Re:Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in a...
by mellonmarshall on Friday November 22, 2019 @09:13PM
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A basic Life Support Course is like 2 hours (maybe 3). Actually did it in the morning then spend the afternoon testing everyone.
A Essenial First Aid at Work course is 8 hours (this is the legal requirement for FAW in the UK)
A Full First Aid at Work is 32 hours.
A EMT-B in the USA (min needed to do, to get on an Amblance) is 50 hours
The basic training for amblance in the UK is about month with a week training in driviong with blue lights
Want to be a Paramedic well that is a 3 year degree
Want to be a Nurse that again is a 3 year degree (and no you can't do one and swap for the other)
Want to be a doctor well that 5 years plus a few more years training on the job.
Ok if you want to get a medical Gas Qual well you looking at about 8 hours or so. Patient and casualty handing are both about 2-3 hours each.
However, you can cover a lot of the basic things you're likely to encounter in civilization pretty quickly (if very cursorily). Probably most important is the basic approach to take, things to watch for, blood safety, etc. It's not going to be a real first aid course but a quick familiarization of things to watch for and actions to take. (Cleaning wounds, etc.)