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j_s on May 15, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Please Learn to Code

Drifting off on your carefully-tagged tangent: Basic medical procedures like CPR, the Heimlich Maneuver, using an epipen, applying a tourniquet, etc. ?

objclxt on May 15, 2012 [–]

It was tagged in sarcasm, but to expand upon the dodgy analogy couldn't you argue that's just the medical equivalent of basic computer literacy?

j_s on May 15, 2012 | [–]

Well, CPR certification requires some effort but I certainly couldn't argue the others on the same footing.

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