Today CPR is one of the most accepted and standardized techniques used by emergency responders, and corporate onsite CPR training is offered in almost every major company and business in the United States. Though this has been the case for decades, there was a time when the technique was less accepted by the public and the medical community.
Like other medical breakthroughs, CPR was not discovered all at once. Instead it was slowly studied and refined until it became the standardized life-saving procedure that it is today. From its beginnings in the 1700s, cardiopulmonary resuscitation has continued to evolve as doctors have learned more about the human body, and now it is an extremely effective way to provide emergency medical response to a person suffering from sudden cardiac arrest.
The Beginning
The first mentions of the procedures that would one day become CPR appeared in the middle of 18th century. The Paris Academy of Science began to endorse mouth-to-mouth resuscitation for drowning victims in 1740.
Around the same time, the Society for the Recovery of Drowned Persons was organized. This organizations was founded in Amsterdam in response to the hundreds of citizens who died by drowning in the canals every year. Though not all of the society’s ideas were medically accurate or effective, some of their practices were very similar to how CPR is performed today. These practices would spread to other organizations that provided medical assistance to drowning victims, but it would still be some time before doctors and others studied these techniques in detail.
In the next 150 years, the medical community learned more about the human body and began to study resuscitation. Finally at the end of the nineteenth century two doctors, Dr. Friedrich Maass and Dr. George Crile, independently documented the medical use of chest compressions to resuscitate someone who had drowned. Dr. Maass performed and documented chest compressions, and Dr. Crile had similar success in 1903. From then on, medical organizations adopted chest compressions as a way to revive those who had drowned.
Mouth-to-Mouth CPR
Then in the 1950s, there was another breakthrough in cardiopulmonary resuscitation research. Dr. Peter Safar, Dr. James Elam, and Dr. Archer Gordon were able to prove that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation could provide adequate oxygen to the body and increase the chance of survival of a drowning victim. In 1956, they developed techniques that made mouth-to-mouth CPR more effective, and soon these practices were adopted by the U.S. military and emergency medical services.
In 1960, the American Heart Association started to teach physicians how to perform CPR. In the next decades, the practice became more and more accepted. The first large scale CPR training occurred in Seattle, Washington in 1972. Leonard Cobb led the training program called “Medic 2” which trained more than 100,000 people in the program’s first two years.
CPR in Businesses
Businesses also started providing corporate onsite CPR training, so employees could perform the technique during an emergency, and this became more and more common. Corporate onsite CPR training is now found in many of the world’s largest corporations and businesses. Not only does it help make offices safer, but it’s also a great team-building and leadership opportunity for organizations.
If you are interested in corporate onsite CPR training, there are many ways that you can provide training on a flexible schedule and give participants the chance to get certified in CPR. Our corporate onsite CPR training programs are designed to make CPR approachable and easy to learn, so that your staff will be able to use these techniques to save the lives of coworkers, family members, and anyone else who needs help.
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]]>CPR training in NJ will prepare you for many types of emergencies, but with any luck you’ll never find yourself in a situation where someone’s life is in danger. However, if that type of situation ever occurs, you’ll be prepared to quickly act, providing CPR and other emergency care to increase the victim’s chance of survival. After suffering sudden cardiac arrest, a person only has about an 8% chance of surviving before they make it to the hospital; however, immediate CPR can double the chance of survival and saves over 90,000 lives every year in the United States.
Though learning CPR is often a thankless task, those who are able to use it to save someone else’s life usually receive the gratitude of the person’s family and community. That gratitude is more than enough of a reward, but in New Jersey the American Heart Association actually gives an award to people who’ve used CPR to make the state a safer place. The New Jersey American Heartsaver Awards were given out on June 3rd and were awarded to 29 residents of New Jersey for their efforts to save people’s lives. Some of these individuals were recognized for individual acts of CPR and others were recognized for other efforts that advance CPR training in NJ.
