What You Need to Know About Infant and Child CPR
Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among children ages 1 to 14.
Most happen in backyard pools or open water areas. Most drownings happen while children are being supervised. The SAFE KIDS study examined data from 496 child-drowning deaths from 2000 and 2001 from 17 states and found that 88 percent of the drowning victims were under supervision.
Children can drown in as little as one inch of water. That means that the bucket you have outside, your hot tub, toilet or wading pool are all potential dangers. “Two minutes following submersion, a child will lose consciousness. Irreversible brain damage occurs after four to six minutes and determines the immediate and long-term survival of a child. The majority of children who survive (92 percent) are discovered within two minutes following submersion, and most children who die (86 percent) are found after 10 minutes. Nearly all who require cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) die or are left with severe brain injury.”
Do you feel confident about performing CPR? Could you do it accurately? What about your teenage babysitter or your neighbor?
No matter how many CPR classes I have taken, I know I still need a refresher course and I want everyone around my children to know CPR as well. With summer almost here and my knowing my kids will be exposed to numerous pools, oceans and water parks, I knew I had to do something fast. When I found this DVD, I was so happy, it was what I was looking for and I knew everyone in my life was going to get one as well.
The DVD is filled with step by step instructions on how to perform CPR on infants as well as children. It also has instructions on what to do if your child has an airway obstruction and how to keep your children safe in the home. The instructor is a registered nurse and a certified American Heart Association CPR instructor since 1991.
You can never be too safe especially when stories like this keep coming up and this video helps me feel confident I will know what to do and execute it properly while I wait for help to arrive.
I know we can review it as often as my husband and I need to. I will be buying one for the Grandparents, Aunt and Uncles. It also makes a great shower gift for an expectant Mother.
Order it now.
I hope you never have to use the skills you learn, but what if you do?
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May 31st, 2007 at 11:49 pm
This is great info - I need to sharpen my First Aid/CPR skills!
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