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- From: David Baquis <baquis@ACCESS-BOARD.GOV>
- To: 'Mounted search and rescue' <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: RE: [MSAR] W-EMT
- Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 20:37:18 -0400
Thanks Hal,
No I am not an EMT. They provide basic EMT training and go beyond that to
customize it for rural/wilderness situations. That is why it is a long
4-week residential course. They have a separate and less expensive option
for people who are currently EMTs.
A similar set of options is available through this school as well:
http://www.soloschools.com/wemt.html They have a comparable course for
$2,445. Both schools prepare students to take a National Registry exam for
EMTs.
I was referred to these schools via this professional site:
http://www.wemsi.org/ Lots of links on that site, including some related to
SAR.
David B
-----Original Message-----
From: Hal Sikes [mailto:halsikes@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 8:24 PM
To: Mounted search and rescue
Subject: Re: [MSAR] W-EMT
You Wrote:
I was thinking of taking this Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician
training and wonder if anyone has any experience or comments with this kind
of certification or this particular organization. It is a one-month program
in Maine and the $2,600 includes room and board.
David from DC
David - Since you specified WEMT, I'm assuming you're already EMT certified
- if not, WMA also offers the Wilderness First Responder Course. I took my
original course in 1994 and have NEVER regretted a minute of the time or
expense involved. I guess the biggest endorsement I can relate is what my
WEMT-P instructor told me when I asked about the difference between EMT and
WFR - his reply was: As an instructor for Paramedics, EMT's and Wilderness
Responders, I can only say if I were injured and saw my best EMT coming from
one direction and ANYONE from my Wilderness Courses coming from another
direction, I would PRAY that the WFR got to me first" - at which point a
working Fire Department Paramedic that had also taken the course stated:
"Why the hell didn't they teach us this stuff in Paramedics School!"
Wilderness Medical Associates and their programs are absolutely First Class
in every respect and I have been thankful for that on many occasions since
1994.
Hal Sikes
San Diego, CA
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[MSAR] W-EMT,
David Baquis, 05/02/2005
- Re: [MSAR] W-EMT, Hal Sikes, 05/02/2005
- Re: [MSAR] W-EMT, Tm' Fi, 05/03/2005
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: [MSAR] W-EMT, David Baquis, 05/02/2005
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Re: [MSAR] W-EMT,
Edususan, 05/02/2005
- Re: [MSAR] W-EMT, Una Smith, 05/08/2005
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