msbehavin
11-03-2005, 10:21
Yesterday at work we had an interesting and entertaining session of instruction on CPR/resucitation.
The guy brought three dummies with him and unloaded them from his suitcase like a nightmarish version of Keith thingy and Orville. They were a baby, a boy and an adult. They looked quite cute dressed in their tracksuits and various tops. The baby had a dinky pair of pinky striped towelling pants on and was unbelievably cute. ( Broke my heart it did when I walked into the training room and saw the little mite laid out on the carpet).
At the end of the session the guy asks if we want a quick demo of the Heimlich manoeuvre in case any one chokes in our company. As I occasionally inflict my cooking on unsuspecting friends and family I reasoned that this may, in fact , be quite a good idea. After watching him demonstrate on the boy dummy I had a go myself.
Now this boy was stiff and awkward and not floppy like a proper person would be. He resisted all my attempts to lift his arms up so I could get my arms around his waist from behind, the stroppy lad. Eventually after much huffing and puffing I managed to get into the right position, got my hands into a fist and .... THRUST!
Nothing. Not a whisper. The little beggar stayed all stiff and unresistant. His chest never moved. I was obviously doing something wrong. These dummies have springs in them so you can actually move the chest if you get the right area. I repositioned my hands, took a deep breath and repeated the same. All that happened this time was that I got a great cut on my thumb from the sharp plastic edges of his chest. Bleeding and defeated I went back to my seat and left my colleagues to his attempted resucitation.
So - does anyone know what I was doing wrong? Do I need to get myself a Dummy Boy to practice dislodging food on? Can I frighten my kids to death and practice on them after force feeding them peanuts then turning them upside down???
I contented myself with a 5 minute cuddle with the baby before it had to go back into its suitcase and wondered if I might be a candidate for one of those lifelike babies that they loan out for the weekend to teenagers...
:rolleyes:
The guy brought three dummies with him and unloaded them from his suitcase like a nightmarish version of Keith thingy and Orville. They were a baby, a boy and an adult. They looked quite cute dressed in their tracksuits and various tops. The baby had a dinky pair of pinky striped towelling pants on and was unbelievably cute. ( Broke my heart it did when I walked into the training room and saw the little mite laid out on the carpet).
At the end of the session the guy asks if we want a quick demo of the Heimlich manoeuvre in case any one chokes in our company. As I occasionally inflict my cooking on unsuspecting friends and family I reasoned that this may, in fact , be quite a good idea. After watching him demonstrate on the boy dummy I had a go myself.
Now this boy was stiff and awkward and not floppy like a proper person would be. He resisted all my attempts to lift his arms up so I could get my arms around his waist from behind, the stroppy lad. Eventually after much huffing and puffing I managed to get into the right position, got my hands into a fist and .... THRUST!
Nothing. Not a whisper. The little beggar stayed all stiff and unresistant. His chest never moved. I was obviously doing something wrong. These dummies have springs in them so you can actually move the chest if you get the right area. I repositioned my hands, took a deep breath and repeated the same. All that happened this time was that I got a great cut on my thumb from the sharp plastic edges of his chest. Bleeding and defeated I went back to my seat and left my colleagues to his attempted resucitation.
So - does anyone know what I was doing wrong? Do I need to get myself a Dummy Boy to practice dislodging food on? Can I frighten my kids to death and practice on them after force feeding them peanuts then turning them upside down???
I contented myself with a 5 minute cuddle with the baby before it had to go back into its suitcase and wondered if I might be a candidate for one of those lifelike babies that they loan out for the weekend to teenagers...
:rolleyes: