Nightingale 0 #1 November 12, 2003 Are you certified in CPR and/or first aid? Just curious. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #2 November 12, 2003 Yes, I'm certified, but I highly doubt that I have the guts to ever use it. I would be scared to.I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #3 November 12, 2003 You have no option for me. I'm a CPR/First Aid/AED Instructor. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,426 #4 November 12, 2003 Over the years I've been certified in CPR, first responder, and PADI medic. All have lapsed. I do want to get to a CPR course that includes PAD usage sometime soon - they seem to be popping up everywhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casie 0 #5 November 12, 2003 Yep, I'm certified!~Porn Kitty WARNING: Goldschlager causes extreme emotional outbursts! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GARYC24 3 #6 November 12, 2003 Just had that brought up in our safety-meeting at work last week. I'm gonna have to get mine re-current in cpr-first-aid and infant. And seek the PAD thing BillV mentioned.Company may seek a course..BUT I'll take it again before theyever will! Gary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dropdeded 0 #7 November 12, 2003 First Aid/CPR/AED, several months ago. Final in EMT class tomorrow,First Responder, EMT-1 Cert. test November 21st(wish me luck on that one). dropdeded------------------------------------------ The Dude Abides. - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 259 #8 November 12, 2003 I used to be a CPR instructor. Had an EMT 1A (ambulance) for a while too. Both expired many years ago... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #9 November 12, 2003 Anytime you need certified and i'm around, you know i'll take care of you bytch!! You gotta pay the silly processing fee to get your card though. I think it's like $8. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #10 November 12, 2003 hehe... then just pick "professional certification", sunny. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #11 November 12, 2003 On January 19, 1995 me and my partner were walking down Broadway and a 4 door Chevy Blazer crashed into a light pole right in front of us. We both kind of laughed, cause we both really enjoyed the weird things that happen in police work, and it was like "here we go again". So we jog up to the car expecting to find a drunk, and what we find is a dead woman. She's still in her seat belt, but she has the congested purplish look of someone who has died of a massive heart attack. Usually people who die like this are found in bathrooms. Folks get to feeling really bad, and the place to sit down and rest is the bathroom, so folks go sit down to catch their breath a little bit, and they die. But dead people can't drive, in my experience, so this lady had to have been breathing just moments ago. So we pull her out of the car, call for EMS, and lay her down on the sidewalk. I ask Dennis "you got your mask?" "No, uh, you?" "Nope, I'll do compressions" "OK" and I went about breaking all the womans ribs with gusto. You see, you aren't getting really good compressions if you aren't breaking ribs. After about a minute and a half, you start getting really tired. After three, you really start to worry if you are going to be able to keep it up, and you really want to hear some sirens. At five, you feel like you've been running a marathon and the fire guys show up. They hook this nice dead lady up to the EKG and she's flatline. "Clear" (foom!) (those portable people-zappers sound a lot like a big camera flash recycling) Nada. "Clear" (foom!) a pulse. The lady then projectile vomits and starts coughing. The paramedics congratulate you on breaking the ribs, cause that's what you gotta do to keep the blood moving. That makes you feel better, cause breaking them was very unpleasant. I was surprised that a lot of firemen have never saved a life using CPR. You have to be right on top of somebody when they collapse for it to work. Anyhow, the lady recovered without any brain damage and it's the only commendation I've kept from PO-leese career. That's how I know the date, cause that's the only one on the wall. So learn it, refresh yourself on it, and don't be bashful about the compressions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #12 November 12, 2003 I'm CPR currently (about to lapse again ), but I've had some weird ones a few years ago like Wilderness First Responder. That one focused a lot on stablizing and transporting critically injuried hikers when the transport distance was more then 2 hours by foot.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflygoddess 0 #13 November 12, 2003 Yes I am, and I am also starting medical school next year. My plan is to be an ortho surgeon that works for a profootball team and on my days off I am going to run a free clinic for skydivers at the first DZ that lets me set up there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #14 November 12, 2003 QuoteYou see, you aren't getting really good compressions if you aren't breaking ribs. When that part comes up in class it freaks people out. I love teaching the class. I like knowing i'm part of something that just might save somebody's life. My next scheduled class is Monday to teach Child/Infant CPR. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #15 November 12, 2003 I'm certified in professional rescuer CPR and first aid. I was a lifeguard several years back, and keeping up the certifications seemed to be a good idea. My CPR mask lives in my glove box, and there's one on my dad's boat, and I have a pair of gloves in a film canister next to the mask. Never had to use it. (knock on wood) Had to use Heimlich a couple of times, tho. PLEASE, people, make sure you know heimlich. It only takes five minutes to learn, and could save a life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beowulf 1 #16 November 12, 2003 I am certifiable Is that close enough Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayruss 0 #17 November 12, 2003 yeah but its expired, I guess that means no one should need CPR around me __________________________________________________ "Beware how you take away hope from another human being." -Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firediver 0 #18 November 12, 2003 QuoteAre you certified in CPR and/or first aid? Just curious. yeah, been a firefighter/Paramedic since god was a kid and an instructor for all kinds of that firey/rescuey kinds of stuff (sound like I knows my stuff huh????!!!) Skydiving isn't scary;...but clowns...CLOWNS are scary! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #19 November 12, 2003 I'm a cardiac tech, however, my ACLS expired in may and I haven't been on a truck in a few months....still got the CPR cert current, as a few others.... school has kept me too busy to run anymore....but we'll get ACLS again next year on clinical rotations so that will be good..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoShitThereIWas 0 #20 November 12, 2003 Not certified anymore, I should go back and take another class. Did it all when I was a lifeguard in So. Cal and did an infant one before my daughter was born.Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ripper0289 0 #21 November 12, 2003 I'm an ER nurse. Not much I can't do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #22 November 12, 2003 Am currently up to date on all my certifications and procedures. Kind of goes with my line of work. Trauma is my forte, especially bullet wounds and associated injuries. Sticks and rags is always a good one to be up on especially in skydiving where you see broken bones a lot. I had to gigle at Deuce's story, the part about "got your mask". Besides the obvious reasons for using a mask another one that I experienced once was a guy in a auto accident. He was thrown from the wreck and had sustained a facial laceration to his nose, IE: it was filleted open to the bone. There was going to be no nose pinching done on this one. Long story short, the guy ended up dieing but I learned the importance of having a mask handy."It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopchop 0 #23 November 12, 2003 I'm not and I don't know about Shannon but neither of us drew a blank when it was go time.. It's amazing how much you remember from the misc. trainings you get over the years.. chopchop gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking.. Lotsa Pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daizey 0 #24 November 12, 2003 I am....CPR for the professional rescuer and first aid...lifeguarding too *daizey* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canuck278 0 #25 November 12, 2003 Transport canada Marine advanced first aid/standard first aid/CPR level C/child/infant/adult Steve Therapy is expensive, popping bubble wrap is cheap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
