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A heart attack is a medical emergency involving a blockage to the blood supply of the heart.
The heart is a muscular pump which requires a constant supply of blood (carrying Oxygen). The blood is supplied by small arteries (known as Coronary Arteries). These blood vessels can become blocked resulting in a section of the heart being starved of oxygen and dying – this is a heart attack.
Pain from a heart attack can occur in the chest but also radiating down the left arm. So why does this occur?
The heart is an organ within your body so does not have a well-defined sense of pain. In contrast, your fingertips are very sensitive and able to pinpoint exactly where pain occurs – think about a papercut or a burn, in this situation you know exactly where the injury is.
Pain from the heart (known as cardiac pain) can occur in several places such as the left arm, jaw and shoulders.
This is because the sensory fibres carrying information about the heart connect into the same part of the spinal cord as the sensory fibres from the left arm and jaw.
The brain is unable to distinguish between information from the heart and the information coming from the arm. Therefore it perceives the pain as occurring in the arm.
Sometimes the pain can also be felt in the right arm, back or abdomen.
In rare situations, a heart attack may not cause any pain at all. These so called ‘Silent Heart Attacks’ are most common in the elderly and people with diabetes.
It is important if you suspect a heart attack to call for emergency medical help as soon as possible. Remember ‘time is muscle’ when dealing with heart attacks, the sooner the victim receives specialist medical help the more heart muscle can be saved.
First aid training both physical and mental are steps for a safe and happy future. Canberra First Aid Training is looking in to starting mental health first aid courses in the future so keep a look out.
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CLEVELAND – The stress of attending college is taking a toll on the mental health of students. As demand for counseling soars, colleges and universities in Northeast Ohio are trying to tackle the issue in the classroom.
Cleveland State University is just one campus receiving specialized first aid training.
It’s training that helps faculty, staff and students recognize the warning signs of mental illness, as well as how to help those struggling get connected with live-saving resources.
“I don’t really need a counselor because I am not crazy enough,” said Brittany Carbaugh, CSU student. It’s just one of the stigma-building phrases Carbaugh hears quite frequently on the campus of CSU.
“You hear the word ‘crazy’ a lot,” said Carbaugh.
As many of her fellow classmates crack under the pressure of college life, appointments to the counseling center at CSU are up 10% from just the fall semester.
“We had some part-time counselors so we’re not feeling as burned out as we were last semester as a staff,” said Counseling Center Director Katharine Oh.
Disturbing data
More than 11 percent of college students have been diagnosed or treated for anxiety in the past year
More than 10 percent reported being diagnosed or treated for depression
More than 40 percent of college students have felt more than an average amount of stress within the past 12 months
More than 80 percent of college students felt overwhelmed by all they had to do in the past year
45 percent have felt things were hopeless
Almost 73 percent of students living with a mental health condition experienced a mental health crisis on campus
To help a staff already stretched thin, a growing number of faculty, students and staff at CSU are signing up for mental health first aid training.
“Just like regular first aid, CPR, we want people to be able to feel the same way as helping someone with a mental illness,” said Arnetta Matthews of Recovery Resources.
Recovery Resources is using a $360,000 grant to roll out the training at CSU and seven other local colleges and universities.
“Recognizing signs and symptoms, possible referral sources, how to approach a person exhibiting signs and symptoms,” said Matthews.
Right now, the 8-hour class at CSU is voluntary.
“Our staff and faculty are working so hard, that if there isn’t a legal mandate for it, it can fall to the bottom of the list,” said Oh.
Some people who have been through the training, like Carbaugh, want to make the training a requirement.
“I think we’re moving in that direction. I think it should be. This is on the job training. This needs to be mandatory,” said Carbaugh.
While this potentially life-saving mental health training is happening at colleges and universities, the idea is that our entire community benefits.
Students and staff will carry what they learned off campus and will be better prepared to help in a time of crisis wherever they may be.
Recovery Resources tells News 5 so far they’ve certified 236 people in Mental Health First Aid across Northeast Ohio.
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An interesting article for first aid. Not a common occurrence but to know this information could be important. At Canberra First Aid we run first aid courses to teach people other important skills. Our first aid courses are fast yet effective and our students love them.
