Tuesday, May 31, 2011

First Aid Courses And CPR Baltimore

First Aid Courses And CPR Baltimore
By Shana Roach


When someone suddenly collapses, stops breathing and is unresponsive, you show react quickly and know exactly what to do. What is required is cardiopulmonary resuscitation, which is typically known as CPR Baltimore. This is done to try get the unresponsive person to breathe again and their heart to beat again.

First aid courses do not require any prior knowledge and anyone can sign up for one. The courses are taught all over the world. The CPR technique is quite simple to understand and follow and for this reason almost anyone can do it, not just medically trained individuals such as doctors, nurses and paramedics. You could do it too.

Anyone can learn to do CPR, and it is taught as a topic in a general first aid course. The technique is quite straight forward and follows a few simple steps which are easy to remember because they follow the first few letters of the alphabet. The technique differs when being performed on a baby, a child or an adult.

The first thing that should be done when somebody becomes unresponsive and stops breathing is to get someone nearby to call for help such as an ambulance. The letter A stands for airway. One should check that the airway is clear and their is nothing obstructing it.

B comes next and stands for breathing. Check whether the person is breathing, before proceeding to the letter C which stands for circulation, which is where the pulse needs to be checked to see if the heart is still beating.

After doing the quick ABC check and noting that CPR is required, start chest compressions. These should be performed at a rate of one hundred compressions per minute, but after thirty compressions, stop to provide two breaths of life. Before continuing, check to see if there is any response from the person. If there is no response, continue CPR until the person responds or an ambulance or other medically trained person arrives on the scene.

CPR is not the only thing you will learn in a first aid course. You will also learn what to do in other life threatening situations for example, when someone is choking. Knowing exactly what to do in crucial circumstances can save a person's life.

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