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I've been thinking more about this lately with the hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes etc that have been happening. I've been taking CPR/First Aid courses on my

I've been thinking more about this lately with the hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes etc that have been happening. I've been taking CPR/First Aid courses on my own just because I want to but I've been feeling like its not quite scratching the itch since its mostly preventative skills (ie, I hope I don't need it but if I do I have it). I'll look into it for my area, may I ask if you are doing this professionally or are you part of a volunteer S&R team?

jonah 9y ago
First Aid/CPR are definitely good skills to have! On the medical side, EMT might be the next level certification for you to get. (Here it's one semester at a community college with night/weekend options also available.) The team I'm on, like most SAR teams, is all volunteer. Except for specialized teams like the one in Yosemite, professional SAR teams are generally under military, Coast Guard, or fire departments. The big national accreditation organizations are NASAR and MRA. http://www.nasar.org/ http://www.nasar.org/ http://mra.org/ http://mra.org/