There's something about blood, broken bones and the like that I've always had a problem with. When I was in high school I would feel queasy occasionally as certain subjects were brought up in biology - on at least one occasion I had to leave the room and get myself together outside the door before joining the class again.
Today was first aid training at work and I wasn't expecting any trouble sitting there and taking it all in, but when the trainer was talking about potential accident scenarios I started to feel myself going into a cold sweat and feeling a little light headed. I think it was the one about a broken limb with the bone poking through the skin that really did me in. I was so close to walking out but didn't want to face the embarassment of it so I stayed a little longer, trying to take my mind off that bone poking through.
At least if I'd gone completely faint I'd have been in good hands, but luckily it didn't get that far as I'd started to feel a little more normal after about 10 or 15 minutes of suffering. Phew.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Feeling faint in first aid training
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It's a good job you didn't do medicine then.
You don't wanna know what we did in dissection today.
Oh, and the scene when a bit of cadaver goes flying into someone's open mouth, or where whole organs fall on to the floor, roll along and land on someones foot, doesn't just happen in movies.
Hope I haven't just made you gag.
Eek, yeah, I don't think I'd be able to cope with that.
/me feels a little off colour at the thought
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