Sometimes CPR must be performed in one’s underwear, but for one Spanish police woman, hot models in lingerie is just plain sexist. Fortnight Lingerie, a Canadian underwear firm created a racy, tongue-in-cheek “Super-Sexy CPR” training video that, so far, hasn’t met with any complaints, until recently. The medical training staff chose the video because of […]
We don’t need statistics to know that CPR saves lives. And the earlier CPR is initiated on a victim, the greater the chance of survival. According to the American Heart Association, one-hundred-thousand to two-hundred-thousand children and adults, and countless squirrels, could be saved annually if CPR was performed early enough. Furthermore, more women than men […]
If you saw a squirrel at the bottom of the pool, would you attempt to resuscitate it? Most people would probably say no. But Rick Gruber was not about to let a squirrel die when he knew how to perform CPR. He was out to make routine repairs and maintenance when he spotted a squirrel […]
Even if you don’t need to get CPR or First Aid certified for work, it’s such an important skill to learn for many other reasons. The biggest threats to our loved ones are heart attacks and accidents, responsible for taking a life every 34 seconds. Did you know that a person can survive for four […]
Although it is rare for CPR to be administered in high schools and elementary schools, it does happen. In fact, it happens enough for the American Heart Association to make a push for a bill that would require those who worked at a school and eve those attending to be required to receive instruction on […]
Thanks to the work of the American Heart Association, this week has been named CPR Awareness Week? So, what’s the purpose of highlighting CPR this week? Plenty! The American Heart Association is using this week to highlight the importance of knowing and learning CPR, but also teaching people how to use an automatic external defibrillator. […]
Since it’s summertime, we thought we’d make sure to give you a refresher on water safety and how injury and fatalities can be prevented from vigilance and the correct administration of life-saving CPR. We’ve already addressed how to identify a drowning victim, so we’ll spend this blog talking about something called “secondary drowning.” Although very […]
