Children are very precious to their parents and their communities. When their health and their lives are at risk, it’s important to know pediatric first aid, CPR and AED skills. OC Safety offers CPR and first aid classes to anyone who wants to know how to save a child’s life in the event of a medical emergency.
Why Adult First Aid, CPR, and AEDs Can’t Be Used on Children
Children’s bodies are much smaller than adults, and their physiology is quite different. A child’s heart, for example, beats faster and has more beats per minute than an adult’s. Using an adult AED machine that delivers more powerful jolts of electricity on a child can actually cause great harm. You need to know how to set the defibrillator for a child or use a pediatric one instead.
Likewise, children breathe more and take more breaths every minute than adults. Because their hearts also beat faster, the CPR rhythms of breaths and compressions for children are more and more frequent. It would not be enough to perform adult CPR on a child.
Children can also bleed out faster. Recognizing that they carry less volume of blood in their little bodies means that it is necessary to stop blood loss as soon as possible. Applying pediatric first aid prevents a child from losing consciousness and from losing too much blood before emergency help arrives on the scene.
Training at Work
Onsite training for CPR and first aid in Orange County makes learning these skills a lot more convenient. Set in relevant settings like a pediatric clinic, a childcare center, or an indoor trampoline park, OC Safety teaches employees everything they need to know to do their jobs right where they are. Once completed, certified employees can apply their CPR and first aid classes right away in the work setting where they received the training.
The onsite training at OC Safety for CPR and first aid in Orange County means your employees don’t have to leave work for the day. They can come to work, take the time to become certified, and go back to their shifts. You can request a full day of training or half days until the training and certifications are complete.
Other Related Training Offered by OC Safety
OC Safety offers many different training classes. Those related to working with children include Bloodborne Pathogens and Onsite Group training. If your staff are medical professionals, there are additional training courses that may work for them (and you).
Why Choose OC Safety for Your Pediatric CPR, AED, and First Aid Training?
Every class is taught by registered nurses who know exactly what they are doing and have had real-life situations where the training was vital to their jobs. They provide a very full, comprehensive training to care providers, parents, medical professionals, EMTS, and more to help save children in emergency situations. The CPR covers adult child & infant. Certification is good for up to two years, depending on what parts of the course are completed. Schedule your OC Safety training for your group today!