Saving a life: EMT class Boston Ma. Begins June 16th.

Saving a life: EMT class Boston Ma. Begins June 16th.: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Summer 2014 Accelerated Class Learn to Save a Life and learn how to respond to emergency calls to prov...

EMT class Boston Ma. Begins June 16th.

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Summer 2014 Accelerated Class

Learn to Save a Life and learn how to respond to emergency calls to provide efficient and immediate care to the critically ill and injured. Learn how to determine the nature and extent of illness or injury while learning how to critically evaluate the need for emergency care. Learn all this and much more by enrolling now in the new EMT program beginning Summer, 2014. This will be an accelerated class held over 6 weeks.

safety911ne.comEMT class Boston Begins June 16th.

Cardiac Arrest Vs. Heart Attack

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COMING SOON

Creating the next generation of lifesavers
COMING SOON! An easy-to-use CPR in Schools Training Kit that is designed just for schools. It contains everything needed to train 10 students at once in CPR. Repeat the process to train a class, a grade - or even an entire school! The CPR in Schools Training Kit is portable, allowing for convenient movement from classroom to classroom and easy storage. One CPR in Schools Training Kit can train hundreds of students!
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CPR mistakes

A question posted recently on Quora asked, “What is the most common mistake average people make trying to administer CPR?” Deepu Sebin, a doctor and founder of a healthcare startup, gave his opinion on the topic below. Check it out and add your own thoughts in the comments.

• Giving respiration (mouth to mouth) priority over chest compression. As per the latest research, giving chest compression is enough maintain a certain amount of gas exchange in lungs if the mouth is open. So keep giving compression. Respiration can wait.
• Interrupting CPR to give respiratory support or attending minor injuries.
• Not assessing the response. Unlike in the movies, victims don't jump off and take a deep breath once they regain the pulse. You have to keep checking carotid (neck vessel) for appearance of pulsations.
• Not calling for help. A normal person will not be able to give adequate CPR for more than 3 minutes. You should not be calling for help when you about to give up, rather it should be when you start the CPR.
• CPR is not everything. The victim may need other types of medical support. Even if the victim responds to CPR he/she will need medical help to sustain cardiac activity.  Make sure help is one the way!
• Forgetting own safety - Especially in poisoning, drowning, electrocution and natural calamities
• In addition to this, there are many common mistakes of involving the CPR technique. (too rapid compression, Not keeping elbows straight, giving too much or too little force) These can be rectified by following the standard protocol.

Accreditation

We are very excited to announce Safety 911 New England is soon to be an accredited training institution through the Ma. Dept. of Public Health.
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Baby saved

CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) -
Shawn Curtis holds his son adore after the 9-month old had a scare last week. Curtis says the child was having problems breathing and began turning blue in the face.
"They came in and they said he was losing his breathe and they did CPR and it helped him," says Curtis.
That's when the family called for help and Officer Josh May rushed into the house.
"Most of us are fathers and you go in and see a task, you try to not let emotion get in the way," says May.
May says using CPR on small children is always risky and he didn't have much time.
Just like the monthly training, he says this situation was a text book case of resuscitation.
After several minutes of compressions, young adore, started breathing again.
May says, "Like anything you do it takes practice, but when you put it into action and it is working, it is amazing. It is absolutely amazing."
The family tells us adore had been dealing with breathing problems since birth, but never this severe.
Officer May and backup arrived first and soon after, the fire department took over.
The child was taken to T. C. Thompson where he spent one day for testing.
Officer May says, "It was a great effort from everyone and everyone showed up and it was the best part."
Curtis says the swift work by emergency crews is the reason he is able to hold his son again.
"I'm Thankful. Very thankful. They saved his life and he is still here."