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Would anyone be interested in first aid training.

. I met up with a classmate over the weekend and she volunteered to teach a class at no charge. There are some logistics to be taken care of but if you would want to come to Perryville, Mo. we can make it work.  Class would last 2-3 hours, participants could get a certificate of training for $20 or just move on at the above mentioned no charge.

Thoughts?

This is outside of my area but if you're close & you've never done this before, I highly recommend it.

Not every problem is what people typically expect.  For example learning how to recognize and address the symptoms of heat exhaustion before it progresses to heat stroke is very valuable.

Yup. I've had a few classes but even then I still watch videos on this kinda stuff.

I was watching a Stop the Bleed video just this morning. I should have saved the link so I could post it here. It had good info on using just plain gauze.

It had to do with using gauze to pack a arterial bleed. Regular gauze - not Quik Clot gauze. The guy claimed regular gauze is almost as good as long as you know what you're doing. Dang it - let me see if I can find that. And can't find it. I'll look some more. Where the heck did I see that?

First you examine the wound and find out just where the artery is. It could be a good size wound. But you have to find out where exactly in the wound the artery is. That's your target. To start he packed some of the gauze into a tight little ball. And placed the 'ball' directly on the artery. And then while keeping steady pressure on the 'ball' on the artery he then proceeded to pack the rest of the gauze around the little 'ball' in the wound. Continually keep pressure on the little ball of gauze on the artery.

When packing a serious wound you don't just pack the gauze in. You must put serious pressure on the artery itself using the gauze. And keep the pressure on the artery as you're packing the gauze in.

It seems that over the years recommended procedures have changed more than a little. What I'd learned years ago is no longer considered good advice.

Mountain Man Medical has a whole series of videos. There are plenty out there.

On-line portion of Stop the Bleed:  https://www.stopthebleed.org/training/online-course/

I'd be up for one of those classes.  I don't think I've done a Stop the Bleed since the pandemic.