Applying CPR Training and Other Knowledge to Save Lives
In addition to learning how to perform CPR specifically, CPR training in NJ also teaches individuals how to identify when someone needs emergency medical care and how to use an AED device to help people suffering from sudden cardiac arrest. These training programs provide participants with a lot of knowledge and skills that they can use in a number of different situations such as when someone has a heart attack, suffers an allergic reaction, almost drowns, is shocked with electricity, chokes, or suffocates.
One of the recipients of the award this year was Melanie Mercado, a resident of Union County who works as a registered nurse at RWJ University Hospital in Rahway. When she was going home from work one day, she saw someone lying in the middle of the street and realized they were the victim of a hit-and-run. Using her CPR training, Mercado told someone else to call 911 while she began performing CPR. She continued to provide CPR until the paramedics arrived and the woman would not have survived without her help and immediate action.
Providing CPR Skills and Training to More NJ Residents
Though the American Heart Association honors a lot of people who directly perform CPR to save another’s life, it also uses its awards to bring attention to people and organizations that provide CPR training in NJ and increase the number of trained and prepared citizens who can perform CPR. This year Joseph Przytula also received an award for his efforts to do just that.
After the state government passed legislation to provide CPR training in NJ public schools, Pryztula helped implement the program in Elizabeth Public Schools. As the supervisor of health, safety, and physical education, he makes sure that every student receives CPR and AED training before they graduate—more than 700 students every year. His fantastic efforts to expand CPR training have made his school, community, and state a much safer place for everyone who lives and works here.
For those interested in CPR training in NJ, there are many places across the state where this type of training is available. The more people that learn how to respond in emergencies, the safer everyone will be when emergencies happen. When a person performs immediate CPR and AED, they can triple the chance of the victim surviving the ordeal. If you are looking for CPR training in NJ, contact us today.
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Though CPR, which stands for cardio pulmonary resuscitation, has been around for a long time, many people don’t know exactly how it works, the science behind it, or how effective it is. This is too bad, because if the public better understood how important CPR is, more people would enroll in CPR training in NJ. Fortunately, more and more public schools are providing CPR training in NJ, and this is making all communities in the state safer. The number of corporations offering this training to employees is also increasing around New Jersey.
Though some people are turned off by the idea of having to perform CPR on total strangers, the truth is that most medical emergencies occur at home and at work. In addition to potentially saving the lives of strangers, CPR training in NJ can also help you save the lives of your family, friends, and others you care about. CPR training is most likely to save the life of someone you know and care about, and that’s why so many people are interested in learning how to safely perform it. Additionally, there are hands-only CPR techniques that can be learned that avoid mouth-to-mouth resuscitation for those who are squeamish about that type of technique.
CPR Saves Lives
Research conducted on CPR continues to show that CPR can potentially save a person’s life — about 92,000 lives every year. CPR can be an effective way to restore breathing and normal heart function, and it can increase a person’s chance of survival after
- sudden cardiac arrest
- heart attack
- choking
- suffocating
- almost drowning
- suffering an allergic reaction
- getting shocked with electricity
- overdosing on drugs
This isn’t to say that CPR will always save a person’s life. When a person requires CPR, their body is already under an extreme amount of stress, and the problems that caused their heart to stop may be too serious to repair with CPR. About 92% of people who experience sudden cardiac arrest do not survive before they arrive at the hospital; however, performing CPR immediately can double or triple that person’s chances to survive.
When a person stops breathing, every second counts. That’s why it’s so important that one of the first people who reach the victim can perform CPR without any hesitation. CPR training in NJ doesn’t just teach people how to perform CPR, which is relatively simple; it also provides each participant with the confidence they need to act decisively in an emergency situation.
Who Can Use CPR Training?
Everyone can benefit from learning how to perform CPR. It is not just something for lifeguards and medical professionals. Many businesses offer corporate onsite CPR training to their employees because it’s a great team-building exercise and increases the safety of every employee in the office. Most offices now have AED devices, which use electricity to restart the heart. During CPR training, employees can also learn how to use these devices which can save someone who’s in sudden cardiac arrest.
