Thinking of buying an AED? Not sure if you need to replace your existing AED? If you are thinking about purchasing a new AED, or curious if you’re old AED needs to be replaced, you’re probably scratching your head trying to figure out which AED is best for you. Relax, we wrote this article to […]
911 Dispatcher Saves Life With Over The Phone CPR CHESAPEAKE, Va. – A local woman credits her husband’s second chance to the professionalism and care of a 911 dispatcher. On March 30, Vicki Umplett called 911 after her husband Hank stopped breathing. Michelle Merrill answered the call. “She was upset and I tried to reassure […]
Sarah Stephenson was attending a a conference when she observed a woman nearby having a seizure in her chair. “She was kind of just sitting there with her head back, so nothing really looked out of the norm,” said Stephenson. “You always want to check out things first before going over to a situation because […]
* 900 Americans die every day from Sudden Cardiac Arrest * 95% of victims die before reaching a hospital * 4 minutes – Brain death starts to occur within 4 minutes (The average response time of EMS is 8 minutes) CPR/First Aid – Corporate and Group Classes UniFirst First Aid + Safety offers weekly CPR […]
Do we really need CPR Training? Here are 3 real reasons why CPR Training is one of the most important training classes you can ever have… #1. 900 Americans die every day from Sudden Cardiac Arrest #2. 95% of victims die before reaching a hospital #3. Four minutes – Brain death starts to occur within […]
3 Tips to Pick the Best AED Julie Preiss – UniFirst First Aid + Safety First Aid & Safety (Certified AHA/MEDIC/ASHI Instructor) Thinking of buying an AED? Not sure if you need to replace your existing AED? If you are thinking about purchasing a new AED, or curious if you’re old AED needs to be […]
It’s the second time in three years that an AED was used at the Piney Orchard Ice Arena to save a hockey players life. On March 28, a player in the locker room went into sudden cardiac arrest. Players as well as an off-duty Paramedic began CPR and utilized and AED to deliver shocks to […]
F-Train conductor, Kevin Bartsch was on a southbound train when passengers alerted him to an unconscious man. “I found this gentleman slumped over on the bench, people were saying he’s dead,” Bartsch, 50, recalled. “I noticed his lips were blue. I checked for a carotid pulse. He did not have one.” Bartsch performed CPR on […]
Do we really need CPR Training? Here are some statistics we feel make a pretty compelling case to get trained in CPR * 900 Americans die every day from Sudden Cardiac Arrest * 95% of victims die before reaching a hospital * 4 minutes – Brain death starts to occur within 4 minutes You can […]
Why the big deal about CPR? Here are fours big reasons CPR is so important. 1. SCA (Sudden Cardiac Arrest) is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. 2. Approximately 356,000 people of all ages experience SCA each year 3. 9 out of 10 victims die 4. Effective bystanders intervention can triple survival […]
