That's the fourth module done and dusted now. In case you haven't guessed, it was indeed the defibrillator course, or to give it its proper name, A.E.D. And as far as defibs go, it was surprisingly easy.
I suppose I should explain myself for those who don't know the ways of first aid when I say "module." It's the fourth module out of six before the Trauma Management Course, so only two to go now and I'm there, hopefully!
Anyhoo, defibs. The training was ace fun actually. And the assessment was wonderfully laid back, especially as Yvonne (who was meant to be assessing me and Caitlind, seriously I assume) came dancing up to us shouting, "Help, help! My partner's collapsed!...Yay!"
As for the machines themselves, well they're pretty easy to use. It helps that they have a voice prompt talking you through the various steps of using the equipment. For example, "Remove one pad from plastic backing." It then repeats it twice. Then it goes onto the next command. It then repeats it twice again. In fact, by the time it gets to analysing the casualty's heart rate, they're probably long gone with no hope of ever being brought back to life, cos the damned defib has taken too long to explain the several steps to preparing the machine before shocking someone! Try saying that in one breath!
So yeah, the defib is a great machine which is brilliantly easy to use, but God help you if you collapse and require its help, cos you might have to be a little patient before it zaps into life.
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