moved in that we have had some time to relax before 8 pm. it has been pretty nice. well, everyone have a good night
Signing off
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6 comments:
This is so cool that you've set up a blog! Glad you're doing well - we miss you already. Isaiah says hey :)
Love ya - jessica
Hey there Bud, glad things are going well and that you are enjoying this portion of the tour! Tell us more about your helicopters and what they are used for. We are proud of all you guys and will keep you in our prayers always!!!
Uncle Gary
Cool, i was wondering if we'd be able to talk at all. Sounds like things are going well. Pretty cool that you learned all that stuff. I had my first softball practice of the year last night...I need to practice more. Well Keep writing glad to hear from you. We all love you
Adam
Hey Man!
We miss ya, glad to hear you're not having too much fun.
Keep on posting when you can.
Alex
We miss you uncle Bob.
Isaiah & Sally
Looking forward to reading more of your experiences. Makes pretty lite of Amy and Kevins trip to florida to visit. When you come home the house is always open for the new wife and you for a visit to Florida. We're very proud!!!
Uncle Brian and family.....
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