Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive

Here is how CPR training went:

Get to training center 15 minutes early. Walk up to door, which is locked.

Go around back, see EMT student, talk to him for a few minutes, who then says "Well when we had CPR training it was at the gray building across the street next to the pizza place."

Walk to gray building. It's locked.

Walk back to training center. Pass same guy who said "Oh there was a lady just here who was in your boat and I guess it's actually at (local college)'s public safety center."

Think to myself: Oh great. Class starts in five minutes, I have no idea how to get the college, let alone their public safety building, I strongly dislike driving this city and I always get lost.

Call home, have someone Google map me to where I am supposed to be. Arrive 20 minutes late. I strongly dislike being late, it gets me into a funk.

Sit through 4 hours of CPR training. It was actually a very good class, the best one I've ever taken. Get CPR knuckle burn from all the compressions. Practice my very best ER "CLEAR!" voice when practicing the AED.

Take and pass written exam with "flying colors" (tiny bit of sarcasm since it isn't at all hard).

Walk up to hand exam to instructor, who says "Hmm, your card isn't here. I'll have them mail you one."

Politely ask if I could pick one up, since I realllllllllly needed the card for this coming week.

Finally get told to meet back at the original training center in an hour.

Go to local Market Basket to get some lunch.

Drive back to training center, wait 45 minutes.

Walk into building and see EMT class going on, finally manage to find guy I'm supposed to meet and walk out of the building with my AHA CPR for Health Care Provider's Card!

Go back home, look everywhere on website to see if there was any mention of taking the CPR class at the local college. None. Even under "location" listing for the class, it says that it's at the training center. At least I know I wasn't crazy!

All the CPR was the same, which was surprising. I even learned how to do everything as if it were a two person rescue team. I'm just so thankful that I have the card now so I can present proof for my interview. I need to start taking better care of those cards, because at first I thought they were pointless, but then I found out today that you actually need to have one if you want to be covered under the Good Samaritan Law.



Earlier this morning I submitted my name into the lottery for a chance to attend Obama's townhall meeting in Portsmouth on Tuesday. I know my chances of being selected are one in a million, but how cool would that be to attend? Especially since I'm right at the start of interviews and school and whatnot. They'll probably televise it though, I am going to assume.

PS: This past week's Royal Pains was SOOOOOOO good from a PA standpoint. It's probably the best public relations exposure the profession has ever had!