Saturday, March 24, 2012

Are You CPR/First Aid Certified?

Should Parents Pay for Their Nanny or Au Pair CPR/First Aid Certification?

All in-home childcare providers should be CPR/First Aid certified. The American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED program is a comprehensive training program designed to help caregivers recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing, and first aid emergencies.

Nannies and au pairs can find a location to get certified, or renew their certification (every two years), by contacting the American Red Cross.

The American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Participant's Manualcovers skills that students need to know to give immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person until more advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. The program incorporates the latest science and meets OSHA guidelines, features accident prevention and emergency preparedness tips, and includes skill sheets at the end of certain chapters, for easy reference and review.

Topics covered include:
Chapter 1: Before Giving Care and Checking an Injured or Ill Person
Chapter 2: Cardiac Emergencies and CPR
Chapter 3: AED
Chapter 4: Breathing Emergencies
Chapter 5: Sudden Illness
Chapter 6: Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 7: Soft Tissue Injuries
Chapter 8: Injuries to Muscles, Bones and Joints
Chapter 9: Special Situations and Circumstances (includes Emergency Childbirth, Treating Older Adults, Language Barriers, and more)
Chapter 10: Asthma
Chapter 11: Anaphylaxis and Epinephrine Auto-Injectors
Appendix: Injury Prevention and Emergency Preparedness


 

8 comments:

Sarah said...

Sure am! CPR/AED certified and Pediatric first aid certified. I hope I *never* have to use what I learned, but I'm certainly prepared in the case of an emergency. Most of the time, the breadth of my first aid is dispensing a kiss to make a "boo boo" better and that's the way I like it!

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A must for healthcare professionals. Certification ensures that all practitioners know their trade well. Additionally, this encourages schools to do better in providing quality education.

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CPR certificate is valid for 12 months or 1 year.

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1. Bandages
This is used to secure dressings made to the wound.

2. Soap
Used in cleaning wounds and washing out foreign bodies.

3. Antiseptic wipes or sprays
This is used for reducing the risk of infection in abrasions or other wounds.

4. Scissors
This is used in cutting materials for dressing or flesh itself.

5. Alcohol Pads
This is used for sanitizing equipments or broken skin.

6. Thermometer
This is used in measuring the body temperature of the affected individual.
7. Cotton wool
This is used In applying medications and cleaning of wounds.

8. Aspirin
Primarily used for pains and also serves as an antiplatelet.

9. Painkillers
This is used to reduce pains and some include paracetamol, panadol.
10. Hydrogen peroxide

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Treatment for Burns

Burns could result when the cosmetologist or their clients mishandles a hot equipment such as the blow dryer.
The seriousness of the burn depends on the amount of burnt surface area, body part burnt and age of the victim.

Applying First Aid Treatment To Burns

• Use a wet soft cloth to cool the area.
• Continue with cooling the affected area to relieve the burning sensation.
• Remove any tightening material, most importantly those around the burnt area.

Once the burning sensation is relieved, clean up the burnt area with cotton wool soaked with aspirin.
• Then continue with dressing up the burnt area.

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