Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
This course provides training and certification for
Adult CPR for the non-professional. The course includes:
- Checking the scene and summoning emergency
assistance,
- Recognize breathing and cardiac emergencies that
call for CPR,
- Perform CPR and care for breathing and cardiac
emergencies,
- Learn the signals of Heart Attack,
- Learn the "Cardiac Chain of Survival",
and
- Avoid bloodborne pathogen exposure (that is,
protecting yourself and the patient)
This course also includes Infant and Child CPR which
is designed for anyone who cares for children.
Participants will be provided with take-home information on injury
prevention and will learn how to:
- Use the Emergency Medical Service (EMS)
system effectively,
- Recognize and care for breathing and cardiac
emergencies in infants and children under 8 years old,
- Develop and emergency action plan, and
- Prevent and reduce hazards in the home and play
areas.
This course includes both modules (Adult and
Infant/Child CPR). The course combines a new video, life
demonstrations, hands-on practice, discussion, and lecture by a
professional instructor to engage every learning style. Through
this course you will know how to safely and effectively provide CPR to
anyone in need of this life-saving procedure.
This course is the "next step" from the
"Basic" course listed above. It is specifically designed
for those persons who are professional rescuers; that is, those who
serve with Emergency Medical Services, volunteer and paid Fire
Fighters, Police, etc. This course is not only
required to serve in professional rescue services, but it is important
because today's professional rescuers face a host of emerging issues and
challenges, such as infectious diseases, medical waste, and response to
terrorist attacks. Such challenges and threats to personal health
and safety must be met with increased levels of education and
training. This evolution is indicative of the increasingly
important role professional rescuers play in our communities. This
course focuses on elevating the skills and knowledge of professional
rescuers so that they may be prepared for the many emerging challenges
they may face when responding to an emergency. A special emphasis
has been placed on the growing availability of automated external
defibrillators (AEDs) and their expanding role in saving lives. According
to the American Heart Association, Each year, sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)
strikes about 220,000 Americans. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
(CPR) and early defibrillation are the most critical factors in
determining survival of SCA. Published studies indicate that
survival from ventricular fibrillation can exceed 70 percent if
defibrillation is administered within the first few minutes of SCA. The
broad deployment of AEDs among trained rescuers will help save more
lives at offices, shopping malls, stadiums, and other places where large
groups of people gather. Public access proponents estimate that
the broad deployment of AEDs among trained rescuers could prevent an
estimated 45,000 to 50,000 unnecessary deaths each year in the United
States. Professional rescuers who have the
knowledge and skills to perform CPR and to use an AED can save more
lives.1
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courses, please click on the link below. NOTE:
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1 Parts of the above
"Professional CPR" section relating to Heart Disease were from
the American Heart Association's, 2001 Heart and Stroke Statistical
Update. Dallas, Texas: American Heart Association,
2000. AND most of the section was taken from Preface
in CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, San Bruno, CA: The
American Red Cross, p. v |
