It's funny... Today I took a four hour First Aid course as part of my Emergency Response Team training at work. There were about 20 of us there, and I was definitely one of the youngest (though not the one with the most medical training, as it turns out! Hurrah!). The class was excellent--there was a lot of video (highly repetitive and chock ( Read more... )

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Fuckin' A! CPR can be very effective--but not the way it's taught. For those of you who don't think this is serious, it's basically saying that against all science, we've been teaching people (professional and laypersons alike!) how NOT to save lives with CPR for going on 3 decades, now. You can probably just read my bolded highlights to get the ( Read more... )