So I had to go and refresh my CPR training (grr....) today and thankfully my trainer was the type who could carry on a conversation and throw in plenty of snark, take thats and whatnot in the process. Turns out this one is a paramedic (or will be in a few weeks when he moves back home, he was a paramedic back home, then moved to Sydney and is now going to move back). During the time, he shared a bunch of stories with us. One such story had quite an amusing twist in the tale.
See, there was this somewhat little old lady (LOL) who apparently had a crush on Trainer (he's quite cute) and the lady would frequently call Triple-0 (usually complaining of chest pains) in an effort to get him to come over. Dispatch would send random paramedics out and wouldn't tell her if he was coming over or not. If he came over, she'd start pulling out the other major health issues to get him to touch her, otherwise she'd be fine when she came over.
This goes on for about a year or so, then one day dispatch gets a call from someone else stating that their friend is unconscious and could they please send someone? They start getting details and it turns out to be LOL. So Trainer and his partner head over and sure enough, she's unconscious on the floor. They go through all the basic life support steps (Danger, Response etc.) and then when they go to check for breathing...LOL proceeds to lick trainer's face.
Needless to say, this elicited a great deal of laughter from the class
See, there was this somewhat little old lady (LOL) who apparently had a crush on Trainer (he's quite cute) and the lady would frequently call Triple-0 (usually complaining of chest pains) in an effort to get him to come over. Dispatch would send random paramedics out and wouldn't tell her if he was coming over or not. If he came over, she'd start pulling out the other major health issues to get him to touch her, otherwise she'd be fine when she came over.
This goes on for about a year or so, then one day dispatch gets a call from someone else stating that their friend is unconscious and could they please send someone? They start getting details and it turns out to be LOL. So Trainer and his partner head over and sure enough, she's unconscious on the floor. They go through all the basic life support steps (Danger, Response etc.) and then when they go to check for breathing...LOL proceeds to lick trainer's face.
Needless to say, this elicited a great deal of laughter from the class
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