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Old 04-29-2014, 08:42 AM   #24
Andy G
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[QUOTE=ActiveCaptain;230633]You don't concentrate on the bad calls. You remember the lives you've saved. But things like this are like boaters getting together, talking cruising. You always end up talking about the worst weather you've been out in!

Your are right, but the point I was trying to make is that for 99.5% of us we will never have to put our training into use, and if we are the .5% we probably will only use it once in our life.

We never get a chance to concentrate on the good outcomes( if the survival figures for CPR are correct).

You are a professional, you have training and experience, you have a fair idea what is going to confront you when you are called out.

What I'm saying is perhaps it would be beneficial, as part of the first aid training, for an instructor to sit down with the class and pass on their experience, warts and all. It may shock the class, but no where near as much as the real thing will do if they are ever called on to use CPR in a real life situation. At least you are giving them an idea of what to expect.
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