Learning to perform CPR and use an AED and learning First Aid techniques can be fun, common, and certainly not foreign to any workplace safety program. It is shown being done (and done incorrectly) on our favorite TV shows and movies. Everyone knows what CPR and First Aid is, even if they have no idea…
I wrote a First Aid article last week recapping the potential dangers of tipping over a cup of instant noodles and the burn damage they can cause especially to children. NPR did a piece on this that caught my attention in 2011 and since then, little has been done in the way of cup design,…
As a CPR class instructor, it’s important not only teach the American Heart Association material, the nuts and bolts if you will, but to encourage and empower students. It is important to make it real. It is important to remind students that saving a life can be, regardless of the stress of a real emergency,…
Hands only CPR. Compression only CPR. Demonstrated by Georgia CPR on CNN. If someone is out cold and not breathing, Compression only CPR can save their life. You don’t have to be CPR certified to do compression only CPR. Just start pushing on their chest hard and fast. Harder than you might think. CPR classes…