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Old June 22nd, 2009, 01:18 PM   #25
Blackeagle
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Originally Posted by MedPig View Post
To teach everything you need to know in two days is inviting a visit from a lawyer. You have just trained yourself, so Good Samaritan might not excuse your screwups.. You will be held to a higher standard, and I doubt you'll get TR to come to court on your behalf. I applaud the idea, but think two days is WAY too little time. I believe NJ requires 120 hours for EMT. That's one hell of a 2 day course...
Most tac med courses aren't trying to teach "everything you need to know", or the equivalent of a full EMT course. They're usually focused on a pretty narrow subset, gunshot and stab wounds, basically.
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