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Should I take a Standard or Emergency First Aid Course?

I want to learn first aid because a lot of jobs now a days want their future employees to have this mandatory. So in your opinion which one should I take? Is Emergency first aid to hard for a beginner like me or can anyone take it at any level? OR should i get standard before getting emergency? :S

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1. I would jump in with both feet and take the emergency first aid course. A lot of people know basic first aid. For the most part, standard first aid involves a lot of no-brainer skills. I can't tell you how many people I come across, though, who have basic first aid but have NO clue what to do in an emergency, and they end up doing the ill or injured person more harm than good. My vote is for the emergency first aid course (or if you really want to impress a future employer, a first responder course which you can take through the American Red Cross. Then you would be trained to do things like administer oxygen and assist us (EMS personnel) in childbirth).