CPR Awareness

In the early 1990s I was a beach lifeguard for the City of Del Mar, in California, and "Baywatch" was the most-watched TV series in the world. Later, when I began teaching CPR to groups and businesses, students would ask me how similar my experiences were to the fictions promoted by actors such as Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff. My...

A new study says that CPR performed by males is more effective than CPR performed by females. A new study conducted by the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, Switzerland found that women simply aren’t as effective as men are with cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Influence of Gender on the Performance of Cardiopulmonary Rescue Teams: A Randomized, Prospective Simulator Study. The...

For CPR & AED Awareness Week, we have four questions for you. 1)  Do you know CPR? 2) Do you know how to use an AED? 3) Do you know who knows CPR around you? (at home, work, school, or any membership or faith group) 4) Do you know where the nearest AED is? If you answered "No" to any of...

CPR & AED Awareness Month is in June - that may seem to be a long way off, but it really isn't. Many of our clients are already scheduling their onsite CPR & AED Training classes now to assure availability, and Instructors are stocking up on Student & Instructor Materials, as well as adding to their CPR Manikin and AED...

With the ridiculously cold weather lately, it might seem that we're thinking about June wistfully for temperature reasons, but no - there's another reason... June is CPR & AED Awareness Month. "So?" You ask... So: Even though we have thousands of Instructors worldwide, we book up in June. Everyone wants to schedule their on-site CPR & AED Training in June...