For some
free first aid training, join the military, your local volunteer FD, or even volunteer to be a first responder at your work. I spent time in the military and have been a first responder at nearly every job I've worked at. For those of you who haven't had training in a while,
go take a CPR class, the "old rules" have changed greatly in the last few years.
Mostly correct Steve. However, most large bureaucracies like FD's and any mil except the specials ( I'm biased
) are way behind civilian advances in emergency care, gear, training techniques. Trust me, I've been.
CPR, for example, saves few lives IN THE FIELD compared with bleeding out, shock, or other trauma such as hypothermia. Add into that training to use what is available immediately far away from the high tech EMT or ER or medic field technology. The WILDERNESS MEDICINE programs do take some techniques from military medicine advances, but much more from field trauma experience in mountain injuries and sports medicine. It's worth a look at the agendas of the many Wildernewss Medicine programs.
ANY training is worth the time.....you're right.