Essential Safety Training and Consulting  (ESTC) was founded in 2000 to provide "essential" training to persons and companies who desire quality affordable training.  Our founder and primary instructor, Kent Courtney, has been a Paramedic for over twenty years and started in the Fire/EMS Service as a volunteer in 1984.  He teaches for several organizations including Northern Arizona Healthcare.  A few of the classes he has taught or continues to teach are:  CPR, First Aid, First Responder, EMT-B, EMT-I, Paramedic, ITLS, PHTLS, ACLS, PALS, OSHA, Emergency Driving, Vehicle Extrication, Rope Rescue, Wilderness Medicine, Wilderness Emergencies, Wilderness Survival, Fire Fighter I & II, and more.  As a private pilot, he has gained experience in navigation and emergency procedures.

Prior to entering the Fire/EMS/Educator business Kent was a Logger for seventeen years.  He logged all over northern Arizona and some of Western New Mexico.  During this time and since, he also worked all over Arizona and in  Montana and Wyoming as a Wild Land Fire Fighter.  His father retired from the Forest Service in 1965 and Kent grew up in the woods.  He is an avid hunter, fisherman, hiker, explorer, geocacher, and camper.  There are few places in Arizona that Kent has not explored.  He has been stranded in the wilderness, lost and injured and learned how to survive while treating the injuries encountered in a remote rugged environment. 

During his years as a Logger, he treated many injuries that would challenge any Medical Professional.  On December 13, 1983 a sixty-five foot tall  Pine Tree fell on him seriously injuring him.  He was in the hospital with multiple fractures, cuts, and injuries for a while. This was followed by several surgeries to repair the resulting damage.  At the time of the accident, there was snow on the ground, it was snowing, and his crew was working a few miles south of Flagstaff in the middle of the forest surrounded by nothing but snow and muddy, nearly impassable roads.  The lessons learned from this experience and other life lessons are included in our curriculum.  We offer exciting, enthusiastic and realistic training.

Our approach to training is simple and straightforward.  We believe that people who desire to learn should be accommodated.  We use a hands on approach and teach "real skills" that the student needs to perfect in order to provide quality health care, rescue or survival.  Our instructors have real life experience with the subjects being taught.

We believe we can save lives through education.  By teaching you the basics that must be taken care of  for every patient, showing you what NOT to do, and instilling confidence to enable you to intercede effectively on another persons' behalf, we join with you as a team member saving lives and reducing suffering.

We offer a money back guarantee for all of our programs. 

Satifaction guaranteed!    Kent Courtney