Yes! I taught my boyfriend how to do CPR and made him practice until he was really good at it. I also checked my parent’s knew where the nearest defibrillator to their house was – in case they ever needed it.
I’m a lot more aware of my environmental impact on the world, and do my best to reduce it where I can! There are so many quick little changes you can make, like eating less meat, using the train instead of the car or putting your rubbish in the right bin
As i’m a basic scientist (this means we do research that doesn’t have direct impacts on peoples lives) there is very little chance of any results ever having some sort of effect on changing peoples habits. But during my degree I learnt about exercise and osteoporosis (when your bones start to weaken) that showed that older people who did weightlifting exercises delayed the onset of osteoporosis, so they could be more active and need less help. And I got my mum to start going to the gym and lifting weights!
Nothing major that I can think of, if I do any venomous snake handling my family tend to ring me a bit more often to check there were no disasters. I also definitely promote snakebite as often as people will allow as a huge health issue, as for many years it’s remained extremely neglected (although it has recently been put back on the World Health Organisation Neglected Tropical Diseases list, so that may improve) and most people just aren’t aware of how many lives are affected by it.
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