Summer Travel Tips

[Mark Sedenquist]

Getting trained via the American Red Cross (or similar organization) in CPR/First Aid and AED.

I am a former certified Disaster Response Coordinator with the Red Cross, so I know something about the organization. I agree that ARC (American Red Cross) has some good classes, but I would not give an universal seal of approval. Knowledge about survival techniques/first aid, etc. is always a good thing, but there is no substitute for "just doing it." Unless folks are considering serious off-highway adventuring -- plain, common sense is a better match than any ARC training, in my view.

{Let's see that seems a little harsh. How about this: ARC classes provide excellent knowledge that one can use for one's own care. But I am not sure that qualifiying for the certification alone, is enough skills training when discussing desert survival techniques}.

Mark