Why CPR is the BEST Class You Will Ever Take

There are many ways to advance your career and discover the possibilities in the world. But, all the opportunities around the globe are null if you come upon someone in severe medical distress and are unable to help. While planning for a health care career is a terrific way to give back and help others, becoming a surgeon or providing care in the emergency department is not for everyone. There are countless other ways you can become part of the solution when people are in medical distress, and it all starts with taking a CPR class.
 

CPR Courses Give You Peace of Mind When With Family, Friends, and Even Total Strangers

An emergency is not the time to wish you had taken a course; you need to do it in advance. As part of a CPR course, you learn how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), dislodge a foreign body when a person is choking, administer first aid, and much more. If you have children, knowing CPR can literally help you protect and care for them as much as possible.
 

A CPR Class Is Like an Introduction to the Health Care Field

If considering a career in the health care field, a CPR course is a low-cost option to explore the opportunities. It is a hands-on field, so you will be engaged. You will look, listen, and feel for respirations (breathing), check for a pulse, and begin practicing your skills in an online, in-person, or even a virtual environment! If the fast-paced nature of CPR makes you want to do more, you could become an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Or, learning about first aid might make you want to pursue nursing.
 

CPR, BLS, and First Aid Will Give You Life-Saving Skills

There is an ultimate truth to taking a CPR class. It gives you the life-saving skills necessary to help someone in an emergency. Emergencies may occur at the lake, on the beach, in the desert, at a concert, at a friend’s house, or anywhere else. Getting CPR is critical to survival, and these facts show why:

• 350,000 people suffer cardiac arrest outside of the hospital each year.
• 90 percent of those people die.
• CPR-WHEN PERFORMED FOLLOWING SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST, INCREASES CHANCE OF SURVIVAL 300 PERCENT!
• Only 46 percent of those who suffer cardiac arrest get the immediate life-saving help of CPR.

While most people have seen the AHA campaign on Hands-Only CPR, the biggest value in taking a course comes from learning how to help someone in distress beyond chest compressions.

If a person loses consciousness for choking, chest compressions may be necessary. When someone is bleeding profusely, the best CPR in the world will not be enough to ensure survival. If you rush into the scene to help, you could become the next victim. Taking a combined CPR, AED and First Aid course teaches you how to respond and what you can do to help save someone’s life.
 

You Could Literally Save Someone’s Life!

From the man-made tragedies to the disasters shaking the foundation of humanity, learning how to perform CPR, use an AED, and administer CPR is the only thing that can truly equip you to respond without pursuing a full-fledged career in the health care field. Imagine the person next you falling to the floor, but trained help comes too late. The only thing you could do differently is provide CPR.
 
Knowing how to administer CPR, you could save his life. Sign up for your online CPR, AED and First Aid class online today. There is nothing more rewarding than literally being the one person who was able to save the life of someone else in need.

Are you CPR, AED & First Aid Certified? If you would like to learn more about NHCPS’s online CPR, AED & First Aid course, you can click here or give us a call at 888-688-3545. We would like to extend a special offer to our Bookboon users. You can use coupon code: bookboon at NHCPS.com during checkout to receive a free CPR, AED and First Aid Certification course!

Take a look at The National Health Care Provider Solutions’ eBook CPR, AED and First Aid on Bookboon!