On the first of August, we had to attend a BLS (Basic Life Support) and ALS (Advanced Life Support) course for the whole day from 8am to 4.30am. We had the course in the National Resuscitation Centre in Ong Sum Ping Health Centre. Basically, there were seven of us Paediatric students and a few of our Paed teachers were also involved in the course.
In the morning, we had a bit of briefing and explanation on what BLS is all about and the importance of it. We also learned a few A&P on heart, brain and the respiratory system which consist of the most important and major organs in our body.Soon after it, we then had our practical or demo session on a total of 11 BLS skills. There were four rooms and we were divided into four different groups. Among the BLS skills that we learned were the Paediatric (Infant & Child) CPR, what to do when somebody is choking (Adult & Infant), the use of AED or Defibrillator on Adult, Adult CPR, rescue breaths and two rescuers' CPR.
After the practical or demo session ended, we then proceeded to practice by ourselves and had our tea break. Then we continued to practice on the dummies on the BLS skills that we've just learned. At about 1:30pm, we had to went through the assessment on our understanding of the BLS skills individually. After the assessment, we had to sit for a multiple choice questions of about 50 questions for an hour. Then, we will be told how we did on our MCQs and practice soon after.
Congratulations to us, dear colleagues on surviving our BLS & ALS course! It will be valid for two years and we will need to renew it somewhere in the year 2009. :D
P/S : No pictures on that particular day sal nada masa..wawawa...panik lagi, nervous lagi..kan practice lagi..all and all, for sure, it was a very exhausting day!!! :P
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Well said.
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