Lifesaving #5! With BONUS!

First off the day is 19th February 2009.

It is the FIRST DAY of my braces treatment! More info in my braces blog:
http://mybraceslog.blogspot.com/

Do check it out :)

Now..

Training #5 19 February, Thurs:

Today was much less tiring, thankfully.
We did a refresher on the tow victim to side and landing...man I need a lighter partner lol.
Also, we tried with assistance (by-stander)...still very heavy dudes around.

After that, we did something really cool. We did face-first surface dive followed by leg-first surface dive. 4m deep. Man my ears seriously hurt bad. Like they were going to explode...or implode. Anyway, there's a technique called equalizing where you blow with your nose and mouth closed (ie, through your ears, if that's even possible.)

Hmm...after that we did land based EAR, learning the recovery position. We also learned how to do dr.ABC and learn the finger sweeps/swipes to remove any objects present. Also when the victim 'vomits', how to react.

After that we did a simulation where the 2 instructors actually ate food like papaya, pear, banana, worse of all being OREO. Chew into a goo. Thankfully I wasn't the one practicing when food was used. Phew. It's super hilarious, like a drama class. The victim actually threw up all over his face and shirt and all. GROSS. Some internal dirty jokes about fingering I shall not reveal.

Great day! no crazy swimming. :)

Jonathan