Many people may believe that CPR is a class that only some occupations, like teachers and healthcare need. However, learning CPR is a skill that everyone should learn.  In fact, most cardiac problems will occur in a person's home not in an occupation. In a CPR class you will learn how to recognize a cardiac arrest in an adult, child or even infant. You will also learn how to save a person's life if they are choking and believe me this is a skill that most should learn because in a person's lifetime you will witness a choking incident. A CPR class will give you the knowledge and skills to save a life and become an hero in that person's life.  

​ATTENTION! Arizona cpr training and certification is in no way affiliated with “Heart safe medical training”. For what ever reason this other company has rented a virtual office space at the same address we office from. They have also been following us online, using our material and even tried to parrot our radio advertisement.  Several or our clients have been confused by this and few thought this was some kind of scam. We assure it is not, we do not know these people and we apologize for any confusion this has caused. We have been in business since 2012 providing quality training in a comfortable environment. This other company opened their doors in February 2019 . Again we are not affiliated with or even know these other people, or why they have decided to follow us so closely.


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Do you know what a seizure is? Do you know how to care for a person suffering from a seizure? These are important questions that everyone should know. Anyone can have a seizure at any time. Seizures will happen if you have epilepsy, other seizure disorders, accidents, poisonings, new medications, flashing lights etc...
A seizure is the electrical chemical activity caused by complex chemical changes that occur in nerve cells.   Brain cells either excite or inhibit (stop) other brain cells from sending messages. Usually there is a balance of cells that excite and those that can stop these messages. However, when a seizure occurs, there may be too much or too little activity, causing an imbalance between exciting and stopping activity. The chemical changes can lead to surges of electrical activity that cause seizures.
 If some one has a seizure please follow these steps;

1.  Stay with the person. Look for medical id's and start timing the seizure. 
2. Keep the person safe by removing all chairs and tables away from them. 
3.  Do not put any thing in the person's mouth.  A person can not swallow their tongue, however, they can bite and they can bite your finger off.  
   
4.  Put a blanket over the person.  When  a person seizes they will urinate too.  Respect their dignity. 
   
5. Do not restrain the person. 
   
6.  Turn the person on their side after the seizure if they are not awake and aware. 
   
7.  Stay with the person until they are awake and aware of their surroundings. 
   
8.  Call 911 if the seizure;

• last more than 5 minutes
  
•  Repeated seizures
  
•  Seizure occurs in water
  
• Difficulty breathing
  
•  Person is injured pregnant or sick
  
•  person is confused
  
•   first time seizure. 
  

Seizures can be scary, but as long as you keep calm, and reassure the person,  everything will be ok or at least run smoothly. 


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Within the past few months in my CPR and first aid classes I have had construction workers say they have epinephrine pens because they have severe allergic reactions to bees. What really disturbs me, in one class, one guy said that he told his coworkers where his pen is, and that one bee sting can kill him and his coworkers started making jokes out of it.  This type of allergic reaction is called anaphylaxis shock.  It is VERY serious and could kill someone. THIS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER.  A person with an epinephrine pen (epi pen) has a very serious allergy and needs your help to stay alive when stung by a bee. 
Anaphylaxis causes your immune system to release a flood of chemicals that can cause you to go into shock.  Your blood pressure will drop, causing your airway to narrow and block your breathing. The signs of anaphylaxis are rapid, or weak pulse, a skin rash, and nausea and vomiting. This is caused by the venom in the sting. 
When someone gets stung by a bee, you must call 911 and give the person his epi pen. If you don't have an epi pen, you need to go to an emergency room immediately, by ambulance. If anaphylaxis isn't treated right away, it can be fatal.
​The steps in using an epi pen are as followed;

1.  Call 911.
2. Remove the epi pen from the plastic container.
3. Take off the safety cap from the epi pen. The cap can be gray or orange.
4. Grasp the epi pen with your fist and push the black part into the side of the person’s thigh. It can go right into clothes. 
5. Write down the time you administered the pen and give it to the paramedics. 
6. If in 2 to 5 minutes there is not any improvement and 911 is not there, then administer a second pen, if they have one, but in the opposite leg.

Please treat allergic reactions seriously because this could be life or death for a person. 
Monica Staggs
ASHI Instructor
www.azcprcert.com

On Monday afternoon, a 6-year-old child was pulled, unconscious from a backyard pool in West Phoenix.  The family knew what to do and started CPR and call 911.  The paramedics arrived and continued CPR and because the parents started CPR and paramedics did their job the boy started breathing on his own on the way to the hospital.  The boy is in critical condition, and I will keep you updated on his progress let’s hope he make a great recovery. 
 
​Everyone that owns a pool should learn CPR and first aid.  Parents never assume that this drowning incident will never happen to you because that is probably what these parents said.  When you purchase a home with a pool or rent a home with a pool please follow these guidelines to make your summer fun safe.

• Mark water depths to distinguish the deep ends to shallow ends.
• Check pool equipment to make sure that there are no loose bolts, loose ladders and loose drains.
• Teach children how to float or swim as soon as possible.
• When having a pool party, always have someone standing outside the pool to watch everyone.
• Never push others in the pool. You can risk someone getting seriously hurt.
• Caution you guest against showing off or playing rough.
• Do not drink alcohol and then go swimming.
• Have pool alarms and door alarms and lock your pool gates. 

Let’s have a safe summer and remember to take and renew your CPR Cards.