Do You Have CPR/EMT Training?
 

It's a good bet to get trained in CPR and any other emergency training.

Wondering if any present or former EMTs are on board here at GFY and what was the training like?

With the world having disaster after disaster I figure it's better to be safe than sorry and rehash the old survival skills.

I took Class A medical training in the Navy as part of my "General Quarters" training. It's nice to know that I won't have to stand there and watch someone die without knowledge of how to help.

Was a freaking blast...

In my previous life I was a Nationally Registered EMT. Lot of hours, lots of training, saw a lot of interesting shit...it's definitely perspective shifting.

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Two of my plans for 2006..get EMT training..and buy a defibrillator :)

I was cpr certified like 5 years ago. But you have to renew it like every 2 years or something I think.

Fucking A!!! When push comes to shove in this world, the three things that matter when all is said and done are your survival skills, medical training, communication.

Even if you've not been a boy scout or military trained there are some great camps out there that give you some basics that go a long way. Add to that knowing how to handle disasters and make splints etc. is of great value.

I remember a survival film I watched during a course. It involved the Kalahari desert. The most inhospitable place outside of the Antarctic. To get water you would dig up a toad and squeeze the water out of it's ass and drink it. If not you could DIE.

Scary shit like that could mean the difference tween life and death.

Remember taking fish, using pond or lake mud to cover them in, put it in the fire and you could carry them bad boys around for a while before eating them?

Yo, I should have gotten that training. Probably can still sign up for it. Ain't like there's a glut! It's really, really tough work and I applaud you for getting through it.

Back then on my scouting days... :)

If you've got the interest you can get through it. Two things I can recommend to you right off the bat if you are seriously considering getting trained, is learn all the bones in your body (yes you're going to be required to know that) this will save you one or two nights of cramming...and know how to trace a drop of blood through the heart (and the major vessels in the body), the specific heart valves it passes through, etc...the more anatomy & physiology you can get out of the way now, the smoother sailing you'll have getting through the course.

Check out your local college, I'm sure they'll have a current schedule of EMT-B training courses. They're generally 5+ credit classes, and require a ton of time, but seriously...if you are interested, you can bang it out! :)


Oh, and thanks, but really anyone with a serious interest can do it.

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I was a life guard at Adventure Island in Tampa for 5 years and it was mandatory to get CPR, First Aid, and Rescue Breathing certs before we started. That was on top of our life guard tests which were in themselves, a pain in the ass.

three years of infantry training will teach more about survival training ..

there is a glut only because the pay is not that great unless you get on with a fire deptment. private ambulance service is like any private company vs a public funded one, except the overhead is much much higher hence.. lower wages

absolutely true...

Oh heck! Then the battle is won already! I struggled tween pre-med and pre-law in college. I can name off all the bones, muscles, systems off the top of my head. Can draw em' too! Anatomy is second nature to me. Actually I was a science major in high school and college. Figured it would make me a good FBI man when I grew up. Problem was the FBI didn't hire people with my disability so I became a news man instead.

Actually, I think taking the courses would be major fun. Well worth the time and money. Wait, I ain't gotta pay for em'. Just make the time.

Rockin'! The college is only 3 miles south of me sooooo...

No shit?!! What years! I may have seen you there!

I can tell you that life guard and Coast Guard training is fucking scary shit! The eyes and ears you need as well as the endurance and courage are extraordinary.

Having to listen for screams amongs 100s if not 1000's of yelling people and boom boxes etc. is a nightmare.

Being able to tell if a person is drowning or clowning is another.

Florida? Fucking Sea Lice!!! Them shits are not worth it. Evilest critters in the ocean. Ewwww.

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