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Excellent post! Thought this was worth repeating...

Thomas wrote:For those of y'all wondering what exactly CERT is, it is fun.

Yes, you do have to take a class that probably meets once a week in the evening for two and a half months, but the graduation is fun. Graduation for us was going out to a training field. Setting up some victims (real people) in a building, and then pretending it was a scene of an accident and to practice our training.

While CERT stands for Community Emergence Response Team, the latest thinking is that it is going to be a group of community members that will mainly assist others. Yes, they do teach you how to triage and how to respond to different scenarios from an earthquake shaken building to a leaking overturned tanker truck.

...training (which is free and any one can do with no commitment)...

Here is the website again:
http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/

One issue with that kit is the latex gloves. Some folks have allergies to those. Nitrile gloves are safer... if you get nothing else... get gloves

Our company also issues us with CPR shields, but compression only CPR is actually pretty effective

One option for a portable kit is the Ventilated Operator Kit

I have some israeli bandages as well.

chasfm11 wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote: I need to rebuild my first aid kit and then get in the habit of keeping it in my car. But generally speaking, that's just a step in our plan to be prepared in a larger sense for whatever comes down the pike.

Me, too. I had a Red Cross First Aid Cert many, many years ago and I should go take a class again and update that. I've been looking at getting a trauma kit and have considered this one a couple of times
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003H2 ... 34416J3MT2

Any thoughts?

Chas

We Texas CHL's have spend time and money buying gun and survival gear and honing our gun skills... in the interests of protecting life... but have you also spent the effort learning first aid, CPR, Automated external defibrillator(AED)? If you have learned medical skills are your certifications current?

Medical training is useful even if you never get into a gun fight. I train in all these medical skills through my company. I guarantee you'll use the first aid training. And you'll also feel more confident with knowing how to help in a medical emergency.

I'd urge everyone here to at least certify in basic first aid. CERT has free training available online.

For those interested in taking their first responder skills to the next level there is a TRAUMA MEDICINE FOR THE CCW OPERATOR class in Texas coming up in June.