As part of their training for safe diving, Noah and a couple of friends have now completed a First Aid and CPR course with me, including the use of a defibrillator. They are now qualified Emergency First Responders. We ran the course at an easy pace over a few days and practiced a number of scenarios that they might encounter such as drowning and anaphylactic shock. Sophia helped us by acting as a casualty.
For the final exercise, we simulated an accident in the kitchen in which she suffered a nasty stabbing/penetrating injury while cutting carrots. Fortunately, the boys were not squeamish and they treated it correctly.
On the last day, we had a couple of hours spare. We like to make the most of our time so, after a quick swim, they learned and practised another useful skill: Picking Locks. We used a set of traditional hand-tools for this session: torsion wrenches, picks and rakes. I do not expect that they will need to do this underwater but you never know…