In the wake of recent tragic events and serious flooding, this simple information on how to escape from a sinking car could save you or loved ones life when it counts.
Any car accident is frightening, but an accident in which your vehicle is thrown into the water, with you trapped inside, is absolutely terrifying. Such accidents are particularly dangerous due to the risk of drowning. 10 percent of drowning deaths can be attributed to being submerged in a car, and about 400 Americans die from being submerged in a car every year.
However, most deaths are a result of panic, not having a plan and not understanding what is happening to the car in the water. By adopting a brace position to survive the impact, acting decisively when the car ends up in the water, and getting out fast, being trapped in a sinking vehicle is survivable, even if it’s a flooded river.
Here are the steps to survive a car in water.
1. Brace yourself for impact.
As soon as you’re aware that you’re going off the road and into a body of water, adopt a brace position. This is done by placing both hands on the steering wheel in the “nine and three” positions. The impact your car makes could set off the airbag system in your vehicle and any other brace position could cause serious injury in such an event. If your hands are located at “ten and two” position when the airbag inflated it could force your hands into your face resulting in serious injury. Remember, an airbag inflates rapidly, within 0.04 seconds upon being triggered. Once this aspect is out of the way, prepare for the next step immediately.
• Remain calm. Panic reduces energy, uses up precious air, and causes you to blank out. Repeat a mantra of what to do to get out (see next step) and stay focused on the situation at hand. Panic can be left for the shore when you reach it.
2. Undo your seat belt.
The seat belt is the first thing to attend to, yet it often gets forgotten in the panic.
The motto here is: Seat belt; children; window; OUT (S-C-W-O).
• Unbuckle the children, starting with the oldest first (who can then help the others).
• Forget the cell phone call. Your car isn’t going to wait for you to make the call and sadly, people have lost their lives trying this. Get busy getting out.
• There is a counter-theory that suggests the seat belt should be left on. This theory suggests that if you release your seat belt, you may, due to underwater disorientation, end up moving away from the window or door opening due to the ingress of water through the opening.
If you need to push the door open, being anchored by the seat belt might give you additional leverage, versus pushing the door while you’re suspended in the water. Having your seat belt on could also help you maintain your sense of orientation if the car flips upside-down.
On the downside, having your seat belt on can also make it harder to get out quickly and to move out, which is the point of reacting quickly from the start and not waiting in the vehicle. In the video featuring Rick Mercer and Professor Giesbrecht below, they show clearly that it’s important to be able to move around from the start, including if you need to move to the backseat to get out of the car as the engine-heavy front part starts tipping deeper first.
3. Open the window as soon as you hit the water.
Following Professor Giesbrecht’s recommendation, leave the door alone at this stage and concentrate on the window. A car’s electrical system should work for up to three minutes in water. (not that you have three minutes of course), so try the method of opening it electronically first. Many people don’t think about the window as an escape option either because of panic, lack of using the window for exit normally, or because they’re focused on lots of misinformation about doors and sinking. There are several reasons for not bothering with the door according to Professor Giesler. Immediately upon impact, you have only a few seconds in which opening the door of your sinking car is possible, while most of the door is still above water level. Once the car has started to sink, it is not humanly possible to open the door again until the pressure between the inside and the outside of the car has been equalized (leveled); this means that the car cabin has to be filled with water and that’s not really a state you want to be in.
4. Break the window.
If you aren’t able to open the window, or it only opens halfway, you’ll need to break it. You will need to use an object or your foot to break the window. You can also take your headrest off and use the metal inserts to break a window. It may feel counter-intuitive to let water into the car, but the sooner it is open, the sooner you will be able to escape directly through the broken window.
• If you have no tools or heavy objects to break the window with, use your feet. If you have high heels, these might work when placed at the center of the window. Otherwise, Professor Giesbrecht advises that you aim to kick near the front of the window or along the hinges (see the demonstration in the video). Be aware that it’s very hard to break a window by kicking, so find these breakpoints. Don’t even try the windshield; it’s made to be unbreakable (safety glass) and even if you did manage to shatter it (unlikely in the time you have), the stickiness of safety glass can make it hard to get through. Side and rear windows are the best options for escape.
