Why Take CPR?

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR), is a life-saving technique that helps maintain blood flow to the brain and heart in an emergency situation. Knowing CPR is a requirement for some professions such as lifeguard, child care provider, and health care assistant. Here are a few reasons why CPR training is so crucial. 

CPR training is important. It can save your life, your children’s lives, your parents' lives, or even a loved one or stranger’s life. Getting trained now has become easily accessible to anyone who wants it and is not difficult to complete. Simply learning the basics can be empowering, and it is a vital skill you will remember throughout your lifetime.

If you are ever in an emergency situation, the first step is to always call 911. But in some cases those few minutes spent waiting on a medical professional are precious. If you are certified in CPR, you will be able to confidently and effectively apply these skills to help aid the victim until the first responders arrive and can take over. Recent studies suggest that less than half of those who suffer from cardiac arrest receive any type of CPR assistance from a bystander. When these types of situations arise, the common response is that no bystander was certified in CPR or that there was an aspect of fear involved, causing those around to hesitate in administering these critical skills. Taking a CPR course will alleviate any fear you may have in administering proper CPR techniques should an emergency occur.

Not all emergency situations requiring CPR occur in the public space. About 85% of all cardiac arrests take place in the home. Spouses, children, and parents should consider taking  even the most basic certified CPR course in preparation of a situation arising. We all know children get into quite a bit of mischief and should your child ever become unresponsive due to that mischief you will feel confident in knowing there is something you can do until professional medical help arrives. This applies if your husband, father, wife, friend or mother appears unresponsive while in your home. Knowing proper CPR will give you the courage and assuredness you may need to take charge for swift, and potentially life-saving, action.

Some jobs have a requirement for being CPR certified. While many job descriptions do not call for potential employees to be certified in CPR, those certifications are certainly useful and valued in any workplace environment. Being certified in CPR may just be that thing to set your resume apart from the crowd and ultimately earn you an interview with a potential employer.

 Workplace Statistics - Survey among 2,000 employees in corporate offices, hospitality, education and industry/labor:

• 55 percent can’t get first aid or CPR and AED training from their employer.
• If training is available, it’s often either CPR or first aid, not both.
• Half of all US workers cannot locate an AED at work.
• In the hospitality industry, 66 percent of employees cannot locate an AED.