CPR & First-aid for Parents in the Bay Area

How can getting a CPR certification help parents? First, parents are often in public areas with children. Whether a mother is watching a soccer game or a father supervising the lunch room, they are around children in a variety of activities, including eating and playing, and are likely to encounter an injury or illness that would require immediate first aid. Children on a playground or playing a sport are at high risk for fractures, sprains, and deep cuts. Do you know how to react to one of these injuries? After taking one of our CPR training classes you will know what to do to save a life or simply make a hurt child more comfortable.

This is not the only place you will need the skills learned in CPR classes. If you are ever around groups of people eating, such as a cafeteria, restaurant, or even a play group, you may need knowledge of how to deal with a child choking. You could encounter a child - one of your own, or one of their friends - having an asthma attack and need to make fast decisions to save their life. There are so many places where the skills you learn in CPR training can save a life.

Timing

1. The best time for a parent to take a baby CPR class is before the birth of the child. Try to schedule classes sometime in the third trimester, but not too late into the third trimester. The baby could be born early and you need to be prepared. Something can happen at any time. If you haven't taken the course and know what to do, you might not be able to save your baby's life.

Refresher Course

3. Even if you've taken a CPR course and been certified in the past, you should be re-certified. Things change over time, and the advice once given or practices once taught are updated all the time. Plus if you haven't had to use the techniques, you might forget how to do things. Take a CPR course during each pregnancy before the birth of each child.

Other Caregivers

5. Have grandparents or other caregivers take the course as well so they too are trained. Anyone who watches your baby or other babies on a regular basis should be trained and certified in baby CPR so they can be of assistance to the child should an emergency situation ever occur.