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Yes, your local police and fire would definitely have information on training offered locally. If you cannot find this information, try a volunteer fire station and branch out to nearby towns. Courses are usually quite regularly offered in first aid and basic CPR. Also, check your community colleges and see if they have any programs or classes. You may even be able to find a way to get into some other educational topics. Good luck to you!

 

I think this is exactly the point some people miss. It's easy to say "do no harm" as a doctor is sworn to abide, but it's another to hold a life in your hands when doing nothing would mean they in fact, die. I think it would be fair to conclude that some training and the necessity to act supersedes any claims of the righteous who look upon the use of these tools to be only wielded by experts in the field of medicine. To reiterate this important point --with basic training and the proper tools, in an emergency, the right medical kit can save lives. Doing nothing when nobody else can help on a subject who is dying and in the matter of minutes will be dead if nothing is done would be a crime in itself.

In standard, everyday yuppie life, yeah...don't risk it. In a SHTF scenario or in a catastrophe where no help is coming, all bets are off. To each his own, good luck!

 

My crew works at extreme height and there are specific and unbreakable rules about how one must attach themselves to an anchor point. It must be 'rated', it must be painted yellow, each anchor (although rated for 5000 lbs) must only have one person attached to it. Our emergency descent devices are only to be tested and used by one person. and so on.

We also do a lot of emergency training to include emergency descent, tower evacuation and rescue, etc. We are trained that in an life or death emergency that we are to ignore all of our 'rules' and get down by any means. This includes using any anchor point that looks 'suitable', multi anchorages off the same point, 3 men on a descender etc.

The reality of my situation is that if there is a fire uptower, we'll die thinking about the engineered ratings and shock load values of rated anchored points. We need to bug out and bug out now so some of the rules and best practices are ignored.

I guess this is what I meant by my above post. Life or death, I would try to save even if I wasn't fully qualified to perform the operation.

 

I am not trying to make a mountain out of a molehill, Kellory. Some people look for confrontation, others would like to simply make a point.

I understand your point, and I understand Falcon's point. NOTED. CHECK. FILED AWAY. AFFIRMATIVE. ROGER.

And MY POINT is, in the event of imminent death unless action be taken, it sure would be nice to have that knowledge, but if all you have is a tool to do the job and a vague idea, then NOBODY has the right to dictate the outcome except those present. Telling people to NOT have an item because they aren't trained avoids the greater issue, not just "what if" somebody could be there who has knowledge to use the item, but "what if" it was necessary to use it yourself and the outcome "might" be bad, but it means absolute certain death if you do nothing. It's actually a simple point, drawn out because somebody else wants to prove THEIR point, too.

GOT IT.

Bic pen and MacGyver knowledge trumps a pharyngeal tube and a prayer. GOT IT.

 

I didn't call you Macgyver.

 

I went through CLS, I have to be first aid/cpr certified current due to my current job supervising electricians.... If something happened post shtf.... I will do what I can to save a life....and I pray that I have the tools to do it. If there is someone in my group that is more trained/certified in certain techniques.... I certainly hope I can supply the materials he/she may need to get the life saved.... bottom line. If neither is available.... the injured is dead either way, I would like my best bet to prevent that from happening.

You may have the ability to raise comm's and get a first responder to the AO.... all skills apply to saving lives... we each have a purpose... even if we are the one just carrying the gear/materials we may not know how to use to the T.
IMO

 

The best you can do to be proficient in survival, shooting, first aid, food generation/preparation and so many other task.... is what it is when shtf.... after that you run with what you know and what you have. Until then, prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

 

I would suggest that MacGyver-ism might represent the ultimate in survival mindset: Adapt, Improvise, Overcome or die...

 

You've definitely sparked some discussion with your question. Thanks for the post.