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CPR training

Wendie Howland (WAHowland@AOL.COM)
Fri, 29 May 1998 11:30:05 EDT


Hi! Congrats on having some boys willing to do this demanding course (BSA
Lifeguard). My boy did it and is now on waterfront staff for camp, and is he
{PSYCHED!} Also, many badges (Swimming/all waterfront , Emer prep, First Aid,
etc.) require CPR, so this is a useful question for many people.

CPR training comes in multiple levels depending on the work/professional
status of the learner. For example, nurses and doctors in health care settings
take a more intense course and have different standards for successful
completion.

Lay people (and that's what Scouts and most Scouters count as) can take a CPR
course designed for lay persons from the American Heart Assoc. If you don't
have a local office of the AHA to call, call your nearest hospital and ask to
speak to the nursing staff education office. This person should be able to
direct you, and may him/herself be a trainer who will come to your troop
meeting or set up a Saturday morning, etc, and issue cards. (I never charged
for this service when I did that job.) Another source is the local fire
dept... many, if not all, of the guys are trained in CPR and there will be a
departmental trainer who will be able to train and issue cards, also usually
for free. BE SURE to issue THEM a nice thank-you certificate and a letter to
go with it!

The Red Cross has a parallel system, and you can call your local American Red
Cross office for info from them. The camp should accept either card (AHA or
ARC).

Stats show that the people most likely to take CPR are healthy young men. The
ones most likely to need to use it are older women. But EVERYONE over age 12
can and should take CPR at some level.

Thanks for taking part.

YiS
Auntie Beans
ASM T44 Pocasset MA
Cape Cod & Islands Council
Abake MiSaNaKi Lodge #393
NSJ 1997 Nat'l Health & Safety
I useta be an Eagle...
'We used to be a Buffalo and a good old Bobwhite too,
But now we've finished Foxing and we don't know what to do,
We're growing Owl and Eagle, and we can Bear no more,
So we're getting out of Gilwell while we can....'
NEI-188
Scouting is a way of life....oooommmmmmmmm...repeat as needed*

*Thanks, Larry Faust...

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