CPR training in NJ is also popular among private citizens who want to be able to perform CPR for their family members and friends. When there is an emergency, it is very important that someone nearby can perform CPR immediately before the medical professionals arrive.
If you have family members with heart problems, children with congenital defects, or just want to be prepared for an emergency, CPR training is right for you. We provide different types of training and certification to give you the tools you need to save someone’s life. Contact us for more information about our next session of CPR training in NJ.
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]]>Do you provide corporate onsite CPR training for your employees and coworkers? If not, you should think about looking into CPR training programs and seeing if it’s something that your employees would be interested in. CPR training is important and useful for everyone, no matter their age or profession. The skills were once limited to lifeguards and medical professionals, but now more and more people are learning how to perform CPR because of the great benefits that the training can provide. Here are some of the biggest benefits of corporate onsite CPR training. If you’re interested in providing training to your employees, contact us today.
- Giving Your Employees Confidence
The idea of being thrust in a situation where you have to save someone’s life is very intimidating for most people. Without an understanding of CPR and training, many people feel helpless in these situations, and even if these situations never occur, the fact that they don’t know how to act can make them less confident. After completing CPR training, your employees will feel more confident because they know that they could potentially save someone’s life during an emergency.
- Team-Building and Leadership
Whenever your team has to work together, learn something new, and take on a new task, it’s a great opportunity for team-building in the office. Office safety is a fantastic project that can bring together employees from different departments and parts of an office, allowing them to collaborate and work together. Corporate onsite CPR training and first aid training can be part of these types of projects, or can be a great way to kick off an office safety program.
- AED and First Aid Training
CPR programs do not focus solely on how to provide CPR. These programs can also teach your employees how to provide first aid and how to use an automated external defibrillator. This type of training will give your employees the skills to respond in any type of emergency situation in the workplace.
- Saving Lives at Work
Ultimately, you provide corporate onsite CPR training so that your employees can use it if there is ever an emergency. Immediate CPR and defibrillation can be the difference between someone living or dying, so it’s extremely important that someone nearby is trained and ready to help. Only about 10% of people who suffer sudden cardiac arrest are able to survive by the time they reach the hospital. Providing CPR and defibrillation correctly and right away can double or even triple a person’s chance of surviving.
- CPR for Families and Children
Not only will CPR training make the office safer, it will also make your employees’ homes much safer in the event of an emergency. Almost 90% of sudden cardiac arrests occur in the home, and with the proper training, your employees will be able to perform CPR on loved ones and family members. This type of training is especially important if family members have heart problems or if there are young children in the household. If a child has an issue, someone trained in CPR will know how to adjust the technique to make it more effective on a child.
These are just a few of the many benefits of corporate onsite CPR training. Your employees will be very grateful to you for providing corporate onsite CPR training, and the program will be very beneficial for your organization as well. Corporate onsite CPR training programs can be customized to include AED and first aid training, and they can be scheduled to be more convenient for a busy office with lots of deadlines. Contact us for more information.
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http://www.cprcpr.com/5-benefits-of-learning-cpr-in-san-jose/
]]>“I was completely unable to breathe,” she said. “I felt myself losing consciousness. The last thing I remember thinking was how ironic it would be to die from an asthma attack.”
That’s when it all went black and she fell to the floor.
Luckily her spouse, Kris Sanderson, was home at the time. She immediately grabbed the phone and dialed 911. At the Mountlake Terrace SNOCOM 911 dispatch center, the phone rang on trainee Angela Presley’s desk.
“Help, help, help!” came through the speaker. “She’s turning blue, what do I do?”
Although Presley had been on the job only eight weeks at SNOCOM — South Snohomish County’s emergency and public safety communication center — she and her trainer Stephanie Gamm knew just what to do: get the patient breathing and get oxygen to the brain immediately. And that meant talking Kris through administering CPR.
