This is a good point. The US Army increased it's level of first-aid training to soldiers during the 90s and the result is that during the GWOT the percentage of soldiers who die from battlefield injuries has dropped to the lowest of any conflict on record. Whether it's training on how to apply a tourniquet or how to initially treat a sucking chest wound (eg: being shot) the average soldier today has more medical training than a lot of WW2 combat medics had.
Bringing this back to the work place: it's far more likely that the average office worker will come across an opportunity to use medical/first aid training than whatever passes as active shooter training. Moreover, if I am working in an office where I know my coworkers have a general idea how to apply a chest dressing or stop bleeding and generally stabilize injuries until EMTs arrive I'll be more likely to charge an active shooter to try to end the threat knowing that even if I'm hit in the process my chances for survival are good.
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This is a good point. The US Army increased it's level of first-aid training to soldiers during the 90s and the result is that during the GWOT the percentage of soldiers who die from battlefield injuries has dropped to the lowest of any conflict on record. Whether it's training on how to apply a tourniquet or how to initially treat a sucking chest wound (eg: being shot) the average soldier today has more medical training than a lot of WW2 combat medics had.
Bringing this back to the work place: it's far more likely that the average office worker will come across an opportunity to use medical/first aid training than whatever passes as active shooter training. Moreover, if I am working in an office where I know my coworkers have a general idea how to apply a chest dressing or stop bleeding and generally stabilize injuries until EMTs arrive I'll be more likely to charge an active shooter to try to end the threat knowing that even if I'm hit in the process my chances for survival are good.