Turkeygirl Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 certified in any type of first aid/ cpr training stuff? Tonight I had class 1 of 2 classes for CPR/AED for the Prof. Rescuer tonight. The Red Cross changes some things so tonight was a review/practice session and next week will be practice/test session. Oh the fun times...one change is instead of doing abdominal thrusts on a conscious choking person, you now do 5 back blows and then 5 Abd. thrusts....way to funny when you practice on a partner,lol. Another thing is for CPR instead of 15 chest compressions, it's 30:eek: Geesh....and they took out the so many cycles then check for breathing and pulse. After the initial assessment and pulse check, you just keep giving chest compressions for CPR:eek: There were a couple times that when I stood up, I was al ittle light headed, boy oh boy...have to get in shape for this stuff:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntnMa Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 its been awhile(1 yr.).....the last time i took it , i remember it was changed to 15/2 , then a few weeks later they changed it again.......they said it turns out that the compressions are needed more than the breaths... its really good that folks now how to react, proud of ya ....i'm sure you'll do fine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Yeah, I need to renew my CPR/AED by the end of July. They said there would be some changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterDWL Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Just took mine for work a couple weeks ago along with a 10 hour compent person class. OSHA came down hard on my company so its having us take these classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrswtnhunt Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 I am a certified instructor in CPR/AED for the American Red Cross. It was a 2 day class. There have been alot of changes in the last 2 years. The reason for the changes is so that all rescuers, no matter who, will do the same. For example, If we were walking in the mall and I was certified by the Red Cross and you were certified by the American Heart Association we would both be doing the same procedure (compressions to breaths). I think it was a wonderful idea to get the two to be the same. That way there is no confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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