The Medic, a lance corporal, was giving us a lesson on CPR, which involves repeated chest pumps and resuscitations. Knowing where to place the pressure on a person's chest is crucial to the life of the victim. If memory serves, one should find the spot where the middle upper depression on a person's chest lies, and apply repeated pressure using two palms, one on top of the other and in lock. This is followed by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. However, this process requires an additional step for women, or so he said, because many women wear bras with a metal piece in the middle at the front. (o rly?) To apply pressure as such would cause the metal piece to scrape the skin repeatedly.

You had to first lift the bra slightly, then continue with the procedure. However, whether or not you do the additional step, if you ever save the woman's life, it is comforting to note that she might be inclined to sue you for the outraging of her modesty. After all, she's just recovered from a fainting spell (from which she might not know the cause of) and you're inches from her with your palms on her chest. It's happened before, he said, and the medic was sent to DB for a few months, and then some. There was also a permanent criminal record on him. I'd believe him because it sounds plausible.

Moral of the story? Have a witness present when you're performing the CPR procedure. And therein lies the problem. In a scenario where you are at a deserted location (some ulu part of Singapore, perhaps) and you see a woman who has fainted, if you're certified or even able to recall the steps to perform, would you take a risk and save her life? Do also remember that in the unfortunate event that you perform it wrongly and she passes away, the trail might lead back to you, and your involvement in the final hours of her death.

If you say you'd not take the risk, could you ever live with yourself for abandoning hope and running away from what may just have been a near-death incident?

I think regardless of your answer, you'll only know for yourself in such an event (which you hope will never happen) and what action you'll take there and then. Still, I believe it's worth a thought.

If you don't want to think about that though, there's something lighter, below are my tee designs for the company tee shirt. First one is the back of the tee, second is for the front. Doesn't look good enough to garner sufficient votes, though. Isaac said the wolf should look more aggressive and bold, because that's what the Army tends to go for. I didn't want that, so I stuck with this. I'd hate it if some dude who drew a ferocious wolf got his design selected. The drawing is admittedly a tracing from a using my tablet. 01/10 means we're the first Whiskey batch of 2010 (we are also the last company) and it's compulsory to have that on the design.

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