http://medicmadness.com/2010/02/teach-them-while-their-young/ Just another EMSBlogs.com site Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://medicmadness.com/2010/02/teach-them-while-their-young/#comment-485 Girasol2 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 01:57:00 +0000 http://www.medicmadness.com/?p=215#comment-485 hello, i loved your article. i teach for the red cross and my 8 yr old and my 6 yr old can both do CPR. in fact my 6 yr old loves to explain the steps to others, which he remembers very accurately. I am starting a program in my town this month to teach tweens CPR and first aid. I also teach an ARC babysitting class, and the teens in that really soak up this knowledge. hello, i loved your article. i teach for the red cross and my 8 yr old and my 6 yr old can both do CPR. in fact my 6 yr old loves to explain the steps to others, which he remembers very accurately. I am starting a program in my town this month to teach tweens CPR and first aid. I also teach an ARC babysitting class, and the teens in that really soak up this knowledge.

]]> http://medicmadness.com/2010/02/teach-them-while-their-young/#comment-58 Sean Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:51:16 +0000 http://www.medicmadness.com/?p=215#comment-58 Don't beat yourself up too soon. You made some very good points in your reply. While teaching CPR may be essential, public service announcements that teach "quick" CPR, or hands-free CPR would be great as well. Telephone CPR is certainly an asset as well. I have had many positive outcomes attributed to CPR that was initiated by the dispatcher. Don’t beat yourself up too soon. You made some very good points in your reply. While teaching CPR may be essential, public service announcements that teach “quick” CPR, or hands-free CPR would be great as well. Telephone CPR is certainly an asset as well. I have had many positive outcomes attributed to CPR that was initiated by the dispatcher.

]]> http://medicmadness.com/2010/02/teach-them-while-their-young/#comment-57 Timothy Clemans Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:12:31 +0000 http://www.medicmadness.com/?p=215#comment-57 I just wrote a <a href="post saying bystander CPR is the secret to a 50% survival rate. One thing I realized is that even though telephone CPR raised the bystander CPR rate into the 70s the survival rate only jumped two percentage points in a five year period. I can't believe I was so stupid to say the lay public shouldn't be taking CPR classes. I just wrote a <a href=”post saying bystander CPR is the secret to a 50% survival rate. One thing I realized is that even though telephone CPR raised the bystander CPR rate into the 70s the survival rate only jumped two percentage points in a five year period. I can't believe I was so stupid to say the lay public shouldn't be taking CPR classes.

]]> http://medicmadness.com/2010/02/teach-them-while-their-young/#comment-297 Timothy Clemans Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:12:00 +0000 http://www.medicmadness.com/?p=215#comment-297 I just wrote a <a href="post saying bystander CPR is the secret to a 50% survival rate. One thing I realized is that even though telephone CPR raised the bystander CPR rate into the 70s the survival rate only jumped two percentage points in a five year period. I can't believe I was so stupid to say the lay public shouldn't be taking CPR classes. I just wrote a <a href="post saying bystander CPR is the secret to a 50% survival rate. One thing I realized is that even though telephone CPR raised the bystander CPR rate into the 70s the survival rate only jumped two percentage points in a five year period. I can't believe I was so stupid to say the lay public shouldn't be taking CPR classes.

]]> http://medicmadness.com/2010/02/teach-them-while-their-young/#comment-56 Margaret Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:12:02 +0000 http://www.medicmadness.com/?p=215#comment-56 We taught CPR at Take your Child to Work Day. It was 2 years ago, but my son, now 8, still remembers it. I agree, every high school student should be taught how to use an AED, call 9-1-1, and do compressions. We taught CPR at Take your Child to Work Day. It was 2 years ago, but my son, now 8, still remembers it. I agree, every high school student should be taught how to use an AED, call 9-1-1, and do compressions.

]]> http://medicmadness.com/2010/02/teach-them-while-their-young/#comment-271 Margaret Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:12:00 +0000 http://www.medicmadness.com/?p=215#comment-271 We taught CPR at Take your Child to Work Day. It was 2 years ago, but my son, now 8, still remembers it. I agree, every high school student should be taught how to use an AED, call 9-1-1, and do compressions. We taught CPR at Take your Child to Work Day. It was 2 years ago, but my son, now 8, still remembers it. I agree, every high school student should be taught how to use an AED, call 9-1-1, and do compressions.

]]> http://medicmadness.com/2010/02/teach-them-while-their-young/#comment-55 Timothy Clemans Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:10:34 +0000 http://www.medicmadness.com/?p=215#comment-55 I got too focused on high schoolers not being around for most cardiac arrests. What I did not know is that in King County excluding Seattle from 1983 - 2000 over half of bystander CPR was initiated not by the dispatcher but by the bystander herself. Yes trained layperson CPR is better than CPR being coached over the phone. I got too focused on high schoolers not being around for most cardiac arrests. What I did not know is that in King County excluding Seattle from 1983 – 2000 over half of bystander CPR was initiated not by the dispatcher but by the bystander herself. Yes trained layperson CPR is better than CPR being coached over the phone.

]]> http://medicmadness.com/2010/02/teach-them-while-their-young/#comment-54 SeanEddy Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:30:52 +0000 http://www.medicmadness.com/?p=215#comment-54 Tim,So by your argument, a victim of cardiac arrest is better off having adispatcher try and teach cpr over the phone to a panicing bystander than tohave a trained bystander immediately start cpr?I agree that instructing people to do cpr over the phone is valuable. But Icertainly wouldn't prefer that over citizens that are trained and that haveactually practiced the skill. Tim,So by your argument, a victim of cardiac arrest is better off having adispatcher try and teach cpr over the phone to a panicing bystander than tohave a trained bystander immediately start cpr?I agree that instructing people to do cpr over the phone is valuable. But Icertainly wouldn't prefer that over citizens that are trained and that haveactually practiced the skill.

]]> http://medicmadness.com/2010/02/teach-them-while-their-young/#comment-53 Jeremiah Bush Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:23:41 +0000 http://www.medicmadness.com/?p=215#comment-53 I agree with you Sean, Kids absolutely should be taught to perform life saving interventions. And Tim, I would advocate that a BCLS and First Aid cert be required to graduate high school. I agree with you Sean, Kids absolutely should be taught to perform life saving interventions. And Tim, I would advocate that a BCLS and First Aid cert be required to graduate high school.

]]> http://medicmadness.com/2010/02/teach-them-while-their-young/#comment-270 Timothy Clemans Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:10:00 +0000 http://www.medicmadness.com/?p=215#comment-270 I got too focused on high schoolers not being around for most cardiac arrests. What I did not know is that in King County excluding Seattle from 1983 - 2000 over half of bystander CPR was initiated not by the dispatcher but by the bystander herself. Yes trained layperson CPR is better than CPR being coached over the phone. I got too focused on high schoolers not being around for most cardiac arrests. What I did not know is that in King County excluding Seattle from 1983 – 2000 over half of bystander CPR was initiated not by the dispatcher but by the bystander herself. Yes trained layperson CPR is better than CPR being coached over the phone.

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