I heard from Doc last night, the class is ON for Saturday the 26th!
OOOOOOPPPPS!!!!!first page of this thread says Saturday July 19????? I still have not received word on any of this.
Last year was the first brief exposure to the intraosseus infusion device, and this year it was a more significant part of the class. Did any of you stay after the class was over to play with the thing any more?
In the past, I've heard some minor critcisms of the shooting part of the class, but in each case it was from someone who missed the point
Frank, do you think it makes sense to have a different description of the class when Doc G teaches it solo to reflect the lower round count? Of course, ammunition requirements are always the maxium you'd expect. I know in Louis A's classes we never shoot close to what is specified, but that's okay.
there were a couple of guys who were pressuring Doc on an afternoon break to get them out of there asap, as they had "long drives." Maybe that was part of it, as well.
But here's what I don't understand - everyone there was a decent if not really good shooter. Sure, we could spend time shooting, but to what ends?
My goal was that everyone understood: clear the airway, stop the bleeding, needle the tension pneumothorax. And I believe that goal was realized!
I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've ever had this discussion, lol.
Maybe I just look at it different. If I'm going to a class I just bring "enough" ammo. And I don't count up what I shoot as opposed to what anyone said to bring. I really don't care about how much I shoot, I care about what I learn.
I guess I only have two complaints, and taking care of one might fix the other. They have already been mentioned.
I'd like less bone gun and more airway clearing.
I've always heard airway clearing was the #1 priority, and it's listed first in the handout. When he talked about the cannula as it was being passed around, I thought we were just getting a quick overview of everything and would come back to it sometime.
I didn't know that would be it for the cannula.
I honestly forgot about it with the other stuff we covered, so never thought to ask about it later.