Most of that morning of classroom time was basic anatomy and a "patient assessment system", basically a process you can use to see how screwed up someone is.  We spent a fair amount of time talking about possible spinal/head injuries, and the limitations of what we can, as essentially unskilled people, accomplish in the field.  When to evacuate was a pretty strong focus.

The rest of the 12 hours of time was spent about 50/50 with classroom time and "scenarios".  The instructors (who were a SOLO certified EMT and an EMT from one of the local squads) would select 4 volunteers to be patients, then take them outside.  They'd describe to them the injuries they had and how they got them.  Then the rest of us would go out in teams to treat them, with instructor oversight.  The instructors made sure that the three of us were split up, so the kids wouldn't automagically defer to me.  

We treated airway obstruction, broken bones, bleeding, hypothermia, severe falls/spinal injury, shock, and a host of other things that could realistically happen outdoors.  Probably 10 different scenarios in all.  Oh, and a "mass casualty event" just for fun (I was the dead guy).  They were also realistic, in that the patients were crumpled with backpacks on, some were drunk/stoned, or didn't remember what happened to them.

I haven't had 1st aid training since I was in Boy Scouts, which was a long time ago.  mini-slices have never been trained.

The class was $135 each, so I dropped over $400 on this, not including travel, food, and lodging.  IMO, it was time and money well spent.  If you're into this kind of thing, I encourage you to look into one of these classes.  If you're from the region, PM me and I'll pass along the local company that put it on.  I'm reluctant to do so publicly only because they bent the rules in allowing my younger child to attend, and I don't want them to get into trouble...