• If you have a heavy object, aim for the center of the window. A rock, hammer, steering wheel lock, umbrella, screwdriver, laptop, large camera, etc., might all serve as suitable battering objects. Even the keys might work if you’re strong enough.
• If you’ve already thought ahead, you might have a window breaking tool handy in the car. There are various tools available. Professor Giesbrecht recommends a “center punch”, which is a small tool that could be easily stowed in the driver’s side door or on the dashboard, for fast retrieval. This power punch is usually spring-loaded and can also be found in a hammer shape. Failing that, you could also carry your own small hammer.
5. Escape through the broken window.
Take a deep breath, and swim out through the broken window as soon as you’ve broken it. Water will be gushing into the car at this point, so expect this and use your strength to swim out and up. Professor Giesbrecht’s experiments have shown that it is possible to get out through this torrent (contrary to some theories) and that it’s better to go now than to wait.
• Look to children first. Heave them up toward the surface as best you can. If they cannot swim, see if you can give them something that floats to hold onto, with strict instructions not to let go. An adult may need to go with them immediately if there is nothing to hold onto.
• As you exit the car, do not kick your feet until clear of the car – you could injure other passengers. Use your arms to propel you upward.
• If the car is sinking quickly and you haven’t gotten out yet, keep trying to get out of the window. If there is a child in the car, tell them to breathe normally until the water is up to their chest.
Escape when the car has equalized, If it has reached the dramatic stage where the car cabin has filled with water and it has equalized, you must move quickly and effectively to ensure your survival. It takes 60 to 120 seconds (1 to 2 minutes) for a car to fill up with water usually. While there is still air in the car, take slow, deep breaths and focus on what you’re doing. Unlock your door, either with the power button (if it is still working) or manually. If the doors are stuck (which they probably will be in most cases, with the pressure being massive), hopefully you’ve been busy breaking the window already, as advised in the previous steps.
• Continue to breathe normally until the water is at chest level, then take a deep breath and hold your nose.
• Stay calm. Keep your mouth closed to preserve breath and to prevent water from entering. Swim out through the broken window.
• If exiting via an open door, place your hand on the door latch. If you are unable to see it, use a physical reference by stretching your hand from your hip and feeling along the door until you locate the latch.
6. Swim to the surface as quickly as possible.
Push off the car and swim to the surface. If you don’t know which way to swim, look for light and swim toward it or follow any bubbles you see as they will be going up. Be aware of your surroundings as you swim and surface; you may have to deal with a strong current or obstacles such as rocks, concrete bridge supports, or even passing boats. If it’s very cold water, keep moving and get everyone out as quick as possible, do your best to avoid injuring yourself on obstacles, and use branches, supports, and other items to cling to if you’re injured or exhausted. 7. Seek medical attention as soon as possible.
The adrenaline in your bloodstream after the escape may make you unable to detect any injuries you may have sustained in the accident. Hail passing motorists who can call for help on their phones and provide you with warmth, comfort, and a lift to nearest hospital.
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Smashed on sourdough, sliced between halloumi and poached eggs or even turned into a rose, avocado is one of the most popular brunch foods of the moment.
Our love for the fruit shows no sign of abating, but it turns out it’s causing a new casualty: “avocado hand”.
Due to the soaring popularity of avo, more and more people are accidentally cutting their hands when slicing open the fruit and endeavouring to remove the stone.
According to surgeons, A&E departments have seen increasing numbers of people with the injury.
“Recently the health benefits of avocado have been advocated, with an increase in their popularity – and a consequent increase in related injuries,” David Shewring, vice-president of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand, told The Times.
“Avocado hand” injuries are much worse than just small cuts though, many people have caused themselves serious nerve and tendon injuries which require surgery and can leave you without full use of your hand.
It’s a heavy price to pay for an Instagrammable brunch.
“People do not anticipate that the avocados they buy can be very ripe and there is minimal understanding of how to handle them,” said Simon Eccles, secretary of the association and former president of the plastic surgery section of the Royal Society of Medicine.
