It seems more like a job requirement but I feel like it’s quite important to me that whoever I date knows first aid.
I imagine someone who hasn’t taken a first aid course is still aware of things frequently depicted in movies and TV like how to assist a choking adult or CPR but I feel like it still leaves out a lot.
I can’t really recall a lot of media depicting how to treat burns or how to perform first aid on children, cats, and dogs for example so I’m not sure if that would be absorbed to the same degree by cultural osmosis.
Edit: What I meant by my question was if you found out someone you were interested in didn’t know first aid and didn’t express an interest in it if you’d view it as a negative.
It doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t date them.
I’m more curious about how important of a factor it would be to people.
I’m not sure why this is being down voted. Do people not care for these kind of questions and want me to delete it?
Of all the things I would consider, this would be waaaaay down the list, probably between ‘can they spell phlegm?’ and ‘can they tell the difference between different breeds of goat?’
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If you aren’t drinking Oberhasli milk you aren’t for me.
Nope. It’d be a great opportunity to teach them it! 😃
“By playing doctor”
If it’s so important to you, you should put that in your tinder’s bio.
“You need to know how to assist with choking.”
Would you think less of a potential partner if they didn’t know how to chew properly?
Medical problems can cause people to choke or otherwise have difficulty swallowing (dysphagia).
Only helpful for certain types of dysphagia, but yes, very helpful for many.
I was commenting mostly because people are equating choking with being a toddler and not knowing how to chew, which is completely oblivious to the fact that many people have medical reasons that these might occur.
I’m not in the habit of dating toddlers
(pssssst, there is an implication of sexy times choking)
Would you think less of a potential partner if they had momentarily lapsed in their reading comprehension?
Nope. But I would get to know how they feel about me discretely explaining jokes they miss so that they can enjoy them too.
“Must chew with mouth closed” would be another odd one for a Tinder bio
In my country, it’s pretty much mandatory to take a first-aid course, so hard to conceptualize that, but I do find it attractive when someone’s active in the Red Cross or a volunteer fire department, or heck, actually works in the medical field.
Other than the basics NO.
The exception would be if you are into a lot of outdoor adventure / climbing / mountain biking / hiking where it will just be the two of you on an adventure. Then it is critical.
If most of your life is in a uban setting it isn’t a common or critical skill I would expect.
This is a good reminder for me to find a first aid class.
I wanna be sexy…
Maybe it might be skillful, but I wouldn’t hold it against them personally. They could probably find a bajillion things to hold against me by the same logic, with only my skill in a music instrument being able to serve as an exception based on the technicality it’s not an instrument to some people. The second athletic one I mention was almost even an Achilles Heel once during a relationship. So I wouldn’t sympathize with judging first aid skills.
Eh, I can think of some context dependencies. I don’t have a blanket expectation for first aid knowledge.
For example, I like backpacking. I go on several multi-day trips per year. I don’t necessarily need a partner to like backpacking too; I’m fine enjoying my hobby myself or with friends. But if they do like backpacking and haven’t done the work of learning an appropriate level of first aid, I will absolutely judge them negatively. People should not go wandering into the backcountry, away from people and cell service, with absolutely no idea how to take care of themselves.
Someone who never has a need to get far from medical experts? Much more understandable to me if they don’t prioritize learning first aid.
Basically, don’t be a reckless dumbass.
To me it’s more about helping each other out when accidents or something generally unexpected happens.
Having a stroke doesn’t require reckless behaviour.
Well, I would certainly expect any adult human, not just one I’m in a relationship with, to call for medical aid if they see someone having a stroke. That’s basically what first aid for a stroke is; get medical help. I don’t think that requires any special training, just not being an asshole.
So expanding upon relationship expectations then: don’t be a reckless dumbass and don’t be an asshole.
With the example of a stroke I’d say recognizing the signs of a stroke is part of first aid.
I guess that’s basic grade school Health class stuff where I’m from and I don’t consider it “first aid training”. So I expect someone to have paid attention in school when they talked about life critical things? Radio, internet, school, TV, so many things blast FAST at the public.
Which still falls under “not a reckless dumbass and not an asshole”.
I mean if that is your relationahip requirement just throw it out there upon connecting, but also just because somebody knows FirstAid does nit mean they will save you, you also need to find out if they can be level headed when it is an emergency situation with a partner. If they panic because it is you in trouble they may be useless.
A level head is definitely an asset but I feel like having some familiarity with the situation can help.
Even if they don’t feel capable of doing anything themselves it should help them identify symptoms of a medical emergency or relay relevant information to medical professionals.
Hey can you give me some starter pointers? I’m going on a bike trip and will also hike in nature and don’t have any first aid training.
