ADDISON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #1
10 South Addison Road, Addison, Illinois 60101
Business # (630) 628-3100 Fax # (630) 543-9742
                                                                                                                                                                
John Beckman Training Center Coordinator
Michael Crivellone Asst. Coordinator
CPR Training Center
 Facts About CPR
Facts about CPR
Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in adults. Most arrests occur in persons with underlying heart disease.
CPR doubles a person's chance of survival from sudden cardiac arrest.
75% of all cardiac arrests happen in people's homes.
The typical victim of cardiac arrest is a man in his early 60's and a woman in her late 60's.
Cardiac arrest occurs twice as frequently in men compared to women.
CPR was invented in 1960
There has never been a case of HIV transmitted by mouth-to-mouth CPR.
In sudden cardiac arrest the heart goes from a normal heartbeat to a quivering rhythm called ventricular fibrillation (VF). This happens in approximately 2/3rds of all cardiac arrests. VF is fatal unless an electric shock, called defibrillation, can be given. CPR does not stop VF but CPR extends the window of time in which defibrillation can be effective.
CPR provides a trickle of oxygenated blood to the brain and heart and keeps these organs alive until defibrillation can shock the heart into a normal rhythm.
If CPR is started within 4 minutes of collapse and defibrillation provided within 10 minutes a person has a 40% chance of survival.

 

The Heartsaver AED course is designed to teach CPR, use of an external defibrillator (AED), and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO) to all layrescuers, particularly those who are expected to respond to emergencies in the work place. It presents information about the AHA adult chain of survival and signs of heart attack, cardiac arrest, stroke and choking adults. The course can also present information about the AHA pediatric infant and child chain of survival and signs of choking in infants and children. Although the course may be used to teach CPR/AED to all lay rescuers, it is specifically designed for lay rescuers who are required to obtain a course completion card - a credential - documenting completion of a CPR AED course.

This course will educate the rescuer on three core modules with an optional fourth.

  • General Principles
  • Medical Emergencies
  • Injury Emergencies
  • Environmental Emergencies ( Optional )

The modules teach the public how to manage illness and injuries in the critical first few minutes before professional help arrives

Learn CPR

Heart At Work online

First-aid Resource

Training Manuals - Text for American Heart Courses (World Point ECC)

AED Information

The healthcare provider course is designed to teach the skills of CPR for victims of all ages (including ventilation with a barrier device, bag mask device and oxygen), use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO). It is intended for participants who provide health care to patients in a wide variety of settings, including in-hospital and out-of -hospital settings

Preventing Disease Transmission (Bloodborne Pathogens)

Preventing Disease Transmission geared toward individuals whose jobs involve reasonable anticipation of expose to blood or other body fluids that could cause infection.

This course addresses:

  • Diseases that are of concern and how they are transmitted.
  • How to protect against disease transmission.
  • What to do if an exposure occurs

Quinn signs CPR law to protect good Samaritans

July 18, 2011|By Monique Garcia|Clout Street
Chicago Tribune

Gov. Pat Quinn today signed a new law aimed at giving legal protection to good Samaritans who perform CPR on victims of a heart attack or cardiac arrest.

The law is designed to encourage bystanders to perform life-saving techniques without worrying about being taken to court afterwards. Previously someone was protected from a lawsuit only if they were certified in CPR, which required training every two years.

The new measure relaxes those standards so that someone can perform CPR without fear of recourse with as little training as watching a minutes-long instructional video, according to Dr. George Chiampas, an assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.


"By signing this bill, we now have the ability to reach out to everyone and make sure that everyone is educated, so that if someone were to collapse in front of them, they have those skills to be able to save someone's life," Chiampas said.
"We're here to save lives in Illinois," Quinn said during a bill signing ceremony.

The American Heart Association, which championed the legislation, says that most people who suffer cardiac arrest outside of a hospital do not survive, but those chances greatly increase if a trained bystander can quickly administer CPR.
Similar language already protects those who use AED's on heart attack victims, this is bringing it in line with that. The idea is to be abel to use both CPR and an AED when required without legal recourse.