Here's CJ to tell you more about it. ...
Wednesday, I visited the Cascade Parent Partnership Program campus to attend a two-hour class on how to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). CPR is a technique generally used to restore breathing to a person who has suffered a cardiac arrest or a heart attack.
The instructor set up dummies on stage, to practice CPR techniques on. Alongside the dummies present on stage, the instructor began playing a video depicting a man collapsing, and showing the proper things to do in an event where you need to administer CPR:
1 - Look around you and make sure the place you are in is safe. If so, proceed to the next step. If not, call 911.
2 - Slap the shoulders of the victim, and ask "Are you okay?" If they respond, then they are conscious. If they do not respond. proceed to the next step.
3 - Yell for help. If one person arrives, tell them to call 911. If multiple people arrive, tell one to call 911, and another to retrieve an automated external defibrillator (AED). If nobody arrives, call 911 while retrieving an AED to the victim.
4 - Begin administration of CPR. Remove all clothing from the victim's chest area. Firmly press down on the "CPR spot" (the spot where the line between the victim's nipples and the line down from the center of their head cross) using both hands at 100 to 120 presses per minute.
If you get an AED, unpack the device and follow the instructions that you will hear from the device. Do not make contact with the victim while the shock from the AED is being given.
Continue to administer CPR. If police arrive due to the aforementioned 911 call, let them take over the emergency handling.
After the end of the class, cards that certified us in CPR administration were given to class attendees. The certifications are valid for two years.
Annabelle was in on the training, too. Here's her take. ...
Standard CPR practices have been renewed every 5 years, allowing the American Heart Association to continue developing the method that gives the best chance of survival. A representative from the American Heart Association came to our school to teach adult CPR. She mentioned that, for the purposes of CPR or AED usage, anyone 8 years old or older is considered an adult.
The AED is a unit in most work buildings that, when the pads are placed correctly on the body, will deliver an electric shock to the heart if needed. You have to be careful to not place the electric pads over a pacemaker, though. The AED will give you instructions on what to do and say out loud when you need to stay clear and not touch the victim in case of shock.
When performing CPR, there are multiple steps that must be followed in order: First, check the area to make sure it’s safe. If it isn’t, you may risk becoming a second victim. Second, tap the person on the shoulders and loudly ask if they are OK. If they respond, you may not have to perform CPR. Third, call for help, and have whoever arrives call 911 and grab the AED. Tell the operator your emergency, address, and that you know CPR. Keep the 911 operator on speaker so they can give you instructions while performing the CPR. Check for breathing by holding your ear to their face and watching their chest for rising and falling motions.
Begin the CPR by drawing a line in the middle of the torso and on the nipple line; this is where the heart is located. Place the heel of your dominant hand on that spot and clasp it with your other hand, locking your elbows and leaning over the body. Begin pressing at least 2 inches down at a rhythm of 100-120 beats per minute. A good way to remember this is to stick to the beat of “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees. Allow the chest to rise to its normal height before pressing again. A good rule of thumb is that if you hear cracking sounds, it’s a sign you are pressing hard enough. Continue doing this until help arrives. Knowing all this can help save someone’s life!
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We're on board, in the form of our names on a microchip that's on the Parker Solar Probe.
When the probe launches, we'll all eventually plunge through the Sun's atmosphere, closer to the surface than any spacecraft before it. It's bound to get brutally hot, and radiation will be immense. The mission will provide humanity with the first-ever close-up view of a star.
(Illustration from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)
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