Ortuño first aid

Last month we had a very interesting first aid class in which the teacher explained the steps that we must continue to practice CPR.

First we have to follow the DRS and later start maneuvers, if it is necessary:

·         Danger: Check for danger to yourself, others, and the patient.

·         Response: Check for response talk, ask name and touch.

·         Send for help: Call 112, or ask another person to make the call.

Once the DRS, we start maneuvers. To facilitate the memorization of the steps we can follow the ABCD:

·         Airway: Open mouth. Clear airway with fingers. Open airway by tilting head with chin lifted.

·         Breathing: Look, listen and feel for breathing. If not breathing normally, start CPR.

·         CPR: Perform 30 compressions followed by 2 breaths.

·         Defibrillation: Automatic external defibrillator (AED) if available and follow its indications.

I think it is a very important issue and should be spread more because it can save lives.

ruben

Hi, I'm Leandro Gado and then I will explain the worst day of my life. Many will have guessed that was before birth, when my parents decided name me Leandro knowing the surname that I would have.

The early years when I was little, my life was normal, but began to grow jokes and mockery of my classmates. Since then everyone who knew my name mocked me and many children came to ask me the name only to laugh at me.

Shame to say my name and humiliation were daily in my life, was "famous" in all places where I went (school, team soccer, swimming ...) and adolescence got worse. My classmates assigned me many nicknames and remember that even the teachers joked with my name.

But in the end I think it has been positive. I learned to live with it and as I suffered by drug-related name I have never taken any drug and I've been a healthy person. Now I take it with humor and I thank my parents for my name.