So, today I ran into an incident where an employee passed out and fell to the floor. She apparently had low blood sugar (which to me says Diabetes and/or seizure). Anyways what happened is that no one knew First Aide, so I had to take charge. I do have my certification from the American Red Cross. I led her step-by-step as soon as we got her to wake up... including the managers until the Fire Crew came to pick her up.
I can't believe how I just took charge like that. It was like something came over me and I knew exactly what to do and what to say to her. The others were just standing around doing nothing, but it's like what my sister says that if they don't have their certification, then they feel helpless. I was surprised though, because we have over 100 employees, and at least fifty of them were by me at the time lol.
The cool thing was that the managers and the employees that were all by me, had all treated me with a different respect after that. One of the managers that didn't know my name knows it now, and she made a special point to say thank you and bye to me today. I even got a high five from one of the employees before I left today. It had only been a month since I had been employed, so my guess is that I have a job there now lol. It's like what I told my sister, they know how I handle stressful situations and that type of thing.
Anyways, have you ever wondered though like why you are at a certain place and at a certain time in your life like how I wondered about this today? I kept thinking that if I had married my x and everything else that went with it, that I wouldn't have been able to save this girls life. Or if I had been doing anything else, then this girl might have not lived since no one else knew what to do. Well, I wouldn't know if I would call it saving her life, but I helped keep her alive though if that makes sense. I mean if she would have closed her eyes like she wanted to amongst everything else that happened during that time, then she could have had a concusison or worse.
So, get your First Aide certification. You never know when you will need it. I have had mine for three yeaers now, and haven't had to use it until now. It expires in September, so I'll have to renew it then. It's just worth to have!
I can't believe how I just took charge like that. It was like something came over me and I knew exactly what to do and what to say to her. The others were just standing around doing nothing, but it's like what my sister says that if they don't have their certification, then they feel helpless. I was surprised though, because we have over 100 employees, and at least fifty of them were by me at the time lol.
The cool thing was that the managers and the employees that were all by me, had all treated me with a different respect after that. One of the managers that didn't know my name knows it now, and she made a special point to say thank you and bye to me today. I even got a high five from one of the employees before I left today. It had only been a month since I had been employed, so my guess is that I have a job there now lol. It's like what I told my sister, they know how I handle stressful situations and that type of thing.
Anyways, have you ever wondered though like why you are at a certain place and at a certain time in your life like how I wondered about this today? I kept thinking that if I had married my x and everything else that went with it, that I wouldn't have been able to save this girls life. Or if I had been doing anything else, then this girl might have not lived since no one else knew what to do. Well, I wouldn't know if I would call it saving her life, but I helped keep her alive though if that makes sense. I mean if she would have closed her eyes like she wanted to amongst everything else that happened during that time, then she could have had a concusison or worse.
So, get your First Aide certification. You never know when you will need it. I have had mine for three yeaers now, and haven't had to use it until now. It expires in September, so I'll have to renew it then. It's just worth to have!
