Quote Originally Posted by coloccw View Post
Interesting to see them deviating from the American Heart Assoc with circulation beforeairway (according to their webiste). It seems that most of the MD's in this world agree that no matter how much blood is pumped through you, if there is no oxygen in it, it's useless....don't even get me started on teaching chest decompression for tension pneumothorax to non-medics. They are opening up a liability issue there. There is a reason you have to be an EMT-P or equivalent operating under a MD's license to do this. And don't forget your knee and elbow pads since you'll have those on should you be involved in shooting.
Just some thoughts....
My thoughts too. Several of those topics take hours to cover (not to mention generally require more than a "basic" overview of critical A&P to do correctly), I question whether enough of the material and hands-on can sufficiently be covered in a 2-day class to make it useful, or just dangerous. I get the whole life over limb thing, but covering all of that in 2 days......hmm.

My EMT-B class took 4 months, 8-16 hours a week, and even I can't do some of those things, even with ancillary approvals and training on top of that. I guess if you're in the position that it's up to you or the guy dies this might be a good class to take, but in that position qualified medics would likely be on scene anyway (otherwise how did you get the equipment to do a needle decomp, place an NPA, drop an advanced airway, etc?).

I'd love to hear more from a real medic who has taken this class...