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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 5534646" data-attributes="member: 34175">Yes, I am a trained First-Responder and Wilderness First-Responder.The difference is in the wilderness you have greater latitude since you can't call 911 and hope the ambulance gets there in time.  1st Resp can take vitals, open an airway, bandage, splint, administer O2, CPR and Clearing an Airway.  But most importantly, dial 911  Also, they can assist EMTs or Paramedics in transport but ONLY under supervision and at the direction of professional response or medical personnel.Wilderness 1st Resp can - clear a spine, transport injured, brace and traction, administer O2, clear an airway, CPR, Bandage, Tourniquet (A last resort technique), vitals, create SOAP notes and assign/assist non-trained personnel in any of the above techniques.  Of course contacting 911 is a good idea, but is not necessarily practical or possible.  Yes, I can save your butt AND put it in a sling. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>