i was on my afternoon break whilst working the late shift, and i had gone to a "well established" american coffee shop... (setting the scene) i had placed my order, paid, and was waiting for my drink when i heard one of the ladies in queue in front of me waiting for there drinks (whom i had noticed was deaf and dumb whilst i was queueing because i thought that they were arguing in sign... I'm not sure, things just looked pretty heated) let out a loud gasping sound... she had spilt her drink all over her abdomen... i got her sat down and i tried to explain to her that i was a first aider... i don't know if she understood me, but she seemed to trust what i was doing. one of the staff passed me a burns first aid kit that contained no gloves, luckily i had my own in my PPK. the skin had started to go red, and peel... i applied the burns dressings and asked them if they would be able to sort something out about getting another first aider to take over (possibly one of the shopping center security) so they got on the phone then a gentleman in a red coat popped through the door... i handed over to him and he took it from there.
The staff were very grateful for my help and apologized that they did not have there own first aider to deal with the incident that because it was late night shopping the manager (who is first aid trained) was not in. They thanked me by giving me a free coffee. i should have tried pushing my luck too see if they would throw in a muffin too, but I'm not that cheeky.
this made me think that possibly learning another language, or sign language would be a good skill to have... ideas for the future.
(this was written a while ago, i just hadn't posted it)
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