September 21, 2004
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I SAVED A LIFE YESTERDAY...
Well kinda of. It all started at 8:45 am, while I was teaching my first internship class when I hear this on the loudspeaker...
Principal: "ATTENTION....THIS IS A CODE BLUE...Blah Blah Blah....A CODE BLUE...Blah Blah..AED.... AUDITORIUM...CODE BLUE!"
I knew what this meant! I found a walking teacher nearby and grabbed her and said:
Me: "QUICK! WATCH MY CLASS....THERE IS A CODE BLUE!"
I never ran down 6 flights of stairs faster in my life. When I got there, there was a small crowd of staff at our school surrounding a person on the floor. Included were the nurse, drug counselor, athletic director, principal, security officers, some random dude with a stopwatch and a math teacher giving CPR. As I pushed through the crowd screaming "I AM CERTIFIED IN AED" I saw the victim....
GASP! What a dummy I thought...
No seriously, it WAS a dummy.
A practice dummy. 
Like the one in this picture...
It was a drill by the Board of Education testing the response time of AED [defribillator] trained staff. Watching the math teacher fumble a bit with the rescue breathing, I helped him while he gave compressions. Eventually there was no "breathing" and "pulse" so we got to give him the "SHOCK" treatment.
I got to have the honors...
Me: "I'm Clear, you're clear, we're all clear..." [in a harmounious tone]
CAAAA--CHUNG!!! CAAA--CHUNG!!!!
Long story short, gave 2 shocks to that dummy and he lived and we passed. It took us less than 5 minutes...[I kinda hada feeling this was going to be a test]
Let me tell you the first time they came, last year. We were told by some random dude that there was a "victim" on the 9th floor who passed out. As I took around 5 minutes to locate another person who was certified, we decided to take the elevator up...Whistling and talking as it went up.
Floor 2...ding! Floor 3...ding! Floor 4...ding! Floor 5.....ding! Floor....*you get the point.
Me: "Man, a lot of people are using the elevator today,huh Cass?"
Cass: "Yup...I'm hungry..."
Floor 9...ding!
Random dude with stopwatch: "Its too late, he's dead...You failed."
Me and Cass: "Ooops."
Well now you know you're in safe hands...We learned our lesson. On the real though, I unfortunately witness someone in a bball league die on the court next to us because no one had an AED with them in the facility and waited 20 minutes for an ambulance.
You go braindead in about 7, I think. Now coaches are all required to bring one to any sporting event.
* how do people like my background song? Its some 17 year old dude one of my students knows.
Comments (30)
it's a cool song. and wow, i'm the first to comment for once. lols and good job color coordinating blue with code blue = p such a pretty xanga, i am jealous.
...nice background music....pretty good for a 17 year old....
....do they run this practice test every year?....
wow - you're a lifesaver - or you could be. that's awesome. if i ever need someone to save my life, hope you're around - with an AED. can't hear the tune, tho - just get an error - maybe it's a mac thing. meanwhile, bless your heart. don't know how long ago you moved, but seems like you're fitting in very nicely where you are.
haha..."what a dummy i thought... no seriously it WAS a dummy" all that b ball playing must be paying off. sounds like a quick response time. dope. good to know that ya'll reaction time improved.
i'm too lazy to find the plug in to hear the song, ah well next time.
gong gong... i want husband nowwwwwwwww.
i pay you to help me... now help damnit!!!
neener can settle for just felix too *wink wink
YO i like the music its hot! im glad that you had a chance to become a dummie
Good song. It's great that your trained to do that. I've always wanted to learn to do that. Maybe one day. That's too bad for that guy that died though. And I never had of blue codes at my old school. Is that for certain schools?
Aww, i'm SO proud of YOU!! ...and i'm still MAD at you too...
Glad ya saved the dummy ! Mad props !! Go Felix !
if ya only save even just one dummy... all that training would not have been for naught...
Thank god u saved that dummy's life...the song starts out good, but the singing is so-so. I can't believe u have a new set of students, but class of 2004 are still the BEST.
Thank god u saved that dummy's life...the song starts out good, but the singing is so-so. I can't believe u have a new set of students, but class of 2004 are still the BEST.
hahahahah funny. so were ur pictures for The Passion. yes. that's just about how i looked like too. ugh.
haha... you let the victim "for dead" last time. tisk tisk! didn't know they had drills like that. that's a very good thing they do.
if i ever pass out.. it you would be nice to have you save me... haha i'm such a dork~!
fix your aim...
wow! that would be freaky if it was real... you don't get a stopwatch on the real thing. A friend at my high school has a pacemaker and didn't tell the school and died in PE class... God rest her soul... but yeah... it's a scary thing if it was real.
ohh and the drawing on the backpack... i think it's just half of a guys face... not to sure
and the song.... its pretty good... you schould have some old school rap... great stuff... or some Lauryn Hill!
Haha, wicked story dude. Everyone should have a defibrelator. If never you find yourself in a life-or-death situe, at the very least you could use it to jump-start your car when your battery's run dead.
Great writing as ever! J'H"
woooooooooooww!! that's kinda trippy man. oh, tell cass that wasoni says hello if u ever get the chance!
take it easy, flex! p'z!
there's something about giving CPR to a dummy that excites me. I think it's the plastic-y smell. I love the smell of plastic. If only people could smell like plastic...
u know....i couldve sworn i read some where that parry had a bro named felix thats a counselor at a school in ny, or maybe its just a conicidence, or maybe u hear it all the time and this is getting annoying...lol SORRY. i just found u bc of my log that tells me who visits my xanga, etc...isnt html great these says? yeah i remember learning all that cpr stuff on a dummy in one of my classes a while ago, so ive pretty much forgotten everything, which isnt good. other than that, i heard NY schools dont have ac? is that true? i was supposed to go to new york with my marketing class for fashion week but things didnt turn out right, anyway, im done with my novel now, lol random props & good job!!
nice to know that they train school staff on cpr. i had never used my cpr skill on an actual human being.
btw. i think that it takes only 4mins before brain damage.
music is good/interesting.
my nigga, my jigga, what's popping? My xanga is my planner aitte, you better get it straight through your head! JUSt PLAying.
i can't wait to go back to NYC during Thanksgiving. yea man to see my fam and my niggies. Aitte flex on out pops.
Take care!
3 all day. everyday. everywhere. anywhere. anytime. any court.
CONGRATZ HEHEHHE....i love the song!!
hello
wow man MAD props. random props too
I love your background music. Your pretty good! You should see my band sometime! Good job on the dummy too!
-Amber/Gothica_chic13
i was on xanga.com about to log in.. .when lo-n-behold your wonderful xanga was featured on its "featured content" thingiemajingers.
Thats awesome man. I'm in the military and we have to know some good amout of quick first aid for ergency situations. I've never been in a situation where I've had to apply it but I hope that I'm able to respond as well as you. I am impressed and got alot of respect for ya man. By the by, just noticed your xanga off of a page that was off the xanga home page. Good stuff dude. Peace
while i was reading ur page, i was like damn this guy is a hero hehehe..., as i finish reading it, i was like oh of course a dummy..lol i am cpr certified as well, but i think i'll be too scare to actually save someones life. just stopping by for randoms props.
your a pretty cool person i hope some day i'll be like u, and be able to actually save someone!!! that would be so great!!!!! good job
k bbye
That story kept me on the edge of my seat...
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