New Recommendations For The Way CPR Is Performed

The American Heart Association announced today new recommendations for the way CPR is performed. The small change could make a big difference in the lives of people suffering from cardiac arrest, the organization says.

For nearly 40 years, CPR guidelines have trained people to follow these simple A-B-C instructions—tilt the victim's head back to open the airway, then pinch their nose and do a succession of breaths into their mouth, and finally perform chest compressions.

But now, the AHA says starting with the C of chest compressions will help oxygen-rich blood circulate throughout the body sooner, which is critical for people who have had a heart attack. With this shift, rescuers and responding emergency personnel should now follow a C-A-B process—begin with chest compression, then move on to address the airway and breaths. This change applies to adults, children, and babies, but does not apply to newborns.

Basic Life Support Training 2010

Basic Life Support (BLS) is a level of medical care which is used for patients with life-threatening illness or injury until the patient can be given full medical care. It can be provided by trained medical personnel, including Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT), and by laypersons who have received BLS training. BLS is generally used in the pre-hospital setting, and can be provided without medical equipment.

Training course covering the topics on

a. FBAO(Foreign Body Airway Obstruction)

b. Rescue Breathing ,and

c. Cardio-Pulmonary-Cerebral Resuscitation.

16 Hours Course. Certificates will be given upon completion.

"Learn to do something when somebody is choking, stops breathing or his/her heart stops beating."

This years training will be held on March 6 and 7, 2010 at the Hospital of The Infant Jesus Auditorium, located at Lacson Cor. Laong Laan St. Samplaoc Manila from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Training Fee is 500 pesos.

Handled by highly qualified instructors, the 16 hours is divided into 8 hours of lecture and demo, and 8-hours of examinations and return demos by the participants. The said training is also a pre-requisite for the First Responder Training Program.