Choosing CPR Courses Guide

Choosing CPR Courses Guide for first timer or renewal of your CPR courses. Sometimes we forget or don’t know what specific CPR course that fit’s with our daily job. Some person’s make a mistake during the booking process. They book for a wrong CPR courses and purchase a wrong online course and ended up in rescheduling because they need to get the correct online course that fits with their needs. It’s a waste of time and money for the students.

Choosing CPR Courses Guide

Here’s a list of courses that First Support CPR and First Aid Training offers and who should take the course.

BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider – nurses, nursing students, doctors, physical therapists, EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, dentists (receive CE credits) or anyone in the medical or healthcare field.

First Aid, CPR AED and First Aid CPR AED – courses are for parents, nannies, babysitters (over 10 yrs old), coaches, personal trainers (ACE, ACSM), maritime personnel, foster care, social workers, camp counselors, construction workers, & office workers.

Pediatric First Aid CPR AED – course are for child care providers who need EMSA certification as part of Title 22/AB243. State law requires child care providers to take this course once every two years. EMSA license 0204-DC.

First Support CPR and First Aid Training is an official American Heart Association training center. Classes can also be provided on site for businesses and schools. For inquiries you can call us at ‪(408) 475-7724‬ or email info@firstsupportcpr.com 

Knowing CPR are Important at the beach

Knowing CPR are Important

This week’s “Keeping You Safe” goes to the beach, where safety officials discussed flotation devices and why it’s important to know CPR.

Grand Strand Medical Center shared an eye-opening statistic released in 2019 that showed where South Carolina stands when it comes to unintentional drownings,

“We were the state with the ninth highest rate for fatal unintentional drownings,” Chrissie Catlla, injury prevention and community outreach coordinator, said. “Anyone who is not very comfortable should be in a life jacket.”

Catlla said the safest flotation device is a U.S. approved Coast Guard life jacket.

“You’ll want to make sure that all of the buckles, the snaps, the zippers are appropriately on. Then you want to test it. You’ll want to pull up on the life jacket. If it doesn’t hit the chin or the ears, then it’s an appropriate fit,” she said.

Catlla said factors that influence drowning include:

  • Lack of swimming ability
  • Failure to wear life jacket/flotation device
  • Alcohol use
  • People not watching swimmers

Catlla, a registered nurse, also showed demonstrated how to administer CPR.

 

“If someone has drowned, the first thing you want to do is that you’re going to pull them to safety,” she said. “Once you get them out, you put them on their back, open their airway by lifting their chin.”

She said the lifesaver should then check the person’s pulse. If they’re not breathing, chest compressions should begin.

“You use two hands in the center of their chest and you pump their chest,” Catlla said.

It’s 100 compressions per minute, 30 times. Then, tilt the person’s chin backwards and give two breaths. CPR should continue until EMS arrives.

“If you’re going to be around open bodies of water, knowing CPR is one of the best ways we can help save lives,” Catlla said.

First Support CPR and First Aid Training offer CPR classes every Tuesday and Friday at 7:15 PM. You can also schedule a special class during weekdays with a minimum of 3 person’s and a maximum of 6 person’s per class. For more information, you can call us at ‪(408) 475-7724‬ or email us at info@firstsupportcpr.com

Modified Two-Rescuer CPR With a Two-Handed Mask-Face Seal Technique is Better than the Conventional Two-Rescuer CPR With a One-Handed Mask-Face Seal Technique

Bag-valve-mask (BVM)

Background

A Bag-valve-mask (BVM) ventilation using a two-handed mask–face seal has been shown to be better than the one-handed mask–face seal during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Objective

To compare CPR quality metrics during simulation-based two-rescuer CPR with a modified two-handed mask–face seal technique and two-rescuer CPR with the conventional one-handed mask–face seal technique.

Methods

Participants performed two-rescuer CPR on a simulation manikin and alternated between the modified and conventional CPR methods. For the modified method, the first rescuer performed chest compressions and thereafter squeezed the BVM resuscitator bag during the ventilatory pause, while the second rescuer created a two-handed mask–face seal. For the conventional method, the first rescuer performed chest compressions and the second rescuer thereafter delivered rescue breaths by creating a mask–face seal with one hand and squeezing the BVM resuscitator bag with the other hand.

Results

Among the 40 participants that were enrolled, the mean ± standard deviation (SD) delivered respiratory volume was significantly higher for the modified two-rescuer method (319.4 ± 71.4 mL vs. 190.2 ± 50.5 mL; p < 0.0001). There were no statistically significant differences between the two methods with regard to mean ± SD compression rate (117.05 ± 9.67 compressions/min vs. 118.08 ± 10.99 compressions/min; p = 0.477), compression depth (52.80 ± 5.57 mm vs. 52.77 ± 6.77 mm; p = 0.980), chest compression fraction (75.92% ± 2.14% vs. 76.57% ± 2.57%; p = 0.186), and ventilatory pause time (4.62 ± 0.64 s vs. 4.56 ± 0.43 s; p = 0.288).

Conclusions

With minor modifications to the conventional method of simulated two-rescuer CPR, rescuers can deliver significantly higher volumes of rescue breaths without compromising the quality of chest compressions.