I'm Certifiable

Second goal complete!

I just completed my Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED class! I have done CPR/AED several times before, but not first aid certification (because I did the others through school or work, they didn't offer the first aid part).

Two first aid classes done! :)

My next goal will be to assemble a first aid kit, like, a proper one. It's one thing to know the skills, it's another to have the tools. That will of course take money, but it always works out somehow! Then, I want to do Wilderness First Aid. That's a bit trickier, not only because it costs more (naturally!), but also because those classes are a lot more rare. I even asked the instructor today and she said so, too. Like, there were no upcoming classes for it on the Red Cross website at all. A long time ago, I saw it offered through REI (an outdoor gear store), which might be my best bet (also because I've seen other REI classes meet at REI - which is the other side of downtown from me, so, bussable - and then all get on a bus to whatever wilderness/hiking trail/etc. Since I can't drive myself to the wilderness where a class would be, that's probably the only way I could do it).

I really like medical training. If I hadn't become so sick, I might be finished with the schooling I was working on and be an RN by now (also, if I hadn't been rather disillusioned by the medical system in America, but that's a different rant). I am disabled in many ways, but good in an emergency. I want to help people and be an asset to my community. So that's really why I want to do all this training and build a good first aid kit.

Plus, you know, with as fast as the US is circling the drain, it might be even more handy in the future than it is now... >.>

Yuan sez: it's hot (those are those reuseable ice cube dookickeys he's using as a pillow).

So that's my adventure for today. What are y'all up to?

Have a good day, Steem fam! <3