Not moist enough on skin
surface Hand held not in appropriate place on
horse--this includes the= right side of the horse,
which I witnessed!
I am here to admit I was guilty of both of these. Several years ago I
offered to volunteer at a ride and knew absolutely NOTHING about what goes on or
how to take a pulse. The Ride Manager was of course busy with a million things,
gave me a crash course in how to use a handheld and got called to get a
horse that had "crashed" on the first loop. Nobody else was there except the
timer when the first horses started coming in and I didn't have a CLUE what I
was doing. I know I made both of the above mistakes. Most people were very
patient with me but I know I upset a couple of people. It's bothered me ever
since that I didn't do a good job on an obviously important task. I don't think
the RM knew until the last minute what I would be doing and I'm sure didn't
realize that I didn't know how to take a horse's pulse with ANYTHING! So after
all these years I feel better admitting this and thanking all the people that
are patient with volunteers that may not have any experience. I made mistakes
and although I can't undo them, I learned, and I want to thank those on RideCamp
who have patient with us newcomers.
