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Are you CPR Certified? Is your child involved in sports?

Apr 22, 2012 4:46 PM

Ae you CPR certified? Is your child involved in sports?

Recently an 11 year old boy was playing at a local field and was hit by a pitch causing his heart to go into cardiac arrest. His life was saved because the coaches at that field were trained. Why take the chance of having coaches trained when a simple course in CPR mandated by little league and babe ruth league could save lives.

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As a parent, I felt it was a good idea to get certified myself. I am not a coach, but I am at many of my kids functions. I got certified through my work. I believe many local fire departments offer courses also.

onebaddoggie onebaddoggie
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Folks, it takes less than four hours to get certified. It is well worth it. I have been certified for 18 years and have never had to use it. But it is good to know that I would know what to do if the situation required CPR.

By the way, the fact that I know CPR did sort of provide useful on one occasion. A man fainted in line at a hardware store I was in. The clerk, who was understandably freaked, asked if anyone knew CPR. I pointed out the customer was unconscious, but was clearly still breathing. Not a CPR moment...

On another note... why down vote this question?

tarasadies tarasadies
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CPR is fairly easy to learn. While the class may take a few hours of your time and you need to recognize in advance your efforts to revive some one may ultimately fail, it is so, SO worth it. Getting hands on training with an automatic defibrillator is beneficial too.

lavikinga lavikinga
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I've been thinking about/wanting to get certified for a number of years. I just haven't done it yet. Definitely something to move up my "to-do" list. I also added automatic defibrillator training to my training requests at work, so hopefully that will happen sometime in the next year or so.

But it does seem like a very useful skill to have that you hope you'll never have to use.

gt0163c gt0163c
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I think it's been downvoted because of the "mandate" inclusion. I was interested in the question until I reached that point, then it made me a little angry. I am simply getting tired of being mandated to do things.

I am certified in both CPR and First Aid, but because of my job, not because of children in sports. It IS a good idea to be certified, and you never know when you'll need it. Maybe leagues could require parents to attend a course at the beginning of the season if their kids are going to play? And coaches should DEFINITELY be certified, no doubt about that. Coaches are responsible for the children on their teams and under their care, and I see knowing CPR and first aid as part of this.

aafalke aafalke
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@tarasadies: I think it may be downvoted because the original poster is suggesting that CPR certification be MANDATED for kids to participate in organized sports. I'm all for people learning CPR, but I don't want anyone ordering me to do it.

I saw a great example today of well-trained coaches and instructors providing top-notch first aid. At my daughter's taekwondo tournament today, one participant broke their leg. Several blackbelt instructors quickly immobilized the patient, while several others grabbed break-boards to brace the break. They braced it so well that the paramedics/FD told them "excellent job" before wheeling the patient out to the ambulance.

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