Quality Compressions Count

CPR Training is not overly difficult. Millions have taken it and untold numbers have performed it in heroic efforts to save someone suffering from a Sudden Cardiac Arrest or some other life-threatening injury. But truth be told the survival rate for an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is very low, and the few victims who do survive often suffer a degree of brain damage from the lack of blood flow and oxygen to their brain while awaiting professional help.

65% of the American adult population have taken a CPR class at some point in their lives with another 3.8 million taking a class each year, but only 18% of those millions are up to date with their certification. And of that 18%, how many retain the skills to actually perform in an emergency, and perform effectively?

We don’t provide CPR to have the victim come back to life, begin crying and reach out to hug us. That only happens in the movies. The goal of CPR is to oxygenate the blood (Rescue Breathing) then circulate that blood (Chest Compressions) to keep the brain cells alive until the arrival of EMS. I’ve done CPR dozens of times and only once did I see the victim begin breathing in front of me. The rest… I’ll never know. Either EMS arrived and they took over or I as an EMT delivered them to the ER and they took over. But the way I see it was my success rate was 100% because in every case I did my job – I kept the brain cells oxygenated and alive until EMS arrived or we delivered the patient to the hospital.

But in order to be successful, that Rescue Breathing and those Chest Compressions must be effective and productive to raise the odds of survival. That’s why a TotSaver class matters, and that’s why repeating that training as often as possible is so important.  Start with this class, TotSavers… Repeat it (at no charge – if you paid once, you’ve paid forever)… take another class elsewhere, then take another.  Hone your First Aid and CPR skills.  Quality counts.