I was working on a blog a couple of weeks ago about CPR. I was just about done with it and when it came time to post it, a fellow journalist died. Tim Russert, NBC’s beloved anchor of “Meet the Press,” died of a heart attack at his Washington bureau. He was 58. I know hi...
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Orphaning
Tyler
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 at 03:35 PM
This article is a great testimony to the necessity of CPR/AED training within the greater population of laypeople. As well as pointing out the possibility of a broken part of an otherwise good system. A lot of people are afraid to perform CPR. There are five prominent fears that contribute to a laypersons hesitation to do basic life support. Only one of which I'll touch on for the purpose of this post and that is the fear of performing CPR wrong and hurting the victim. While the post is completely correct in the idea that any CPR is better than no CPR the hesitation of bystanders seems understandable. Most CPR certificates are good for 2 years. How many things can you do once every two years and still do with confidence under pressure? Drive a car? Dance? Save a life? Hmmm.. Fortunately an emerging way some of these barriers are being overcome is the use of e-learning or video based learning over the Internet. Some companies like www.procpr.org offer 100% online training of CPR and AED use and even the AHA and Red Cross have begun to offer primer videos online. The benefit of this method learning CPR is that these videos are offered (at no cost) 24/7 and offer chance for people to refresh. In addition many companies like the Red Cross and ProCPR.org may offer to send short weekly e-mail refreshers that people can watch simply by opening a e-mail. Perhaps having the information readily available and a little more recent will help people move to action. Any thoughts?
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CPR
Roseatta
Friday, July 18, 2008 at 02:07 PM
I totally agree with you about people knowing about how to do CPR. I remember when I didn't know how to do CPR. I didn't realize how important it was until I learned how to perform CPR. My father had a bad heart and has passed but I can remember not knowing what to do if something were to happen. I think that everyone should be made to take the course just to see how important it really is. It sure opened my eyes.
This article is a great testimony to the necessity of CPR/AED training within the greater population of laypeople. As well as pointing out the possibility of a broken part of an otherwise good system. A lot of people are afraid to perform CPR. There are five prominent fears that contribute to a laypersons hesitation to do basic life support. Only one of which I'll touch on for the purpose of this post and that is the fear of performing CPR wrong and hurting the victim. While the post is completely correct in the idea that any CPR is better than no CPR the hesitation of bystanders seems understandable. Most CPR certificates are good for 2 years. How many things can you do once every two years and still do with confidence under pressure? Drive a car? Dance? Save a life? Hmmm.. Fortunately an emerging way some of these barriers are being overcome is the use of e-learning or video based learning over the Internet. Some companies like www.procpr.org offer 100% online training of CPR and AED use and even the AHA and Red Cross have begun to offer primer videos online. The benefit of this method learning CPR is that these videos are offered (at no cost) 24/7 and offer chance for people to refresh. In addition many companies like the Red Cross and ProCPR.org may offer to send short weekly e-mail refreshers that people can watch simply by opening a e-mail. Perhaps having the information readily available and a little more recent will help people move to action. Any thoughts?