CPR and First Aid

I now have an up-to-date CPR card good for two years; I took the CPR refresher course yesterday, and also took the basic first aid course. I’m thinking of becoming an instructor for that, but there is a substantial cost-of-entry barrier, so I’ll just think about it for a while.

The cost of getting CPR training is not very much, and the time to do the training, along with basic first aid, is about 3.5 to 4 hours. It’s a good skill to have — especially if you are ever involved in a deadly force incident. Stopping to render aid to the low-life that you just stopped from murdering you makes it a lot harder to make you look like a villain on the witness stand. Always remember that carrying a gun is NOT politically correct, and about half of the population does not believe that you really have the right to own a gun, much less carry one.

And there is always the possibility that you might be able to help somebody you care about, too.