Hi all,
Not a question as such. My employer has been offering CPR training over all our offices and I went on a session yesterday, this also included using a defibrillator. A fantastic skill to have and one I hope I never have to use. Would highly recommend it to everyone and doesn’t take long.
Post HA I suppose you have a different perspective on things and knowing a good friend was saved by a complete stranger doing CPR.
Thanks.
I had to perform CPR on my husband. The ambulance service talked me through it until the ambulance arrived. I like to think I saved his life that night. I only wished I had learnt before.
on the back of your post I found the below and will do my training first thing tomorrow. My 16 year old had training during secondary school - BHF and fire service - never had anything like that when I was at school many many moons ago. Just hope she paid attention in those lessons 😂
Thank you for the prompt.
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Your right. I did mine when I worked for the NHS all employees had to do it no matter what their role was. I'm a big believer in everyone capable should be taught CPR it's a skill we should be taught even in schools.
Hi I cannot agree more. I had a massive heart attack at work and if it wasn't for the quick thinking of a colleague who recognised what was happening and took action, I wouldn't be here now. She really did save my life and I will be forever grateful to her and the fact that she had learnt the skill when she was in a previous job role. Cannot say enough how vital these skills are
My children, who had trained to be life guards with the Royal Life Saving Society saved their father's life when he collapsed and his heart stopped. They were 14 and 18 years old at the time, and continued to do CPR for 20 minutes until the ambulance arrived. They were awarded the Russell medal for life saving, which is a Commonwealth award, by Prince Michael of Kent, who is the royal patron. This happened in June 2001 and he is still alive today having just received his 7th ICD CRT (we think its 7th but have lost track over the years).
It is good to do a first aid course I did one for work and then as a volunteer at church and were shown how to use a defribillator , at the start most people said they were scared to use one at the end of the session all confident. Never had to put it into practise but useful.
I learned First Aid many years ago to compliment my Complimentary Therapy practice and also because I believe every one should. I have used it at least a handful of times on public need and glad to.
I believe that CPR and basic First Aid training should be compulsory as you never know when you may need it, or may require it yourself. It is never too late to learn.
Applying it in real life is surreal though - one of those "is this really happening?" moments and I feel for those who have had to put it into practice.
My own experience was a 25 minute shared CPR session on a stranger whilst abord a Shinkansen (bullet train) somewhere in Northen Japan. I had no common language with the other person who was helping, other than CPR. The guy didn't make it (he was extremely frail), but I like to think we gave him a better chance than by not doing anything. 🙂
By doing the training, you have taken steps to save another human being and this is a wonderful thing to celebrate.
I had to perform CPR on my husband in March this year when he had a cardiac arrest at home . Thankfully during my working years in the health service and in schools I’d completed various first aid courses so I had a head start when the Emergency service operator started to talk me through CPR, knowing how and where to place my hands. I knew I was doing it properly when I felt a rib break!
I was told afterwards by the Paramedics that I’d kept him alive for nearly 20 minutes, until they arrived and took over. He had to be shocked five times. Although I wasn’t in the room I could hear it all happening and it was terrifying .
But he survived, and spent four weeks in hospital recovering until he was fitted with an ICD. We’ve recently returned from a trip to Egypt which had been top of his bucket list and was booked this time last year.
I can’t praise the Emergency operator enough for the way she kept me calm and her frequent reassurance that help was on the way.
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