Youth Champions Programme - CSSP Challenge IV

Thanks to the Youth Champions Programme I've joined back in March, I get a chance to be a facilitator for the annual Community Service and Security Programme (CSSP)!

I've already been through the civil defence training at SCDF HQ 2nd CD Divison(Tampines) yesterday. The training was indeed relevant to the CSSP camp.

Training was SO fun, especially module 1 and 2, which are First Aid and One-Man CPR respectively. For these 2 modules, we had a humourous paramedic named Meeran, who taught us the basics of First Aid and CPR. He added a tinge of laughter to our training. What's more, he shared with us some 'classified' information about SCDF and his... erm... job as a paramedic specialist.

Here are some quotes from him:
-'Anyone thinking of becoming a doctor? Don't! Doctors are sadistic.'

-'When you attain a burn of scald, run the area under cool running water or cool in it a bucket of cold water. DO NOT apply toothpaste, soy sauce, egg white, cooking oil etc. Tell your grandparents/parents about this. There's this incident where one victim has egg white, another has cooking oil, and another has soy sauce. Add these 3 together and you can cook.'

-'To check for the responsiveness of a suspected unconsious victim, tap him or her by the SHOULDER and shout "Hello sir/madam, are you ok?". If you do not know whether it's a male or female, go "Hello, are you ok?" Do not tap on the chest area or give a slap on the face. One is molestation, and the other, physical abuse.'

-'When you feel for the pulse of the victim, for a guy, NOT HALF-HALF, feel for his Adam's apple and shift 2 cm into the groove at the side of the neck. For girls, your Adam's apple is not so obvious, so feel for your voice-box. As for HALF-HALF... forget it.'

We tried our hands on several types of dressing and learned how to bandage different forms of injuries. The triangular bandage was so useful and fun to use.

The first 2 modules are great! But when it came to module 3 - Fire Safety and Casualty Evacaution, it became boring. The speaker was a fire fighter, who wasn't a good speaker after all. As for module 4 and 5 - Emergency Procedures and Unconventional Threats, we had yet another speaker. He was ok, not as good as Meeran, but much better than the second speaker.

Finally, we got to do a hands-on exercise on IPP (In-place Protection). Sealing up the gaps of the windows (with grills) was tedious, plus, we keep running out of masking tape and the pairs of scissors are high in demand that we have to share around. But nevertheless, doing the IPP was an enriching experience.

At the end of the day, we each received a certificate of participation from SCDF.

Civil Defence training ended at 4.30pm+. Thereafter, I travelled to Tampines Bus Interchange with Stefanie. She took the MRT home while I took bus 67.

One whole day of training was tiring, but fun. I learned so much and I really look forward the CSSP Challenge IV Camp on 29th May! Till then, I'll have to practice real hard for SR Guitar Ensemble's Shiokissimo coming on 26th May.