A link, to one of the most beautifully written why-you-should posts I've ever seen.

[kyrielle]

solcita posted a link to a post by degeneratelyre about why First Aid and First Response is important, and why you should know first aid/CPR. It was delivered to a high school class, and I think it may be the best presentation I have ever seen of it for that level OR any other level. I bet it got through to a lot of them, as it seems to be getting through to a lot of other people. Makes me feel proud for having taken the full CPR/first aid class last month (including infant/child CPR) and guilty for not having kept current since high school until then. Either way, it's also just darned good writing/presentation, and worth a read.