By: Blonde Two
I imagine that almost everybody reading this blog knows the answer to the question. It is quite a disappointment isn’t it to find out that you are no longer allowed to use butter. Butter would be such fun to spread over someone’s skin and much nicer for them than horrid cold water. You could even add Marmite as a potential source of energy if you had to sit around for ages waiting for help. (I should probably add here that you should always ask permission before licking your casualty!)
I had lots of opportunities to practice First Aid scenarios during my training sessions last week. I teamed up with a lovely lady called Claire for some of them. The burns one was in the dark and I found Claire sitting on a conveniently placed survival bag on the (very muddy) grass. We had been told that we were at a camp, that there were lots of kids around (not sure if Claire was one of them but she was making a big fuss!) and that someone had burnt both hands on a stove.
Everybody else managed to find the imaginary water and the imaginary snow but I was maybe taking things too seriously and got a bit carried away in my hunt for something cold. I choose the first thing I could lay my frantic hands on which was (rather worryingly for Claire) the muddy grass on which she was sitting. I was apparently heard to be muttering, “Something cold, something cold, grass, grass, grass.”
Once poor old Claire’s hands were piled high with wet grass (I kept putting more on to keep it cold), we both suddenly recognised the utter ridiculousness of our situation and collapsed into complete hysterics. It was very difficult to take anything serious after that.
I never did get an answer about the wisdom of my treatment but one thing was for sure, Claire had completely forgotten about her poor old burnt hands!
So accustomed am I to whimsicality and left-field arrivals down here at TBW that my immediate reaction to your headline (not having read the post) was: don’t try and circumvent it, only turn back if the water rises above chest-high.
We’re from Devon remember? We don’t have that kind of ‘burn’ down here!!
I had a good discussion/disagreement with some lovely kids on Saturday about exactly how high a river could be before it could be deemed too high! Is a burn a beck?
I can’t brook all this river of words.
Grass may not be a good thing – think the sap can cause allergic reactions in some people and of course, pollen certainly can though not at this time of year. But on the moor in winter, wouldn’t the rain and the wind provide the cleanest, quickest cooling? Brrrrrrrrr!!
And Brrrrrrr to Roderick, too ! Chest-high indeed !
Maybe I should have asked poor Claire just to hold her hands in the air or bury them in the ground!
Are you seriously telling me that after all the horrendous wet weather we’ve had, there wasn’t a convenient cold, wet puddle?????
I’ve had a bit of a day of it at work – started by me knocking my cup of tea over my laptop, which now seems to have a malfunctioning mouse! So, when I first read your blog title on the smaller ipad, I swear it said “How to treat a Bum”!!! Or is that just Monday Madness!!!
Horrid day here to. I can think of lots of ways to treat a bum – moisturiser for a start 😉