Finally, some free time! - Blog 1
Holy... Cow... When I decided in late January to leave for a month in the middle of my final semester at Post Oak, I wasn't quite sure how I would make it happen. Training to be an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) is no easy task, usually requiring an entire semester of classes. However, the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) found a way to pack a 200-hour course into four short weeks. For those unfamiliar with what an EMT is, the EMT's role is to administer Basic-Life-Support care to people in need. It is the minimum certification requirement that allows someone to work on an ambulance or other life-saving apparatus along with Advanced EMTs and Paramedics. However, this class is not only an EMT course, it is a Wilderness EMT course, meaning that graduates will not only be registered EMTs but also Wilderness First Responder trained which allows you to administer care in remote environments with limited resources. I was lucky to find this course via a recommendation