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On 27th December 2001, a certain division of AHSJAB was having mock competition. One of these teams had 3 out of 4 members present, and were waiting for their fourth. They waited in vain. They went into competition with 3 members.

First Aid short case had 3 casualties, and was a domestic case. It required evacuating a casualty from a smoke filled room. The strength of the number 2 was not enough to do it. The efforts of both number 1, 2 and 3 came to naught too. In doing so, 1 and 3 deserted their casualties, penalizing the team heavily.

Footdrill was not much better. Untried and nervous, the team fouled up badly, with the number 3 turning in the wrong direction during the format. Neither was TOC, with an NCO substituing as number 4, which the former 3 members had not much form of communication with either.

Long Case was a disaster. 3 casualties, one with CPR. Number 1 cannot break free. Number 2 could not call ambulance. And such was the distribution of casualties such that one was on the 2nd floor, one further down the 2nd floor corridor, and one on the first floor of the classroom block.

The team got last in the whole division that day.

They only passed footdrill, failing overall.

Later inquiries showed that the reason the number 4 didn't come was because he didn't care. He didn't want to come.

After the competition, anger and tears flowed freely. For the first time, the members of the team came to realise that some people just didn't care. Nothing could have been more demoralizing for a first time comp team.

The number 2 of that team... saw the impact of such selfishness on his team mates. He felt the pain that was tangibly radiating from his team leader. That number 2 was me. The number 1, most readers would know.
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I never wanted to feel such pain caused by the lack of results in competition again. It was not to be though. During the photo quiz 2003 my team did not even get into the top 3. N-comp 2004 my team missed out on 3rd by point-something marks.

Mock comp 2005. The team I trained... that I tried to train...

I don't understand. Every team that I was in. Every team that I trained. Never seems to be able to get any results. I don't understand. Anger? Disappointment? Frustration? I mentioned before, its not the result that counts. I didn't, I DON'T give a hoot about the result. But effort? I don't know. The effort that I put in, was it enough? I think I must have done something seriously wrong musn't I? Anger, disappointment, frustration... directed at myself? I feel darn confused. I don't know why every team I touch falls apart like this.

3 months left to the competition. Don't mention the competition. If my team had gone out into the streets today and encountered an FA situation... would they have saved the casualty? or killed him? and then, the fault would be on the person that trained them wouldn't it?

Why?

What went wrong?

What is it that other instructors have which I haven't been doing? Punishment? No. Practise? No. Attendance? Not really. Equipment? Definitely no.

I don't know. But I plan to find out. And if, when, I do, I hope I can do something about it. Or I might as well resign my senior status.

Maybe its not my fault. I'm just venting frustration. I will recover I guess.
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Happiness? NC3, calmly commanded by wong li ting, ably manned by yan ping and clarice, and led by yuhan, viki, wei ling and wei quan. My secondary team I guess. When my original team doesn't turn up I usually vector towards them. Thats not very obvious though... haven't come for many trainings cos of mount k.

Impressive! A 3-man team and best overall among squad 2 nursings. Much better than the team mentioned in the first part of the post. The news shook the seniors. Most of us, all of us, were highly impressed with their performance. Definitely a team with high potential yes =) But unless the attendance problem is solved, the other two teams WILL still catch up. Keep working on it NC3! You all can do it!

Well done! All of you deserve your congratulations!
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I saw others, unhappy with the results. I dunno what was the actually cause of the sadness... unfair? I guess you could say that. I wish I could understand. But pls, don't be so sad k? Its only a mock competition. As xuan ming said, you all aren't that used to competition styles yet. It will become better as you gain more experience. Maybe this is not that reassuring to you all, but I guess thats the best I can tell you? Please don't be so upset... its over already... just keep doing your best for subsequent activities yeah? =)
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I guess thats all I have to say about mock comp... Feeling weird tonight... cos tired n irritated at myself... Sorry to those that I snapped at today, especially wei lun n the other seniors... And thanks xuan ming, for talking to me. I really appreciated that..

G'night! Talk about new year later today.