THE SCENE: 43 degrees F., 83% humidity, dark.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Imperial Squat Walkers, Little Baby Arm Circles, Windmills
Mosey around the baseball field in honor of the Boys of October.
THA-THANG:
Perform the following exercises:
Merkins x12, WWII Sit Ups x12, Dry Docks x12, SSH x12 (4 count), Pull Ups or Inverted Pull Ups x12, Burpees x6, Box Jumps x12 or Step Ups x12/leg, and Dips x12
Bear Crawl then Lunge to CMUs (40 Yards total distance)
Perform the following CMU exercises:
Bent Rows x12, Curls x12, Upright Rows x12, Squat Press x12, Triceps Extensions x12, On the Shelf x6/arm, Lawn Mower Pulls x12/arm, and Russian Swings x12
Run to Trail Apex at Road and do Burpees x6
Run Back toward Scrap Yard
Bear Crawl up hill at steps
AMRAP Until Time for Mary
MARY:
CMU Flutter Kicks, CMU Box Cutters, CMU X’s and O’s
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I just got back from a 6 week, 8,000 mile RV trip into Canada and along the Pacific coast of Washington, Oregon, and California (as little of California as possible). In all, about 900 photos were taken. This number is down from previous trips because I decided I needed to see more through my eyes and absorb more in that way.
One picture that will always be burned into my brain is one of those scenes I did not record with a camera. It is a picture of Rodney in Kearney, NE. While getting gas after a day of traveling from Cheyenne, WY, the car he was riding in pulled up behind our travel trailer. A woman, Amber, jumped out of the driver seat and started yelling for help while she ran around to the passenger side of the car. I alerted my wife, Julie, before running to Amber. She was trying to pull Rodney from the car but she was not able to do so. I took over and was able to pull a non-responsive, purple colored, eye bulging Rodney out of the passenger seat and lay him face up on the pavement. I then looked at a frantic Amber and told her there was nothing else I could do to help. I do not know how to perform CPR.
Seemingly out of nowhere a nurse showed up (it had to be a God thing) and she started chest compression. She worked tirelessly until 3 separate policemen arrived and attached an AED and pumped air into Rodney’s seemingly lifeless body. Paramedics showed up and took over. After he was loaded in the ambulance and gaining our composure, Julie and I got into the truck and drove a few miles to the RV park for the night.
The next day, Julie called the station while on our way to Kansas City, MO, to find out if the store clerk knew the outcome. Rodney had died before reaching the hospital of a massive brain aneurysm. I suspect he was dead when I pulled him from the car.
Few times have I felt helpless in my 67 years of life. This was definitely one of those times. The thing that bothers me the most is that I helped raise three children and now have seven grandchildren and I have never taken a CPR course. That is going to change and it is going to change quickly.
We are all expected to be our brothers and sisters keepers. I hope everyone listening to my story assesses their own life saving training and takes appropriate actions to avoid the helpless feelings I experienced.
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