CPR/BLS
What is CPR?
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a tool that you can use to help save a person’s life if their breathing or heart stops.
What is cardiac arrest?
- Cardiac arrest is when a person’s heart stops beating. When this happens, the heart cannot pump blood to the rest of the body and death can happen within minutes without treatment.
Did you know that about 9 in 10 people who have cardiac arrest outside the hospital die? Knowing how to perform CPR can help improve those odds if it is done in the first few minutes someone is in cardiac arrest.
Cardiac arrest can happen anywhere! In fact, over 300,000 cases happen outside of the hospitals each year. 1 out of 7 of those happen at home. Sadly, half of those people do not get the help they need.
The good news is you do not have to have formal training to perform CPR, but it is important to know these steps.
- Call 911 immediately
- Give CPR
- Push down hard and fast in the center of the chest at a rate of 100-120 pushes a minute. You can time your pushes to the beat of the song “Stayin’ Alive”
- Continue to give CPR until medical professionals arrive
For more information about CPR visit the CDC website here
While it is not required to be trained in CPR, there are many courses available to help you gain confidence and know exactly what to do. Bremo Pharmacy’s Training Center utilizes the American Heart Association’s curriculum and is taught by a registered nurse. You can relax knowing that we have provided you or your staff with expert training and up-to-date information.
At Bremo, we offer 2 different courses:
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- This is for individuals who have a background in healthcare or are required to have completed BLS for their job. This course reflects the current guidelines from the American Heart Association. During this course you will be trained to perform chest compressions, ventilations, and the use of an AED during severe life threatening conditions. Upon successful completion of the course and skills check students will receive their AHA BLS Provider Card valid for two years.
- For initial certification, instruction will take place in person at our training center.
- For recertification, blended course offerings are available. Course material will be provided online for you to complete on your schedule. You will schedule your in person skills check with our instructor following completion of the online material.
- Heartsaver
- This is for individuals who have little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory (e.g. OSHA), or other requirements,or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting. During this course you will be trained to perform chest compressions, ventilations, and the use of an AED during severe life threatening emergencies as basic first aid. The course reflects the current guidelines from the American Heart Association. Upon successful completion of the course and skills check students will receive their AHA Heartsaver Provider Card valid for two years.
- For initial certification, instruction will take place in person at our training center.
- For recertification, blended course offerings are available. Course material will be provided online for you to complete on your schedule. You will schedule your in person skills check with our instructor following completion of the online material.
- This is for individuals who have little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory (e.g. OSHA), or other requirements,or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting. During this course you will be trained to perform chest compressions, ventilations, and the use of an AED during severe life threatening emergencies as basic first aid. The course reflects the current guidelines from the American Heart Association. Upon successful completion of the course and skills check students will receive their AHA Heartsaver Provider Card valid for two years.
- This is for individuals who have a background in healthcare or are required to have completed BLS for their job. This course reflects the current guidelines from the American Heart Association. During this course you will be trained to perform chest compressions, ventilations, and the use of an AED during severe life threatening conditions. Upon successful completion of the course and skills check students will receive their AHA BLS Provider Card valid for two years.
Email our instructor Jamie Coleman, RN at jamie.coleman@bremorx.com with questions and if you need to schedule your skills check. Register for classes here.
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