Looking for an
overview of the changes to the AHA Guidelines for CPR and
ECC? Visit the special Guidelines issue of the
online Currents newsletter to view the summary of
changes
Currents Winter 2005-2006 Issue
PDF of the 2005-2006 Winter issue of the ECC free quarterly
newsletter, Currents.
This special edition of
Currents presents the new material most relevant to
instructors, compares it with the former guidelines, and
gives you the scientific reasoning behind the change in
compact and reader-friendly form.
The issue also includes links to the full
guidelines document with all the references as well as an
article on the evidence evaluation process, both available
to you free online.
Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in
adults. Most arrests occur in persons with underlying heart disease. CPR doubles
a person's chance of survival from sudden cardiac arrest. 75% of all
cardiac arrests happen in people's homes. The typical victim of cardiac arrest
is a man in his early 60's and a woman in her late 60's.
Cardiac arrest
occurs twice as frequently in men compared to women.
CPR was invented
in 1960 for health people experiencing an allergic reaction to
drugs
There has never
been a case of HIV transmitted by mouth-to-mouth CPR.
In sudden cardiac arrest the heart goes from a normal
heartbeat to a quivering rhythm called ventricular fibrillation (VF). This
happens in approximately 2/3rds of all cardiac arrests. VF is fatal unless an
electric shock, called defibrillation, can be given. CPR does not stop VF but
CPR extends the window of time in which defibrillation can be effective.
CPR provides a trickle of oxygenated blood to the brain and
heart and keeps these organs alive until defibrillation can shock the heart into
a normal rhythm.
If CPR is started within 4 minutes of collapse and
defibrillation provided within 10 minutes a person has a 40% chance of survival.
There is many different levels of CPR you can learn.
Adult CPR, child CPR, infant CPR, 2-man CPR, specialized CPR classes, etc. Whatever your needs, we can accommodate it.
Listed below are some classes
and costs to better help you decide what is best for you!
Classes are taught as needed. From
time-to-time, a class will be taught and advertised for the general public, so
if you require the training for work, home, or just for yourself, please contact
us for further information.
If you have several people within your workplace
that would like to to be certified, we can come to
you.
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