CPR: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Every one should know how and when to administer CPR. When performed correctly, CPR can save someone's life by restoring breathing and circulation, until trained medical providers arrive to take over and give advanced life support. The letters CPR stand for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, a combination of rescue breathing (mouth-to-mouth resuscitation) and chest compressions.
If either an adult, child, or a new born baby isn't breathing or circulating blood adequately, then it maybe possible with CPR to restore circulation of oxygen-rich blood to the brain. Without oxygen, permanent brain damage can occur in less than 7-8 minutes.
About 75% of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the home. About 250,000 deaths occur within the first hour of the onset of symptoms. Every year, some 5% of the people who go into sudden cardiac arrest outside the hospital owe their survival to someone knowing the technique of CPR. If the number of people learning CPR increases, then the survival rate of people having heart attacks could be increased by 20%, which means that more than 50,000 more people could be saved.
That is the aim of this class. To teach the lay person the most recent advances in CPR, so that more people can be saved.
Theory of CPR
- Anatomy/ Physiology of the human body before and during CPR
- CPR Techniques
- Recognise the reasons for CPR, such as heart attacks, accidents, drowning, near drowning, poisoning, smoke inhalation and electrocution injuries, etc.
Practical CPR
- Anatomy and Physiology during CPR
- CPR practice on mannequins, adult and child
- Problem solving during CPR
- Safety during CPR
- Work with the AED machine
- Practical experience and test on CPR and the use of the AED machine
Medical experience
- No prior medical experience / lay persons
Certification
- DeVries International /American Heart Association, Representative
For more information contact Kevin M. James or fill in the brochure sheet.
