Techniques to Learn in Saving Lives: Join a Hands-on Workshop

Every individual has to be knowledgeable about doing basic life support and other mechanisms to allow an individual stay alive. It is because the community or even the very own family is the basic arm for saving lives especially when it comes to cardio-pulmonary failure.

Here in the City of Davao, in partnership with the NURSING INSTITUTE for CONTINUING EDUCATION and BASIC LIFESAVING SOLUTIONS TRAINING CENTER, a hands-on workshop is to be held doing 5 basic life saving acts:
1. Standard First Aid
2. Health Care CPR with Automated External Defibrillator
3. ECG tracing
4. Basic intubation
5. Techniques in using Bag Valve Mask

If you ask when, it's on August 12-14, 2010 at Bahay Alumni, Brokenshire College, Madapo Hills, Davao City. As a healthcare provider, the following will be your benefit: 1 First Aid ECSI (Emergency Care and Safety Institute) U. S. A. Completion Card, 1 Healthcare CPR Provider ECSU U. S. A. Completion card - both valid for 2 years, 1 wall Certificate of Completion for First Aid and Healthcare CPR, and 1 wall Certificate of Attendance ACLS Seminar (Basic ECG and Basic Intubation Technique).

It's a powerful set of workshop - earning essentials of basic and advanced cardiac life support with other factors in saving lives in a very affordable and reasonable amount: P3, 500 - pre-registration fee (until August 6, 2010) and P 4, 000 - onsite fee. This is inclusive of 3 days meals and snacks, hand-outs.

For inquiries and registration: feel free to contact - Rolan Carmona, RN, MAN (09089238787) and Nur Atari, RN (09072569600).

NOTE: This program is accredited by the Emergency Care and Safety Institute and American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). For verification you may click the link ECSI.

A New Look of MYPOVNOW.blogspot.com

After two years, I'm back blogging on this site of mine. I decided to make some changes on the theme that I used.

Simple yet elegant, that's a way to simplicity with beauty. LOL

It is easier to browse over the pages and a lot of spaces that could be utilized.

Fair enough and not irritating to the eyes. :)

Folders on Top

Folders, we often use these to organize and compile documents with proper labels as a school requirement or office document. But it is not only for those functions, I, for myself, use it to submit application letters and résumé to prospective hospitals for a job.

Last year, I am able to enter in a public hospital as a volunteer nurse, and I am surprised that female nurses use folders in a different way and not only for compiling documents. They make use of the white plastic folders as nurse’s cap.

Usually, female nurses in the hospital, especially in the ward, wear caps to identify them as nurses and be addressed properly.

How do they make the cap? It is simple like A, B and C. They only use few affordable office materials such as the white folder, scissors, and stapler or glue. The folder is then cut on some parts of it, then folds it and staple or glues it. There you go, there is a new nurse’s cap made out of a folder. If you look at it, it is cheaper, harder and will not be easily stained than a cloth made nurse’s cap.

As for some nurses, purchasing for a cloth made nurse’s cap is not budget friendly. Hence, finding creative ways to keep the tradition of wearing a cap continue, this one is surely a practical way, especially today that the people are tightening buckles.

A Kikay Talent

Note: The photo might be something that will harm the identity of the persons involve yet I intend not of harming/making fun of any individual. I just want to comment on this unusual scene I've seen.

As you'll observe, the scene is inside a jeepney, the major means of transportation in the country. It's running 100kph and it stops to pick up more passengers.

While inside the jeepney, I was fascinated by what this passenger infront of me was doing. She had a paper bag beside her where all her 'kikay things' (it's a girl thing) were put. I tried to observe until when she's going to apply the make up on her face. There were 15 minutes already since she was applying make-up while the jeepney was moving. She started with applying powder and ended with her lipstick. I captured this photo a minute before she's done.

I laughed inside of me. I asked myself if what's the problem of this lady... Why is she applying make-up inside the jeepney and not while she's home? Well, these questions were unanswered as I only observe her. She don't even mind people staring at her. She's lucky enough that there were only a few passengers inside the jeepney. GOodluck for the next encounter of such a talent inside the jeepney.

Do You Take Good Care of Your Money?

Do you have a bill that is damaged like this? Most people would say that it will not be used as money anymore, yet it is still circulating in the market places and jeepneys. This kind of money should be surrendered to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to be exchanged with a conditioned bill. It is true that teared bill cannot be accepted anymore, but since the country is in crisis, most of us would just reattach the teared part of the money with a scotch tape. It is very funny to think of our money with a scotch tape, a money being repaired. I guess, many people would think that repairing the money will be much easier than bringing it to the BSP. It is just a way of practicality among Filipinos.

Pilipinas = Philippines or Philippine?

As a Filipino, our country's name is Pilipinas in Pilipino. However, something confuses me. If we are going to translate it to English, is it Philippines or Philippine?

Some associations in the country put the name of our country to symbolize that it's from the Philippines. Example, PNA (Philippine Nurses Association), where's the "s" in the Philippines? Another example, PAMET (Philippine Association of Medical Technologists), where's the "s" again?

Those examples I've given are only a few of those associations or organizations that neglects the letter "s". Is it bad to put it like this, NAP (Nurses Association of the Philippines) or METAP (Medical Technologists Association of the Philippines). See? Is it good enough?

I guess, it's the issue of wanting to 'cut the name short'. As I've observed, if 'Philippines' is to be put as a name the word "the" comes first. For me, it creates class in mentioning our country and it's the most appropriate. If the name of the organization signifies it to this country "of the" is added before the Philippines. It lengthens with 5 letters and 2 spaces between words.

Another point, it murders the name of our country neglecting the letter "s" at times. I think that's why our country has no unity because it has a lot of names. What do you think?

Not All Feet Are Perpendicular to the Floor in a Mall

Most of the time, a mall teeming with people will have all customers standing or walking with feet perpendicular to the floor. Some will be sitting yet their feet still perpendicular to the floor.

To my surprise, last March 14 (part of the weeklong celebration of Araw ng Dabaw) in a mall where celebrities came to join the merriments of the city, I never thought that a foot will be parallel to the floor even people are trying to insert themselves in a very crowded place. For sure, any one who does that will be pushed and stepped on. Whoa... just look at the picture of this entry. You'll be amazed of this talent. :))