“Put her on her back,” Presley instructed. “Put your hands on her chest, keep your arms straight and press down as hard as you can. Now you’re going give her a series of chest compressions. Count with me: 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4…”
Thanks to Presley’s calm, persistent instruction, Kris had Paula breathing on her own when the emergency medical technicians arrived. They stabilized her, and rushed her to Swedish/Edmonds, where she spent the next two hours in the trauma center. Several days later she was released to resume the life that had almost been taken from her.
Today, just one month after that Aug. 8 phone call, Kris and Paula Sanderson visited the 911 center and met Angela Presley face-to-face for the first time. It was a tearful, emotional meeting.
“How do you thank someone who saved your life,” sobbed Paula.
“Having Angela on the other end of that phone was my lifeline,” said Kris. “It was like she was standing right there next to me and we were doing it together.”
One big thing the couple came away with is the value of CPR training.
“Everyone needs to know this,” said Kris. “When you stop breathing, you’ve got 30-60 seconds before brain cells start to die. There’s no time to sit and ponder. You need to keep a clear head and act immediately.”
Presley echoed this. “Every second counts,” she said. “The most important things are to start immediately, keep calm, focus, and call 911 to give your location.”
According to Presley it’s a common misconception that CPR is mostly administered to victims you don’t know. “Ninety percent of CPR resuscitations are administered in your home for someone you know, not a stranger on the street,” she said.
For the Sandersons, it’s been a life-changing experience.
“It’s really driven home how fragile life is,” said Paula. “Something like this makes you appreciate the things in life that are really important.”
– Story and photos by Larry Vogel
]]>FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — When children experience heart failure, they often need a transplant to replace their defected organ, but waiting can take time. Now, there’s a new device that helps the heart do its job — without stopping a kid from being a kid.
It doesn’t look like much, but a day out like this is big for 11-year-old Jacque Fair.
Last summer, Jacque and her mom found out she had heart failure and needed a transplant.
“It was a surprise,” Jacque told ABC30.
“I had to step out of the room to be honest with you. It was a little much to take,” Katrina Fair, Jacque’s mom, told ABC30.
While she waits for a transplant, Jacque wears the HeartWare device.
“They used to be bigger, bulkier, so only adults could receive them,” Mary Mehegan, RN, VAD Coordinator, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, told ABC30.
The pump is implanted in the heart and attaches to a battery pack outside the body. It takes blood out of the left ventricle and pumps it into the aorta — helping the heart function when it’s too weak to do so on its own.
The device is small enough to be used in kids and it is portable — so patients don’t have to stay in the hospital.
“It’s a beautiful thing to let a child go home while they’re still in heart failure,” Mehegan said.
Jacque says the device has given her freedom.
“If I didn’t have this, I’d probably be in the hospital, not allowed to do anything and taped up to the wall,” Jacque said.
She’s looking forward to her transplant, but says she’s happy she can still be a kid while she waits.
Patients have to be at least 65 pounds to receive the device. The HeartWare is a left ventricular assist device, commonly called an LVAD.
It’s been used in adults for years, but only recently in children. In fact, fewer than ten children’s hospitals in the nation have used these devices.
For more information, contact:
Jackie Ferman Manager, Media Relations St. Louis Children’s Hospital (314) 286-0304 slchmedia@bjc.org
The man collapsed at about 2pm on Saturday and had stopped breathing.
The on-duty officer performed CPR before a publically-available defibrillator was used to restore blood flow to his heart.
Rob Horton, community first responder manager with South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said: “Public access defibrillators are installed as an additional measure to supplement residents and visitors to the area.
“Just a few seconds could make all the difference when it comes to being able to potentially save someone’s life and the defibrillators can help deliver life saving care in an emergency.
“I am really pleased to see that the equipment has been used to help a member of the public and I wish them well in their recovery.”
The man was transferred to Weston General Hospital for treatment.
