Neil Young, Freedom
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Well the gauze bandage on my right arm is the proof of the fact...just finished the IV portion of my Emergency (Combat) Lifesaver Class. Instead of partners, I was placed in a round robin threesome due to an odd number of class members. First Wilkens stuck Young, then Young stuck me, then I stuck Wilkens...all flawlessy. Young had these huge frickin veins you coudl see from across the room even without he constricting bands just about, so Wilkens had no problems. Young has given IV's before, so he had no problems...Wilkens, however, had invisible veins...I couldn't hardly see them fro shit, but I could feel them, and Jim Messenger, our instructor, pointed them out to me...so I, despite a little trepidation (and I must admit a twinge of nausea when I saw the demonstartion stick, the female in the class stuck her partner and he bled all over the damn place...I hti the vein and did everything perfect the first time, as did most classmates.
Wahoo! I'm now certified in CPR and to administer an IV to a fellow service member (but only while under duty activities...)
So all in all, I'm in a rather cheery mood. Didn't lose very much blood, and all that was replaced by the Sodium Chloride (salt water) anyway...we use sodium chloride because while it's not blood, it gets the blood moving and keeps the veins and arteries and even capillaries from collapsing due to low volume...