Why You Should Consider CPR Class

By SureFire CPR | Published: April 16, 2013

There are many reasons you should consider CPR class to help you get ahead in your line of work. SureFire CPR is a leader in this industry. If you haven’t already gotten certified then you’ll want to take a close look at companies that offer ACLS, and what they can offer you. It doesn’t matter if you want to be a life guard or run a day care, having knowledge in CPR can become useful in all sorts of situations.

CPR is Important to Get Ahead in Your Line of Work

CPR is Important to Get Ahead in Your Line of Work

Choking Situations

Taking ACLS classes in Orange County not only help you learn CPR it will also help you if you run across an adult or a child choking. You never know when an emergency situation might arise and being prepared can save a life.  In addition to choking hazards you’ll learn about different cardiac problems and how to handle them.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training

Understanding what to do in the first moments of a cardiac arrest can save a person’s life. If you haven’t started looking for a good school it’s a good time to start the search. Once you have discovered the appropriate training stage you can begin your classes. Read More »

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CPR On Your Friends

By SureFire CPR | Published: April 13, 2013

Say you went out to dinner with a friend one evening. You are sitting at nicely set table, in a quiet dining room, enjoying a piece of rare steak. After a sip of red wine, you look up to find that your friend is having a heart attack. What do you do? Do you jump up and yell for someone to call 911? Or do you push yourself out of your chair, running to the other side of the table and administer CPR on your friends chest, after which the paramedics get to the restaurant and safely transport your friend to the hospital where they receive the aftercare they need, but you are the one who ultimately saved their life? Are you ready to perform CPR on your friends?

 

It is as simple has becoming certified in CPR, that you can save a friend, family member or even a stranger. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training is not just for medical professionals anymore. The average person can be equipped the knowledge and techniques needed to assist in saving someone’s life. Classes are provided to train people on CPR and the situations in which these procedures can be used to help someone who is experiencing a heart attack; someone is having a stroke; or someone who has stopped breathing due to unknown circumstances at that time.

 

Do not believe for one minute that you cannot help someone in need if the time came. Get certified. Your friends will thank you.

 

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Tips for Hiring Medical Staff

By SureFire CPR | Published: April 11, 2013

If you are responsible for hiring staff in a doctor’s office, you might be overwhelmed by the response to your classified ad. Understandably, you want to hire the best person for the position. Here are a few tips to help you with the selection process.

 

Experience. If your office atmosphere is busy and hectic, you might lean toward applicants with ample experience. This can reduce the length of training, wherein the person can quickly jump in and begin completing assignments.

 

Verify references. Even if you need to fill a position quickly, do not hire a new staff member without verifying his or her references or former employment. When desperate for work, some people will make up references and exaggerate their experience.

 

Choose an applicant with additional training. Some job applicants broaden their skills by taking advanced cardiac life support training courses and obtaining other certifications. These applicants are an asset to your office because they have the skills to assist in a medical emergency.

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Save a Patient from a Heart Attack

By SureFire CPR | Published: April 10, 2013

Some people work in medical facilities for years and never encounter a life or death situation. However, these situations can happen at any time. And if you’re not prepared, a patient can die.

 

Advanced cardiac life support training can provide the training and skills you need to address these types of situations. You don’t have to be an EMT or doctor to assist in medical emergencies. And if you’re the only person around when a patient experiences cardiac arrest, your sudden action can impact whether he recovers or dies.

 

Knowing how to respond in emergency cardiac situations can keep the patient alive until doctors respond or an ambulance arrives. Every second counts. The more attention a victim receives, the better.

 

Do you have the skills to save a life? Regardless of your role in a hospital or a medical facility, advanced cardiac life support training can prove beneficial. These classes are regularly conducted in Orange County. Sign up today and join an upcoming class, or contact us to discuss scheduling a group class at your home or office.

 

SureFire CPR believes in the importance of being prepared to handle various emergencies. For more information on ACLS certification, visit www.surefirecpr.com.

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The Lifeguard’s Edge

By SureFire CPR | Published: April 7, 2013

The sun. Perfect temperatures. The sand. The beach. Pools. In southern California, where the weather is wonderful a majority of the year and where many beautiful beaches are, a sought-after job is lifeguarding. Who wouldn’t want to spend their days in the sun, either looking out at the ocean or a refreshing pool?

 

One of the requirements for lifeguards in addition to many other tests, is that they are CPR certified. They must be able to know how to resuscitate a victim who has come close to drowning or been involved in a different kind of emergency. However, since so many people are competing for lifeguarding jobs in SoCal, taking a step beyond CPR classes could give you the edge to get that job you have been dreaming of.

 

ACLS, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, classes are offered in Orange County that can give lifeguards more preparation for an emergency on the job. ACLS classes will enhance CPR skills in the treatment of cardiac arrest or other cardiopulmonary emergencies. There are many kinds of emergencies that can happen on the beach or poolside, and the more prepared lifeguards can be to respond to these emergencies, the better for everyone. Plus, the one-day certifications make it faster to complete and get on your resume.

