After a great three day hike in the middle of the desert I got my life back to normal and started my week and a half long intensive training to become a first responder for emergencies for Magen David Adom/Israeli Red Cross. This has been something I have been looking forward to since I signed up for Nativ. I was going to learn how to take care of people in different situations and I was going to have skills that would last me for the rest of my life.
The way the class works is that we are in a simulation/lecture setting for about a week and a half from about 8 in the morning to about 8 at night, except for Friday and Saturday. Our instructor, Seri, teaches about different techniques of first aid and then we can practice on dummies. So far in three days I have learned how to do CPR on adults, children, and babies. I have also learned how to diagnose different cases such as heart attacks, strokes, siezures, different types of accidents, and have learned the procedures behind the rescue. I have learned so many different medical terms that will help me in the future with this training.
It is a very intensive class that has a lot of information to be learned in such a small amount of time. I am certainly enjoying myself and I can't wait for the rest of the week and more learning and for the ambulance simulation later next week.
I will share some pictures from our training now:
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On Wednesday night I was lucky enough to go to the Matisyahu Concert in Jerusalem near the Old City. I went with Adam, Seth, Josh, Joe, Tyler, and Judah. We had amazing seats and decided to leave for the front row of the stage to get a better view. The majority of us came back to our seats and enjoyed the show from the seats instead of getting trampled by all of the crazy people at the show. It was probably one of the best shows I have seen in a while. Some of the songs he played were off of us new album which I had never heard before, but the one song off of his new album that was incredible was the song "One Day." I have some photos to share because they were just great shots that a friend took. Enjoy!!!
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