whenever there's trouble, we're there on the double

[topaz]

27. Get CPR certified.

I started First Responder training last week.  "CPR training" has been on my to-do list for a long time anyway.  This is a lot more intensive than that, so of course I jumped at the chance when I learned they had classes in our area.

The instructor is a gregarious and rambly local EMT and firefighter.  He's a nice guy but it remains to be seen how effective the instruction is -- several times the class has gone off on a long digression to cover another hysterical story about a greenstick fracture or meth overdose he covered once.  Which I don't mind hearing about, as long as I feel like it prepares me to take care of a terrified car wreck victim some day, which I'm not sure it will.  But hey, we'll see.

Possibly the most disturbing thing I've learned tonight is that paramedics consider rotten.com a great source of photographs for teaching aids.  (Not entirely surprising, but disturbing nonetheless.  And I'm deliberately not giving you a link there -- if you don't know what it is, then you probably don't want to see it.)

Comments

[rwx.livejournal.com]

Well, i'm only current outside of WA two out of three years due to a weird local law about certifications, but yeah.

ProTip: If you're about to throw up, stop talking into the radio. everyone hates that sound.

[docstrange.livejournal.com]

That is a serious sig-quality tip!

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

Agreed! I'm totally going to have to bring that back to class.