I can believe it. I experienced complete first aid training twice with the Police - once as a regular officer and I had to go thru it again as a reserve officer. They are only prepping you to do the St Johns Ambulance basic first aid exam ( a bit like a basic red cross first aid exam). The problem here is that the higher ups are mainly interested in projecting a politically correct appearance so that there are no investigations that may kill their careers.
My IV [needle] experience was gained in a hospital environment so I don't know what the combat troops are using in the field nowadays.
I learned the hard way to make sure I had vick with me to smear under my nose at post mortems.
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