Learn CPR Anytime
If there was an emergency and someone was having a heart attack, could you perform life-saving CPR?
New from the American Heart Association is CPR Anytime, a learn-at-home program teaching basic CPR skills through a Skills Practice DVD and an inflatable practice mannequin. The home instruction takes 22 minutes, as opposed to the formal 4 hour training classes.
The program’s effectiveness was studied by Science Direct, to see if training for CPR could be adequately accomplished through a home learning program.
Older adults learned the fundamental skills of CPR with this training program in about half an hour. If properly distributed, this type of training could produce a significant increase in the number of lay responders who can perform CPR.
Family and Friends CPR Anytime American Heart Association
As a boy scout we had to learn this as part of our training, but anyone should know how to do it really. As long as people don’t have a DNR order, the need to use CPR could come up at any time.
By Janus on September 30th, 2006 at 5:17 pm
The nice thing is that you can do it at home in about 30 minutes, and practice whenever you wish rather than having to take a 4 hour course elsewhere. You don’t get the personalized instruction of a certified trainer and there is no certification available from this course but the real point is to learn how to save a life - possibly the life of a loved one.
By Andrea on September 30th, 2006 at 5:52 pm