Life in the fast lane...

What with a non-stop influx of college work, placement, Red Cross duties, driving lessons and what ever else gets thrown my way, there's been little time for sitting down in front of my laptop, kicking back with a mug of hot chocolate and winding down to type up the latest interesting account of my most recent adventures. So now, I must back date in order to keep you fully up-to-date with the latest first aiding action.

Tuesday 11th

Caitlind and me actually managed to hold the attention spans of twenty Beavers on this night, by telling them about the wonders of basic life support. Who would've thought it? It went really well too, with the little blighters lapping up the chance to have a nosey round Red Echo 2.
This was then followed by the slightly less successful, yet some how amusing, bout of training back on home turf at our own RC office. Well, it is slightly more daunting teaching folk you know then it is to teach total strangers, especially when you know fine you're audience already has a rough idea of what you're going on about.

Tuesday 18th

We made Caitlind cry at RC training that night! All because we gave her a digital camera as a birthday present - bless her wee soul, hehe.

Saturday 22nd

Was meant to be covering several rugby matches at Gordonstoun bording school, however due to snow and icy conditions, this was thankfully cancelled. So I made Christine drop me back off at the Town Hall where the Model Fair was taking place and where Charile and Caitlind were currently treating broken wrists; no joke. It was a surprisingly fun day (once again our reputation preceded us!) and we even spotted a couple of model ambulances amongst the train sets, and a rather funky fire engine with real flashing blue lights, which mesmirised us for a fair length of time and every time we passed it! Of course, we were entertained a lot of the time by playing with our newly-bought model ambos...well, it's always a laugh, trying to set up your own micro red cross fleet...yeah, ok, I know we're crazy :)

Now back to present day...

Yes, it was brief, but it's an update. In slightly more recent news, and not Red Cross related, I've reached the midway point of my first nursing placement at Victoria Crescent Medical Centre. It's been immense fun so far, bandaging leg ulcers, dressing slightly more minor wounds, watching toe nails being ripped off with big silver tongs, visiting people and working with different health professions. I've even given to injections! The first of which was to, low and behold, a nun. I think my second one was way more successful than the first, thanks to a lack of nerves, but I still have a feeling that that Sister has secured my place in hell for the time being...
Anyhoo, it's definitely been an eye opener, and it's been great meeting all the lovely nurses at the surgery, and even a rather nice fellow student nurse! I'm gonna be sad to leave really, but I still have another three weeks to go yet before it's all truly over. For the next fortnight I have to push through my EU Requirements, which entails visiting a nursery, Ward 3 and 4 at Dr Greys, and working with people with learning disabilities. It's a good line up really, and should be ace fun. Hopefully it will be, like the rest of it has been so far. Will keep this blog posted with the next few weeks of fun as and when I can.
Until then...