Sunday, July 12, 2015

Importance Of CPR Certification Courses

By Jana Serrano


Cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR as most people refer to it is a life saving technique used in emergency situation whereby one is not breathing or their heartbeats have ceased. These are situations such as drowning, heart attacks and many other emergencies that require instant life saving. In this regard, CPR certification courses come in handy as one gets to be equipped with these skills and can be useful in cases of such emergencies.

Emergencies on the other hand can never be anticipated and only come when they are not expected with then put one in a compromising situation especially if one had not made an effort in putting in place measures to handle such emergencies. For instance, preparation for handling fires can be done by installing fire extinguishers in case there is a fire incidence.

Same preparations ought to be done when it comes to CPR as it is a skillful technique that equips one with skills that can be very handy in saving a life. Its not hard to take the class but when one does its important to pay attention to learning how every technique done as they are to be applied in a life-death situation and if done wrongly one might die or develop more complications.

Nowadays, sitting through 6 or more hours classes is no longer the only option for getting certified for this course as the internet has brought the availability of online certification that is easier and more convenient. This gives people the freedom to take the course in the comfort of their homes and at their convenient time which has made it easier for more people to take up the course.

There is the option of getting this training via corporate programs whereby organizations equip their employees with these skills as they never know when they come in handy. In regards to time and a little on the finances, this offers conveniences as the time spent is that of the company and one does not have to spare time to do this or their money to pay for the classes.

Taking this course however does not mean that one is a nurse, it only means that one can attend to a person in an emergency before calling the medical practitioners to take over which is somewhat a way of buying sometime before the professionals get to the scene of emergency. This may not be much but at least it keeps one from stop breathing which is something even the doctors cannot do once they are past this.

Some of the taught techniques are how to do chest compressions, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, checking pulses and determining if ones heart is beating normally. Timing is important when bring a victim back to life as for instance, one should give 2 mouth-to-mouth blows after every 30 pumps. One also needs to know the right place to pump, how to place your hands, and basically just the overall procedure.

With the rate at which people are picking up illnesses due to their lifestyles such as diabetes, stroke or cardiac complications, there is the need for more people to enroll in these classes and acquire these skills as they are handy, and the huge numbers of people who are likely to have emergencies anytime, this number should be compensated by those who are to offer help to save the day.




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