 

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A Short History on CPR

By SureFire CPR | Published: April 2, 2013

As you know by now, CPR is the only method of keeping a person alive while waiting for emergency medical personnel to arrive for assistance. However, did you know that the origins cardiopulmonary resuscitation date all the way to the 1700s? Since you are interested in learning more about CPR through our ACLS classes, we thought it would be a good idea to provide you with a brief history of CPR, and how it came to be an essential life-saving practice.

 

Even though CPR as we know it today was not formalized until the 1950-1960s, the beginnings of resuscitation were being taught as far back as the late 1700s in Amsterdam. Because of the numerous dams in and around the city, nearly 400 accidental drownings were happening on a yearly basis due to people falling into the dams. In order to reduce this loss of life, the Society for Recovery of Drowned Persons was started by community members.

 

In the late1800s a doctor named Friedrich Mass is reported to have used and documented the first effective and successful external chest compression technique on a human being.

 

The next major steps came in the 1950s when James Elam and Peter Safar invented mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. This led to the United States military officially recognizing and adopting mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as the methodology by which to bring about an unresponsive victim.

 

Finally in 1960, the American Heart Association started a program to train doctors on CPR techniques which then started the beginnings of training for the public at large in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

 

Whether you’re interested in ACLS classes or in ACLS certification, please contact us at www.surefirecpr.com.

 

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Signs That Your Baby is Choking

By SureFire CPR | Published: April 1, 2013

Emergency medical personnel have pediatric advanced life support training and have often trained in pediatric emergency assessment, recognition, and stabilization. Most parents do not have the benefit of this type of training. For many new parents, figuring out how to care for their new family member is fraught with unknowns. One of the most common unknowns is how to recognize if your child is choking. Babies make lots of noise, and it is sometimes quite difficult to tell when a noise is a sign of an emergency. Here are a few ways to tell if your infant is choking. If you notice any of the following, especially while your child is eating, seek emergency medical help immediately.

1. Your infant coughs for longer than 30 seconds.

2. Your infant’s face gets darker or develops a blue tinge.

3. Your infant cries, but there is no sound.

4. Your infant begins flailing.

5. Your infant has to make an effort to breathe.

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Real Training for Saving Real Lives

By SureFire CPR | Published: March 27, 2013

If we were to believe the average television show, saving someone’s life is fairly easy. All it requires is looking good, and having a semi, sort-of, kind of, understanding of human anatomy. Unfortunately, this is not really how lives are saved in emergency situations. Instead, it is medical care, provided by someone who has taken the time to study and learn, that is often most vital in instances where emergency medicine is necessary.

Advanced cardiac life support training can give you the real world knowledge you need to provide medical care in the event of an emergency. ACLS class in Orange County, California can prepare you for handling a wide range of emergency medical conditions, and for recognizing the signs that emergency care is necessary. The first people to respond to a medical emergency have the most effect on whether or not a patient makes a full recovery, a partial one, or no recovery at all. As someone with ACLS training, you have the power to raise a person’s chances of a full recovery. It will not be as easy as what you have seen on television, but it will be considerably more important to the person you just might save, than any television could ever be.

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PALS Classes in Orange County – Making the Difference in An Emergency

By SureFire CPR | Published: March 15, 2013

Orange County is the third most populated county in California. Over three million people live in the area, and the population has increased by almost one million people since the 90s. The county is booming. While a sizeable portion of the increase in population is due to adults moving into the county, an appreciable amount of the rise is due to births. With such a large number of babies being born in the area, it has become more important than ever for emergency medical staff to have pediatric advanced life support training, and an understanding of pediatric emergency assessment, recognition, and stabilization practices.

 

Orange County is spread out over approximately 950 square miles. Depending on where you live in the county, and which highways are nearest your home, getting to the nearest hospital is not always easy. In emergencies involving infants or children, emergency medical staff is the first line of defense, as there may be an extended period of time between an emergency situation and arrival at an actual medical facility. Consequently, appropriate pediatric emergency medical training can mean the difference between complete recovery and permanent damage.

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The Spread of CPR and CPR Training

By SureFire CPR | Published: March 3, 2013

Though variations on CPR have been around for literally hundreds of years, it was not until the mid-20th century that CPR, as we know it, came to be recognized.  Since then, there have been a wide-range of developments, with CPR training that focuses on children, pregnant women, the elderly, and even animals.  Courses such as Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support Training, afford emergency medical personnel the ability to tailor their care to the patient, no matter who it might be.

 

In the early 80s, as CPR was truly beginning to gain a foothold, a program was introduced in Washington, in which a dispatcher could coach the person who made an emergency call through the basics of CPR.  It increased the number of people who received CPR, prior to emergency staff arriving, by nearly 50%, and was quickly adopted by the rest of the US and a number of other countries.  As more and more CPR training programs become available, it is very heartening to know that life-saving care is also becoming increasingly available.

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