Perhaps it all started while watching the NBC television series Emergency! when I was a kid. I got into hiking and camping when I was 14, and I was always into being prepared for wilderness emergencies. I've been certified in First Aid and CPR more-or-less continuously since my teens. I was a hospital volunteer for a while, and even considered a career in emergency medicine at one point.


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