How basic life support training can empower you
Many times when there is a medical emergency, we feel at a loss not
knowing what to do to. We feel kind of helpless, in shock, doing nothing
even though we want to help all we can to lessen the suffering. Basic
life support (BLS) training can make you know exactly what to do when
there is a cardiac arrest. It makes you capable of taking charge, doing
what is right and what is needed and makes you a dependable citizen.
Why Basic Life Support training
is essential for all people In workplace or at home, you can never
predict when a cardiac arrest may occur. You never know when a sudden
crisis may threaten the life of your loved ones. Timely and competent
measures are needed to overcome such life-or-death crisis situation -
especially in case of children. If you have undergone basic life support
training, you know the causes and how to alleviate them, and you can
deal instinctively and competently with such medical emergencies.
What kind of emergencies BLS training help you deal with?
BLS training helps you to become competent in dealing with crises like:
• Cardiac arrest
• Choking
• Sudden collapse
The aim of basic life support training is to provide emergency measures
until complete medical care will be administered by professionally
trained medical personnel. They do not involve any drug administration
or invasive procedures.
Who all can be empowered by the Basic Life Support training?
BLS training can benefit anyone of almost any age. BLS Certification
courses are mandatory for police officers, fire-fighters, paramedical
personnel etc. Teachers, parents, day-care providers, security
personnel, old-age home-care personnel and even lay persons can undergo
training so that they know what needs to be done whenever any emergency
happens in their vicinity before professionally trained medical help
arrives.
Skills learnt at BLS training make you a knowledgeable citizen
Quite a few techniques that are followed at hospital are taught during
training. Called 'ABCs of pre-hospital emergency care' BLS training
teaches how to check for and help to maintain
• Airway patentancy
• Breathing - spontaneously or artificially
• Circulation
Whatever the crisis may be, Basic life support training ensures that
victims are helped to maintain the ABCs if they cannot do so by
themselves. It also makes you capable of undertaking CPR protocol,
administering CPR procedure correctly until emergency service personnel
arrive on the scene and take charge of the patient.
Basic life support training helps you get familiar with diverse adults,
children and infant rescue techniques for providing appropriate and
adequate emergency measures during any life-threatening emergency and
makes you a responsible and supportive citizen.
