National Aquarium Day 3: DAN First Aid for Professional Divers Training
Today I completed my DAN First Aid for Divers training. Got up at 5:45am again, and headed to the aquarium. Holly had to help organize volunteers and do other work, so I helped Allison and Josh (who were teaching the First Aid class) to set up. The class started at 8:30am and ended around 2:30pm. We had all completed online modules which gave us an understanding of the materials, and then the classroom session reviewed all of that with the opportunity for questions, plus hands on demonstrations of the skills.
I practiced CPR and rescue breaths on a mannequin with my CPR mask that they provided me. I also assembled and disassembled an oxygen cylinder, along with tying a tourniquet, using an epipen, and an AED. These skills were very well taught, and I feel much more confident that I could be useful in aiding someone if an emergency situation arose.
Holly and I made a great dinner from leftovers and watched a James Bond movie afterwards. I did fall asleep for most of the movie on accident, but hopefully tomorrow night I’ll be able to stay up!
