i've been patiently waiting out my final days (1 day left!) in my current work rotation. during this time i've been a hard-core slacker, reading anthony bourdain's rants about the food network, debunking food and kitchen myths, taking walks to chinatown and back, finishing alias grace by margaret atwood and worrying about the 3/4" bug i saw crawling on my desk late last week (ugh - don't even get me started - i do NOT leave any food out whatsoever by my desk so it must be the other slobs in the office attracting the creatures).

when i saw a cpr (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) & aed (automated external defibrillator) class being offered for free here at work during my last week in my current office, i jumped on the chance to take it. besides giving me a reason to leave cubby hole land it more importantly gave me the opportunity to pick up important skills that i could use for the rest of my life and maybe even help to save a life.

it's probably ignorant of me to not even know the basics of cpr, considering my mom is a nurse. in the past we've talked about it and she's told me how it's done, but this was very long ago and the only thing i could remember was having to push on the person's chest (compressions).

fortunately i've never been in or near a situation where someone was having cardiac arrest or been in an accident that would require cpr, but i'm really glad that i took this class. after this morning, i think it's important for people to know what to do in a crisis and i'd like to share what i learned this morning in my class.

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