Turkeygirl Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Well tonight is recertification CPR for the Professional Rescuer. I can't wait until it's over, I don't why I dread it but I do. Maybe it is trying to remember all the numbers of breaths and chest compressions and how stuff differs when doing it on an infant or child. All this on a plastic dummy with one of your professors standing over you! Hopefully I'll never have to give anyone CPR... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Re: CPR... good luck Ruth, i dont have it, but i wouldnt mind getting it, just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Re: CPR... [ QUOTE ] Well tonight is recertification CPR for the Professional Rescuer. I can't wait until it's over, I don't why I dread it but I do. [/ QUOTE ] I know why... It's that wonderful smell and taste of rubbing alcohol when you put your mouth on recessa-annie Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted April 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Re: CPR... LOL @ Ranger! Maybe that's it but we have resuscitation masks to prevent disease transmission! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Re: CPR... When I was in the service I had to re-qualify every 6 months. When I was coaching, we had to re-qualify every year. I hated it. I never had to administer it, but when the adrenaline is flowing do you really think you're going to remember all the steps? Hopefully with enough practice, you will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanH Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Re: CPR... Ahh youll get it! Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Re: CPR... [ QUOTE ] Hopefully I'll never have to give anyone CPR... [/ QUOTE ] I hope you never have to either. I had to perform CPR on a guy a couple of years ago. I just pulled into the parking lot at work one morning and noticed a truck that had smashed into a light pole. The truck was still running and the guy was laid over inside. I opened the truck door, put the truck in park, turned the ignition off, and tried to revive the guy. He was unresponsive. I checked his pulse and nothing. I removed him from the truck and started CPR. Twice I got a faint pulse but no indication of improvement. By this time someone had called 911. I continued CPR until the ambulance got there. Let me tell you, I wasn't expecting something like that to happen that morning! Long story short, the guy ended up dieing and I felt really really bad about it. It was a tough day. Moral of the story: keep your certification up-to-date...you never know when you might need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newarcher Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Re: CPR... Yeah well just make sure you plant your lips between the correct set of cheeks! I am sure on this forum, you would get many offers for a human to practice on! New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Re: CPR... Good luck in class. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Re: CPR... Hope the class went well. CPR is good to know, one of those things you hope you never have to use, but when you do it was worth the training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Re: CPR... [ QUOTE ] When I was in the service I had to re-qualify every 6 months. When I was coaching, we had to re-qualify every year. I hated it. I never had to administer it, but when the adrenaline is flowing do you really think you're going to remember all the steps? Hopefully with enough practice, you will. [/ QUOTE ] Yes you will! I was an CPR instructor for 8 years with the American Red Cross. I had to teach at least two classes a year to keep my Instructor's Certification. I used to do CPR in my sleep! I could get somebody that was blue to pink in no time! Pink meaning good circulation with oxygen flowing through out the body! When I was running ambulance, I was on a lot of Cardiac arrests. Unfortunately, not many people survive this because the lack of care needed at that moment. If more people knew CPR, more people could make it! This was why I became an instructor, first aid is mostly common sense, but CPR needs a little more thinking. You will do fine, just read your book a little and you will find that it will all come back to you! Good luck! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Re: CPR... We have to get recert. on a yearly basis, The fire dept. discourages mouth to mouth due to transmitted diseases..... so we use a rebreather and pump the chest........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY911Bowhunter Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Re: CPR... I have CPR so many times it is astounding! One summer alone in Yonkers, my unit did 8 cardiac arrets in a 1 month period! (6 were "saves", 4 walked out of the hospital) When Garth Brooks was doing his concert in Central Park, I was in a 3rd floor apartment kitchen doing CPR on a 50 y/o lady. She was one who walked out of the hospital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reloader Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Re: CPR... CPR is an excelent skill to have. I got my CPR and advanced first aid Certification to be a climbing instructor. Then AED(Automatic External Defibrilator) certification while working in a psychiatric hospital. And just last year I did CERT training.(Comunity Emergency Response Team) Haven't used anything but minor first aid so far...hope it stays that way but always beter to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gfourhunter Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Re: CPR... where i work at. to be a lead man or superviser you need cpr training. i took cpr and my emt training both. man that emt training was rough. alot of tests but i passed. most people that took the tests didnt pass. i only used my emt skills 1 time and it was a bad one. one man lost his arm in a press. hope i never ever go through that again. not just for my part, but for the safty of others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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