Last week
I attended my three yearly First Aid refresher course as part of my respite
carer’s accreditation. As with most courses I could not wait until it ended …
same old, same old!!! …I thought.
A few
days later I was at an event in London when a lady collapsed in the car park.
She was surrounded by about five people who appeared to have the situation
under control. I walked over to the group, probably just being nosey as
usual, and noticed that women appeared to be unconscious and had a nasty cut to
her head. The ‘First Aiders’ had her on her back, one was lifting her legs up,
while another was trying to get water down her … this women was unconscious
with a head wound!!
I asked
the question of the group “Is anyone first aid trained here?” A stony silence
then, “No, but are you?”
Well, I
immediately got to work checking her breathing, putting her into the recovery
position, ensuring an ambulance had been called and monitoring her condition;
as I gave her some reassuring words as she was drifting in and out of consciousness.
It was a great feeling helping this lady, but I can't help but think I need to change
my attitude towards First Aid refresher courses in the future ... :-)
Other opportunities to
render aid over the past few weeks have included:1 x Gave my tie to a friend … he said he liked it!
1 x Gave First Aid to a collapsed female
16 x Gave cash to a charity
8 x Gave a big smile and a hello to a stranger
103 x Proactively ‘gave-way’ to another driver
9 x Picked up rubbish in the neighbourhood
3 x Wrote a letter of appreciation to someone
3 x Voluntary work within the Community
17 x Held the door open for someone
1 x Helped someone pick-up some mess they had made.
12 x Proactively ‘gave-way’ to a pedestrian
2 x Voluntary work for Ipsos Access Panels
1 x Gave cash to a Big Issue seller
3 x Gave cash to a street beggar
1 x Treated a friend to lunch
2 x Cut neighbours lawn
3 x Put neighbours bin back after the bin men had been
Sub total: 186
Running total: 1737
Target: 3000+ in 12months
Commenced 30thNovember 2011
Motivation for ‘’My Ten-a-day’
One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.
Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?”
The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”
“Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can’t make a difference!”
After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said, “I made a difference for that
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