{"id":1116,"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2015-10-16T12:09:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:09:28","slug":"medical-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/medical-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"question\">\n<p class=\"Body\"> I am in the process of outfitting and taking classes in everything I can get my hands on (Safety at Sea, Mahina Expeditions, Coastal Navigation, Amateur Radio, Scuba, Celestial Nav, Diesel Maintenance &#038; Repair, Intro to Radar, and so on) and am curious to get your take on medical training and the need for it. Specifically, I am contemplating an EMT course which is 120 hours and not cheap, but it does cover quite a bit that is practical on the water and a lot of stuff that will never likely come up. That all said, in reading your encyclopedia, it did not seem that those who you feature were necessarily caught up in courses and certification. Some of the courses I have and am taking are not necessary to all departing, but where do you stand on the medical training issue?  <\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"> Thanks and I&#8217;ll see you out there! Mike <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"answer\">\n<p class=\"Body\">Hi Mike:<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"> I think the EMT training would be great if you have the time. The other courses sound interesting. But, I&#8217;d put the medical training, and meteorology at the top of the list. And don&#8217;t forget to leave enough time to practice your boat handling! <\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Good Luck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am in the process of outfitting and taking classes in everything I can get my hands on (Safety at <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/medical-training\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-talk","category-general-cruising-faqs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36184,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions\/36184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}