19
Sep
Needle phobia or fear of scary buddies?
I am pretty nervous about this coming week in camp.
Not only have they arranged for the close combat grading test to be this Thursday, they have also plonked us in the middle of a basic medic course. The highlights of the course includes poking intraveneous cathers into one’s buddy, a skill which will be tested on (incidentally) Thursday!
I have not yet started on the actual poking lessons yet, but everyone is jittery about the whole thing. The senior medic who is conducting the course gave us a briefing last Friday, and he gave us a frightening demonstration of the actual poking on a guinea pig…
The poor guy was too frightened by the needle (well, it is VERY long!), and he thrashed about as the medic was inserting the cather. We ended up with blood all over the lecture room. In fact, the scene was not unlike that of a murder case. A few of my platoon mates nearly fainted at the sight of blood, while a few giggled. My guess was that they were trying to pretend that they are evil, to scare their buddies before the actual poking session tomorrow and on Thursday…
My buddy has assured me that he would try his best to target my vein (which would be a LOT less painful than if he were to poke it inside a muscle…), but failing which he would navigate the needle into the target… (I cringed at that, and he laughed his evil laughter.)
And in case you were wondering, it seems that all the guys here enjoy playing mind games with each other…
on September 20th, 2004 at 10:25 am
No need to be scare of the needle la..it wun really pain that much unless yr buddy really bobo shooter..haha
Btw which unit u from?Is it from armour or other units?Tkcare!
on September 20th, 2004 at 11:17 am
I thought you were supposed to practice on oranges first?
I’d be useless at this. I freak out when a doctor gives me an injection. If one of my friends waved a needle at me I’d probably pass out on the spot.
on September 20th, 2004 at 8:28 pm
muahahahaha. gd luck, hope u dun end up having holes all over ur arm .
on September 20th, 2004 at 10:14 pm
Don’t worry too much, males of 19+ age, and currently in NS, will definitely have very visible veins.
So that’s one less major problem. Make sure they don’t stick the needle into your nerves!
on September 22nd, 2004 at 11:28 pm
ha..gd luck lo..i faint at the sight of bloOd..thank god i wun be in NS..ha..=p
on September 25th, 2004 at 11:43 am
To ZhiHao:
4th Battalion Singapore Infantry Regiment
on September 25th, 2004 at 11:46 am
To BadAunt:
We did practice on one of the IV delievery tubes, but it was easy to cheat, since it was possible to see through and tell if the catheter went inside.
Furthermore, we are talking about somebody’s hand here. He can feel the pain, so it really is a jittery experience doing the poking.