by admin | Aug 17, 2012 | AED, CPR, research
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates Instead of a long blog post today, we drew you a picture. Print it out and stick it on your fridge if you like! There are lots of things you can see in our sudden cardiac arrest survival rates graphic, but here are a couple worth...
by admin | Jun 8, 2012 | AED, CPR, News, research
When your elderly neighbour collapses and has a cardiac arrest, you (should) know the drill: call EMS, start CPR & get an AED… faster is better. So does keeping an AED at home help? Read on….. “Should I have an AED at home?” It’s a...
by admin | Jun 5, 2012 | AED, CPR, research
All of our training courses currently include training for AED use. You get to see AED machines and to use an AED. It’s an important part of life saving… but the training only works if you can get one quickly, so do you know where your nearest AED is? Imagine…. You’re...
by admin | Mar 20, 2012 | AED, CPR, News
So you thought you were fit & healthy and that excused you from learning CPR? After all it’s just for kids (who choke on all kinds of stuff) and grannies, right? Well first of all, who do you think does the CPR on the child or the elder person? That’s you, that...
by admin | Dec 1, 2011 | AED, CPR
Can you defibrillate yourself? No, you can’t. Then again, of course you could. Let’s start with some limits: We’re only talking about Automatic External Defibrillators – these are they type your get to practice with when you come to class. What doctors do with...
by admin | Apr 28, 2011 | AED, CPR, News, research
The Chain of Survival is a way of helping First Aiders (that’s you, once you’ve taken your first aid training course) remember what to do and what needs to happen, in the correct order. In this chain, the more links you have in place, the better the...
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