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The benefits of knowing how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and provide emergency first aid skills are never wasted.
In fact, you can never be sure whether a few hours spent learning the correct procedures and basic steps will help you save someone's life - including your own!
Your lifesaving actions might benefit a family member, a friend, a co-worker, perhaps a stranger - or even yourself.
Thus, the importance of being prepared and confident that you can act appropriately and calmly if an emergency situation arises should not be overlooked.
Plus...
Another worthy advantage of learning CPR and knowing first aid safety is being able to add these skills to your resume.
In fact, many 'customer service' conscious companies - such as hotels and airlines - now require job applicants to be certified in what is commonly regarded as BLS (Basic Life Support).
Supplementary first aid certification courses are meant for laypersons. Hence, they are not necessarily designed for professional Emergency Medical Technicians, even though the syllabuses of most international first aid courses follow the exact same protocols.
You can also learn the most important benefits of CPR training and first aid online. Nonetheless, this method of certification does not always meet the strictest of governmental legislation for workplace environments.
Here's the deal:
The main thrust of CPR and First Aid training courses is to develop the confidence and skills that can help you care for injured victims until the medical professionals (Emergency Medical Services) arrive.
For example, emergency response training is generally divided into two main sections. The first section deals with potentially life threatening situations, such as sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), serious bleeding wounds, and spinal injury management.
The next section is commonly regarded as secondary care 1st aid, which deals with essentially non-life threatening situations, such as minor injuries and illnesses.
Primary care training develops your skill in providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The technique combines chest compressions with rescue breaths delivered to a victim who is considered to be in cardiac arrest.
CPR is important because if cardiac arrest occurs, it usually means that the heart has stopped pumping blood but CPR can sustain a small amount of blood flow to the major organs, especially the heart and the brain.
Cardiac arrest is potentially fatal if it is not treated within minutes. Therefore, CPR is the basic fundamental of all medical training classes.
Put another way...
There is no greater emergency than a patient without a pulse which is why the technique may be used to extend the window of opportunity to restore the patient's heart beat.
But, CPR by itself rarely restarts the heart. The use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is critical for this purpose and AEDs are becoming much more available in areas of public mass such as airports, train stations, and sports stadiums.
Defibrillators are portable devices that apply sharp electrical shocks to the heart if beating becomes dangerously rapidly or chaotic.
The shocks can restore normal heart rhythms before the malfunctioning heart suffers sudden cardiac arrest, which is a seizure that can be fatal within minutes.
Pro Tip: AED safety training is now very affordable and a certification can usually be completed in two or three hours of tuition.
Basic First Aid is the immediate and temporary treatment of a victim of sudden illness or injury while waiting for the arrival of professional medical aid. Proper and early measures may be instrumental in ensuring a better and more rapid recovery.
Hence, basic first aid courses cover the avoidance of unnecessary movement and over-excitation of the victim to prevent further injury.
But wait - there's more:
The essentials of First Aid treatment also include the correct bandaging of a wound, the application of splints for fractures and dislocations, treatment of frostbite, fainting, venomous bites and stings, heat stroke, and skin burns.
Emergency First Response® has more than 56,000 trainers worldwide, backed by over 48 years of experience in the development and delivery of CPR and First Aid Training Courses.
The American based corporation is one of the fastest-growing CPR, AED and First Aid Training organisations having already gained widespread international acceptance in the industry.
Our courses in CPR are conveniently designed to meet your requirements whether you are an individual or a large corporation. Your study materials, emergency care at a glance card (pocket size), training manual, and realistic hands-on practice on a simulation mannequin are included in the lessons.
Personal identification cards are presented to each student upon successful completion of the course and then your international certification will be valid for two (2) years.
Contact our CPR Instructor Trainer for more information on the full range of CPR and First Aid training courses now available in Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya, and other selected provinces throughout the Kingdom of Thailand.