“We don’t want to put people off the fruit but I think warning labels are an effective way of dealing with this. It needs to be recognisable. Perhaps we could have a cartoon picture of an avocado with a knife, and a big red cross going through it?”
There are no figures for how widespread a problem avocado hand is, but given the fruit’s global appeal, it’s thought that the injury has affected people around the world.
Back in 2012, Meryl Streep was pictured with a bandaged hand after losing a fight with an avocado, and figures suggest that over 100 people a year give themselves avocado hand in New Zealand.
And at St Thomas’s hospital in London, staff have actually become accustomed to the “post-brunch surge” on Saturdays, the Times reports.
Often the injury occurs when the stone inside the avocado is softer than people expect, so they slice right through to their hand holding the fruit.
So how should you cut and de-stone an avocado safely?
Place the fruit flat on a surface, and with one hand on top, gently make incisions around the stone, Jeff Bland, executive chef at the Michelin-starred Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, advises.
To remove the stone, Shewring uses the following method: “Wrap the avocado in a towel leaving the pip exposed.
Carefully use the edge of a heavy sharp knife to chop into the summit of the soft pip, so that it is slightly buried. Holding the knife, so that the pip is stabilised, use a towel to twist the pip out.”
It may be a middle-class problem, but avocado hand is not something to be laughed at. Be safe next time you brunch at home.
At Canberra First Aid, our services extend beyond to just teaching first aid courses in Canberra. We pride ourselves on practicing what we preach and that includes supplying first aid and medical equipment to businesses, organisations and work sites.
Having first aid equipment is just as essential as having the knowledge on how to use it which is why we reinforce to our students whom attend our first aid courses, many of which are business owners, the importance of having the most up-to-date first aid equipment on hand.
Having the right first aid equipment can help you as a business owner protect:
Staff
Clients
Tradesmen
Contractors
One expense that many businesses are now investing in is defibrillators and with good reason. One Australian dies every 27 minutes from heart disease, which includes heart attacks and unfortunately this figure is continuing to rise. Having a defibrillator on site can be the difference between life and death. People suffering from cardiac arrest have a very small chance of survival to begin and with a defibrillator you increase the chance of survival by around 60-70%.
We have just about heard and seen it all now. We wont teach you this in our CPR course session but we can give you some more conventional techniques. We are offering a great 2 hour CPR course that will give you the skills to complete CPR on a casualty and use a defibrillator.
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‘This could work’: Man uses electric fence to jumpstart heart
A New Zealand man has resorted to extreme DIY measures by using an electric fence to jumpstart his heart.
Hamilton resident John Griffin suffers from atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular heartbeat that can lead to a stroke.
After an irregular heartbeat persisted for more than 20 hours, the 69-year-old knew he needed medical attention, the New Zealand Herald reports.
Mr Griffin admitted he lost his cool with the senior nurse at Waikato Hospital’s Emergency Department who told him he would have to wait another six hours at the hospital after two arduous hours of testing.
John Griffin decided to take measures into his own hands, quite literally. Source: NZ Focus
“I asked the nurse if I could go home and come back in say three hours but was refused as she said I would be wiped off the list and would have to start again.”
That’s when the retiree opted for a less conventional method to correcting his deadly ailment.
Medical experts are not recommending his methods. Source: NZ Focus
He drove home, walked over to his neighbours electric fence, kicked his boots off and placed the back of his hand, delivering one almighty shock.
“It gave me a decent belt and [my heart] came right.”
The AF sufferer said he was fed up with the treatment at the hospital. Source: NZ Focus
Unsurprisingly though, medical experts are not condoning the backyard medical treatment method.
“We should not be recommending people treat themselves in that way,” Heart Foundation medical director Dr Gerry Devlin told the New Zealand Herald.
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Cheyenne White was attacked by a kangaroo in an Alabama zoo. Picture: NBC
TERRIFYING phone footage has captured the moment a kangaroo reached through its wire-fence enclosure at an Alabama zoo and attacked a screaming nine-year-old girl.
In the video, young Cheyenne White can be seen walking closer to the kangaroo at the Harmony Park Safari in Huntsville before the roo suddenly grabs the child through the fence by her hair.
