First Responder Training Beyond What Red Cross Offers

[Inkslinger]

Yes. Substandard. Teaching potentially important skills to dilettantes.

If he wants to treat gunshot wounds in the field, he should become an EMT.

No, I don't carry a gun for a living but I'll bet I do more firearms training...pistol and carbine...than the VAST majority of cops. And I keep doing it. Two - four times per year. Carrying a gun, or treating sucking chest wounds, is serious business. I take both skill sets very seriously,

You’re right, they are both serious business. Apparently no one but you takes it seriously. Just realize this, the OP and probably much of the general public are more likely to encounter major trauma than you are to need to use a firearm in a life or death situation. I mean, I’m sure you as a medical professional know that things other than bullets can puncture someone’s chest. OP, check out the links and get training to be a better prepared individual. Hmac will only talk down to you and not offer anything of value to you because he’s a surgeon and you’re not.