JVW Education

CPR Classes – Learning And Teaching

Knowing CPR (cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) can be the difference between life and death of a loved one. It can double or triple a cardiac arrest victim’s chances of survival, according to the American Heart Association. After considering the facts below, knowing CPR is a valuable and inexpensive protection for those that you love. It is also a prerequisite for many health care careers.

The Facts:
1. About 80 percent of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in private residential settings.
2. Effective bystander CPR, provided immediately after the cardiac arrest, can double a victim’s chance of survival.
3. CPR helps maintain vital blood flow to the heart and brain and increases the amount of time that an electric shock from a defibrillator will be effective.
4. Approximately 95% of sudden cardiac arrest victims die before reaching the hospital.
5. If bystander CPR is not available, a sudden cardiac arrest victim’s chances of survival fall 7 to 10 percent every single minute of delay. Few attempts of resuscitation are successful if CPR and defibrillaton are not provided within minutes of collapse.

In a controlled randomized study of the effectiveness of even a 30 minute CPR self-instruction program conducted through the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 2004, it was found that individuals that had a general knowledge of CPR tended to have better overall performance in assessing unresponsiveness, providing adequate ventilation, providing proper hand placement and adequate compression depth in an emergency response situation for a cardiac arrest victim.

Obviously it is valuable for the general public to receive training, but who will they be trained by? There is plenty of opportunity for those who are interested in teaching CPR classes as a part time or full time career. In most cases this only requires certification for the trainer as well as a local rep to go through of the America Heart Association. These certificates are the authority for most businesses, and they require employees to be American Heart Association certified. You can teach as many as 9 persons on your own which at $50 per certification can add up to $50 dollars for just a few hours of prep and training. Not a bad career! Visit the AMA for more information on how to get licensed and certified.