The kangaroo appeared to bite Cheyenne on the head, leaving the girl with 14 stitches, her mother, Jennifer, who took the video, told local news outlets.
“I’m just glad I was there,” an emotional Jennifer told NBC-affiliate WAFF.
The mother, who took Cheyenne and her other three-year-old daughter to the safari – a favourite of theirs – said, “Sometimes you blame yourself, like, why did I take her to the park that day. Why did I take her to see the kangaroo?”
The brave little girl, wearing a bandage around her head, added, “I’m just glad [the kangaroo] got me instead of my baby sister. It would have hurt her even worse.”
Cheyenne said she was excited when her mum took her and her little sister to visit the safari on Saturday.
“I was like, ‘Yay, we’re at the safari zoo!” the girl said. She thought the kangaroo was only “playing” when the animal walked up to the fence.
A safari employee told WAFF that the safari owners did not want to comment on the incident but pointed to signage detailing a state law that says people take some of their own risks when visiting an “agri-tourism business.”
There is other warning signage around the kangaroo enclosure that says, “I bite,” but Jennifer says it’s not enough.
“I don’t want it to happen to somebody else’s kid because they may not be as fortunate as my daughter was,” the mum said.
First Aid Training done right with Canberra First Aid. We offer great first aid training courses in CPR, asthma and anaphylaxis.
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The prime minister announces plans to teach children more about mental wellbeing
Theresa May has announced measures to provide every school with mental health first aid training and to teach children more about mental wellbeing.
The prime minister also wants to provide each school with a single point of contact with mental health services, and to include more in the curriculum about mental wellbeing, particularly in relation to keeping safe online and cyber bullying.
The plans are part of a wider package of reforms that would tear up the Mental Health Act and replace it with new legislation aimed largely at reducing the number of vulnerable people detained in prison cells.
Mrs May said: “We are going to roll out mental health support to every school in the country, ensure that mental health is taken far more seriously in the workplace, and raise standards of care with 10,000 more mental health professionals working in the NHS by 2020.
“These reforms are a vital part of my plan to build a fairer society for all, not just the privileged few, and they demonstrate the positive difference that strong and stable leadership makes.”
‘Empty rhetoric’
But Liberal Democrat former health minister Norman Lamb dismissed the promises as “empty rhetoric”.
Mr Lamb told the Press Association: “I’m sick and tired of great rhetoric from this government about their commitment to mental health but the reality for families across our country is just so very different,”
“Let’s just make them make the investment that they committed to in 2015 in our children’s mental health services.”
The Tories have made it clear that they are not prepared to invest any more from additional taxation, he added.
Speaking this morning on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show, health secretary Jeremy Hunt said the proposals would prevent children with mental health problems “ending up in police cells”.
He said: “There is a lot of new money coming in to it – £1 billion.” This amount was announced in January. Asked whether it was new money, Mr Hunt stated: “It’s new money going into the NHS that’s going into mental health.”
First Aid Course in Canberra will give you the skills and first aid training to save a family or friends life. We would like to thank everyone who has participated in a first aid course with our company and we look forward to training you again in the future.
Recent news reports that a man had both his legs amputated after being bitten by a white-tailed spider have again cast this spider in a negative light. Experts have since said amputations may have been wrongly blamed on a spider bite, and authorities now consider a bacterial infection to be responsible for the man’s injuries. Despite this, the damage to the largely harmless white-tail may have been done.
The venom from the white-tailed spider is listed as non-lethal. It has not been shown to cause necrotic ulcers, which could result in the need for amputation. And there has never been any clear evidence necrotising arachnidism – the name give to a syndrome where the skin blisters and ulcerates following spider bites – has been seen in Australia.
There is currently no clinical test to determine if you have been bitten by a spider. And there is no blood or swab test that can be performed to positively identify what spider it is if a bite is suspected. Whether it is a bite from a spider or another insect, the management is the same – most will get better without any medical treatment.
Spiders In Australia
The majority of spiders in Australia are voracious predators of insects. For the most part, they play a useful role in lowering insect numbers.
