Emergency Care Training
FIRST AID
First aid is a term used to describe the first care that an injured or severely ill person receives. First aid represents measures that can be taken to help those who cannot help themselves. First aid is not meant to take the place of skilled medical attention. Rather, it is designed as a way to stabilize and care for someone until definitive medical treatment can be found.
CPR and AED
Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving technique useful in many emergencies, including heart attack or near drowning, in which someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped.
CPR can keep oxygenated blood flowing to the brain and other vital organs until more definitive medical treatment can restore a normal heart rhythm.
When the heart stops, the absence of oxygenated blood can cause irreparable brain damage in only a few minutes. Death will occur within eight to 10 minutes. Time is critical when you're helping an unconscious person who isn't breathing.
BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS (BBP)
Bloodborne pathogens are agents of disease such as viruses which inhabit the blood or other body products. A disease which is caused by a bloodborne pathogen may be known as a bloodborne disease or illness. Because many bloodborne pathogens are extremely virulent and difficult to treat, it behooves anyone who may be potentially exposed to such agents to learn how to use appropriate precautions to protect themselves.
PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILATION (PAD)
What is Public Access Defibrillation and why is it important to ME?
Each day, hundreds of people die of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). This is when a person suffers a cardiac related incident that results in their heart stopping or becoming so ineffective that it no longer pumps blood through the body. This is arguably the most critical of all medical emergencies. The victim of SCA needs immediate medical attention. Every second counts. The noteworthy difference between this medical emergency and others is that often the victim's life is in the hands of friends, family or even more often bystanders rather than in the hands of EMTs, paramedics, nurses or doctors.
