Tagged With "CPR"

Take one minute and watch this video. You'll never wonder why coaches should be required to maintain CPR/AED certification again. And you'll understand why we have the AEDs in the locations that we do. Because in the case of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, we don't have time to wait for EMS to arrive. Because that school had an AED and because that school's staff was trained in its use, and because that school had a Certified Athletic Trainer onsite, those parents watched their daughter die. And then...

I'm sure many of you have probably never heard of this condition. Commotio Cordis occurs when a blunt force strikes the chest during an exact spot in a heart beat. It can cause the heart to flutter and go into an arrhythmia. CPR won't help this condition. An AED is necessary to shock the heart and hopefully reset the heart to get it beating correctly again. Typically this type of incident occurs in youth baseball, but last night it struck in Minor League Baseball. Please, make sure your...

Thanks for sharing this. In NYC, the Parks Dept. requires all baseball field permitee to be both CPR and AED trained. They provided the training and AED to each league trained personnel. The AED must be bought to the field. This is one of 2 services (free city and state college tuition to middle class families) Iust applaud my city and state for.

I believe that's all new this year, correct? Hopefully they follow suit with softball very soon!

It is my understanding youth baseball was a pilot program. The Parks Dept. is extending to all sports.

Thanks for bringing this topic into discussion. Very important. Especially with man sized kids playing on a 46' diamond.

Wow, thank you for posting. I'll be forwarding that to our HS AD and principal. Glad she's ok.

Gov, I think it's a very powerful message. I've probably watched that video over 10 times already. It has gone viral on the internet, that Facebook video has been seen over 6.3 million times already. In Texas, all coaches are required to maintain CPR/AED/First Aid training. Our school employs two full-time Athletic Trainers along with a full-time school nurse. We have 11 AEDs on our campus and have over 50 staff members trained in CPR/AED/First Aid. Our goal for the 2016-2017 school year is...

Excellent post and point. It's something I will look into for sure.

Yes, AED should be available everywhere. Our Men's Group at our church raised money and had one installed at our church. Fortunately it has needed to be used, but it is there.

Great video. Ironically, I'm in Georgia (like the video) and our baseball field has an AED installed outside the concession window, so there's always access to it for practice, etc., even when concession is locked. All coaches are trained on the use as well. That video really makes a statement.

Bulldog, This hit very close to home. My father in law suffered sudden cardiac arrest a few years ago. By the grace of a higher power, he happened to be with us at the time. He was supposed to be home alone. Due to training that my husband received in high school, he was able to start immediate CPR. We were in a restaurant and they did not have an AED. Luckily, the fire department was there in a matter of minutes and he received life saving AED treatment before the critical 5 minute mark. He...

Keewartson was playing in a 14U tournament at a larger complex north of our city and located in the middle of nowhere. On the adjacent field a coach went down and it was a scramble to find 6-8 adults that could perform CPR on a rotating basis until an ambulance arrived. Sometimes it takes something like this to get AEDs installed, which this complex did after this incident. (The coach survived). Next time you are at a complex, check around for an AED. You may need to use it, and the newer...

Bulldog, thanks for taking the time to post this. As Bulldog mentioned, all coaches are trained for these circumstances. However, there is always that question as to whether they will respond. In this case, it is apparent that the training took over. I have used my training two times albeit not at school. One was to save my Father in Law. PLEASE take the time to get trained and certified. On another note, AEDs are to be in places that are well marked and available to for use. However, as...

We are looking into a program right now that would provide EKG, echocardiogram, and a carotid artery ultrasound, nearly free of charge! We are hoping it gets approved, because I don't want to have something happen and think about "could we have caught that?" Also, I have attached a blog post I wrote last spring about our AEDs on our campus.. http://ksi.uconn.edu/2015/04/0...rnal-defibrillators/

269 seconds. That's the time it took for the CPR and the AED to do its job. 269 seconds from the time Claire collapsed until she woke up. An amazing story, read the teacher's account here! http://www.dedicatedtoallbetter.org/5035-2/ Want to know how the Lord was watching over her that day? Just 24 hours earlier her volleyball team was playing an away game at a school whose AED contained dead batteries. Had she collapsed just 24 hours earlier, she'd be dead.

Thank you. I am so glad to know she survived.