Imagine a group of over 80 people coming from many different places all to do the same thing, work on an ambulance for the summer. You hear the different accents and the different stores, the chaos of a group of people getting to know each other and trying to figure out how the training program works. What we have found out so far is that there is breakfast, class time, lunch, class time, dinner and then speakers/free time. Well that is what we have learned so far and it is only day 2 so you never know what the other days will entill. :)
We have covered CPR, respiratory distress, stroke, vital signs and some practice. Here are a few words you might need to know if you encounter an emergency situation next time you are in Israel (translitation from Hebrew):
Hachey'ah - CPR
Chamtzan - Oxygen
Titkasher le'MDA - Call MDA (the ambulance company I'm volunteering for)
Ma karah lecha - What happened to you?
Lana'ki - To vomit
Oh and calling 911 will not help you' in Israel, there are three diffrent numbers depending on what you need 100 for police, 101 for MDA and 102 for fire.
Three more days until the midterm.
impressed and inspired! :)
ReplyDeletehope you are having so much fun.