You Can Make a Big Difference in an Emergency - If You Know Basic First Aid Techniques and Have the Right Supplies On Hand.
What if the following happens to your loved one:
During a sleep over one child begins to choke...
A child riding a bicycle down a hill hits a tree and sustains a severe laceration on her head...
A babysitter recognizes that a child who stopped breathing has an obstruction in her airway...
A maintenance man unplugging wires from an electrical box kneels down in wet grass and is shocked with 2,000 volts of electricity, which stops his heart and breathing...
Will you be prepared?
During a sleep over one child begins to choke... another relieves him by administering the Heimlich Maneuver.
A child riding a bicycle down a hill hits a tree and sustains a severe laceration on her head... onlookers rush over and prevent her from going into shock.
A babysitter recognizes that a child who stopped breathing has an obstruction in her airway... after dislodging the object with abdominal thrusts, she begins CPR.
A maintenance man unplugging wires from an electrical box kneels down in wet grass and is shocked with 2,000 volts of electricity, which stops his heart and breathing... fellow workers call for help while others perform CPR until the medics arrive seven minutes later.
In most of these cases, emergency responders comment that if it hadn't been for the skills of the person who rushed in to help, the injury would have been much worse. These are stories of people who were prepared and who turned out to be critical links in the chain of survival.
