In light (blatantly bright light, supernova level brightness, biblical...really.) of the giant (blatantly huge giant, supernova level giant, biblical...really.) fail of the Quebec healthcare system, should we begin giving all high-school students at least one year of nursing class?
Consider a future, not too far, let's say 7-8 years, where all graduating high-school students would have a minimum of one year/course training as a nurse, everyone, male and female.
Imagine being at home when a family member gets burned/cut/bumped/sick/etc. and you have this nurse training, a training that would allow you to determine if they need stitches or not, if they need special care or antibiotics or not.
A course that would allow you to determine if your vomiting is caused by food poisoning, indigestion, gastro or Malaria. Perhaps with a little help from your friend Google.
A class that would teach you to make a bandage properly, perhaps set a dislocated shoulder, perform the Heimlich maneuver, determine if your old pop is having a heart attack, a blood cloth or a simple indigestion or a classic migraine.
Training to help you determine if your toddler is pushing a fever because she has the Measles or if she is simply teething.
Consider the savings in the healthcare system in nurse time, bandages (which we would have to pay ourselves at the drug store, perhaps 8$/bandage versus the usual 16$ charged by the bandage company to our hospitals), time and money.
Time and money.
In retrospect why aren't we doing this already?
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