#199521 - 04/02/10 08:02 PM
Re: Where would I look for a course on CPR
[Re: Eugene]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 09/15/05
Posts: 2485
Loc: California
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I'm sorry to hear about your child's accident. I wish her the best.
Another option, if you're interested in learning additional skills besides CPR might be a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)-type program. But check that child-infant CPR is part of the curriculum. It may or may not be. We only had adult CPR + AED training in my CERT-like program about a year ago.
If you work for a large employer, there may be regularly scheduled CPR classes--maybe even on-site--for employees whose job duties require it. You'd probably still have to pay, but it may be the most convenient option if you can do it at work.
CPR has become simpler than when you last took a class so I'd encourage you to persevere and follow through on getting some current training. The new protocol is easier to remember. Good luck!
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#199528 - 04/02/10 09:24 PM
Re: Where would I look for a course on CPR
[Re: Arney]
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Veteran
Registered: 09/01/05
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+1 on the CERT class and the Red Cross first aid/CPR courses. They really drill the basics and keep it very simple so you're more likely to remember in an emergency.
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#199529 - 04/02/10 09:29 PM
Re: Where would I look for a course on CPR
[Re: LED]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 09/01/07
Posts: 2432
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Places to ask about such training might include fire departments, red cross, county health department, hospitals, and YMCA. The YMCA because they often host the classes.
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#199548 - 04/03/10 02:23 AM
Re: Where would I look for a course on CPR
[Re: stargazer]
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 12/26/02
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I do have basic first aid kits in each vehicle, they just don't have a lot in them since I don't have the skills to use a lot. Thats part of my preps up to this point, small FAK in each vehicle, GHB in each vehicle. Small FAK in my bob and bike bags and a big FAK bought at a store that I keep in the camper in the gaarage so its handy there as well as the FAK stuff in the medicine cabinet at home. Park of my preps consists of going through and replacing old stuff, even a simple bandaid seems to turn old and yellow after sitting a couple years. I'll buy the big boxes of stuff as Sams club and distribute through all the FAK's. I'm going to hold on adding to any until I take the class then add in anything I was taught how and when to use.
Still trying to figure out why we have all fallen down these stairs too. Something to do with the carpet I guess, seems slippery at the tip of each step. I thought about ripping it up but I'm not sure what to replace with, wood flooring can be slippery too.
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#199572 - 04/03/10 02:26 PM
Re: Where would I look for a course on CPR
[Re: Lono]
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Registered: 03/19/10
Posts: 137
Loc: Oregon
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Local fire departments can offer CPR too. My preference is for a combined CPR and AED course, there are enough AEDs around these days, it is good to know how to apply them in a pinch, it sure helps survival rates.
And do keep up with the recertifications, while you can try to remember what you learned several years ago, if you don't use it regularly you will want the practice. I'm AED certified and I honestly and truly can't figure how someone could screw up using an AED, even if they have never seen one before.
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#199599 - 04/03/10 11:15 PM
Re: Where would I look for a course on CPR
[Re: MarkO]
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Registered: 09/01/05
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I agree, but a crisis is the worst time to learn how to use a potentially life saving tool, even one as simple (and loud) as an AED. IMO not much different from testing out your firestarting methods. Firesteel for example is a very simple concept, make sparks and you have fire. But if you're wet and cold and need to get a fire going pronto, it couldn't hurt to have practiced it a time or two.
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#199603 - 04/03/10 11:33 PM
Re: Where would I look for a course on CPR
[Re: LED]
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 12/26/02
Posts: 2995
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Are AED's common enough that I would ever have access to one, I've never seen or heard of one before, had to google to see what one was.
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#199604 - 04/03/10 11:36 PM
Re: Where would I look for a course on CPR
[Re: Eugene]
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Member
Registered: 03/19/10
Posts: 137
Loc: Oregon
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Are AED's common enough that I would ever have access to one, I've never seen or heard of one before, had to google to see what one was. I've seen them in malls, convention centers, on planes etc, etc.
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#199674 - 04/05/10 04:06 PM
Re: Where would I look for a course on CPR
[Re: MarkO]
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Registered: 03/03/09
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[quote=Lono]I'm AED certified and I honestly and truly can't figure how someone could screw up using an AED, even if they have never seen one before. Main point of the training is to try and convince people that they don't work on people that have had a heart attack - whatever you see on ER/Gresy anatomy/House ....
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