The venom transmitted through bites of some Australian spiders can cause harm to humans and even be life-threatening. The better known of these are the redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti), and the funnel-web spiders (genera Atrax and Hadronyche). Antivenom is available for both spiders.
Redback spider venom can cause a lot of pain. Advice would be to go to hospital if pain lasts for longer than a few hours and simple pain relief is not helping. Funnel-web spider venom can cause local swelling in addition to increasing heartbeat, salivation, muscle spasms and respiratory distress (trouble breathing).
Without appropriate first aid, quick access to hospital and antivenom, these bites can be lethal. For the “big black hairy” funnel-webs, appropriate first aid needs to be applied and it is advisable to call 000.
The redback spider is considered one of the most venomous to humans in Australia. Image: graibeard/FlickrOther spiders that have concerning bites include the trapdoor, whistling, sac, ground, orb and huntsman spiders. These may cause milder symptoms such as headache, swelling and pain, which does not last for a long time.
The White-Tailed Spider
White-tailed spiders (Lampona sp.) can be recognised by their cylindrical body shape and a white or grey spot on the end of their abdomen. They are found in eastern and most southern areas of Australia and New Zealand.
These spiders are active hunters, preying on other types of spiders and insects. They may transiently roam inside houses, especially in warmer weather, where they may be found in bedding or clothing that has been left on the floor.
One study of over 70 spider bite cases in which white-tailed spiders were identified showed patients experienced only a mild localised reaction, such as swelling, local pain or headache. To date clinical research has not been able to associate tissue loss with the venom of these spider bites.
Flesh-Eating Bacteria
The man at the centre of the recent story linking amputations to a white-tail spider bite was said to have a “flesh eating” infection. But there is a very low probability of an association between spiders and necrotisisng fasciitis (commonly known as flesh-eating disease).
Of course, any injury that causes a break in our skin leaves the capacity for bacteria to enter our body. Therefore be sure to keep an injury area clean. Questions have been raised as to the possibility of a spider introducing infections, but again, despite it being theoretically possible, it is unlikely.
Contributing factors to infection are if people have conditions such as diabetes or take medications, such as steroids like prednisolone, that lessen the body’s ability to fight infection.
How To Prevent Spider Bites
Leave them alone
wear gloves if gardening
humanely remove spiders from your home and limit hiding spaces where possible inside the home
knock out shoes before putting them on; these are nice quiet homes for spiders.
For first aid after a spider bite, please see the Australian guidelines. Many bites don’t result in envenoming and death is very rare, so it is important to remain calm. But seek medical attention if there are concerning symptoms such as those described above: difficulty breathing, increased heartbeat and pain lasting longer than an hour.
Read more at https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/04/how-bad-are-white-tailed-spider-bites-really/#YM54eelTf7RxjhSi.99
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Would you know what to do if your child burnt their arm, ingested chemicals, or had an asthma attack? Would you know what to do if they couldn’t breathe?
St John (NSW) is urging parents across the state to make sure they know first aid. One in four parents are reportedly confident in their ability to perform CPR on a child – a statistic that needs to change, according to St John (NSW).
Joshua Clark is a St John (NSW) trainer and father to an eight-month-old, and says the figure was alarming but not surprising.
“It can take just a second for something to happen to a child, not matter how closely you’re watching them. What matters is that you know how to react if your child gets injured, because those first few minutes can be absolutely vital,” said Joshua.
“If you don’t know what to do, you can’t help them. Especially with children, acting quickly and giving them the right care can make all the difference.”
“I’d recommend everyone do a first aid course with St John. It’ll help you know to handle a range of situations – from minor bumps and bruises to potentially life-threatening situations.”
St John (NSW) says common childhood injuries include poisoning, choking, falling and burns. Knowing what to do in the event of an injury or illness is vital. That could include knowing when to call for emergency medical help, how to handle a choking incident, or how to apply a sterile bandage.
Anyone who has a child in their care for extended periods of time should know basic first aid. There are courses available that are specific to common childhood injuries.
St John (NSW) runs the one-day Caring For Kids course which covers a range of injuries including resuscitation of an infant or child, bleeding, choking, and poisoning. The course is run in both metropolitan and regional training centres across NSW.
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