Tag: training

Really Basic First Aid

First aid is about stitches and splints and bandages, right? Think again. Sometimes first aid is just about lending an ear and holding a hand. This blogger may have been […]

Blowing The Whistle On A CPR Save

Over the weekend, Denny — a local soccer referee — suffered a heart attack immediately following a 12-minute run, conducted for a MISOA fitness test. [If you didn’t know, MISOA […]

You’re Never Too Young To Learn CPR

Here’s something that I bet you didn’t know…the youngest students in our CPR classes are typically around 12 years old. Note that these pre-teens are students in our ADULT CPR […]

CNN Takes On First Aid

With only 5 questions, the odds are pretty good that you’ll get everything on CNN’s first aid quiz right…right? Maybe not — the questions are harder than you think. Give […]

Mourning MJ? Honor His Memory By Learning CPR.

The internet is abuzz with the news of Michael Jackson’s death. When I first heard the word of his cardiac arrest (on Twitter, actually), I immediately wondered if those who […]

Critic Chokes, Tina Thrusts

Tina of Tina’s Groove is a single, smart, attractive waitress who works in Pepper’s Restaurant. And, as we’ve seen before, she uses her life-saving skills on a regular basis. This […]

ReStarting DC With An AED

Did you know? Sudden cardiac arrest happens every 2 minutes in the US. That’s 700+ times a day and 300,000 times a year. Nationwide, the survival rate for out-of-hospital sudden […]

CPR Has “Zero Effect”

So this last CPR video is one that’s close to my heart. Not because it’s a particularly good demonstration of CPR — in fact, one of the YouTube commenters said […]