CPR AED & First Aid Safety Classes for Fort Lauderdale Charter Airline Aviation CPR AED Training

Sept. 27, 2011 - PRLog -- Keith Murray from The CPR School just completed CPR AED and OSHA First Aid Safety Certification Classes at the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport for a group of pilots that work for a charter jet company.  The CPR School offers onsite CPR AED First Aid safety training certification courses at your business, airport terminal or even onboard the aircraft.  Human Resource and Safety Managers like us because we customize the classes for the aviation industry and teach at your location.  The employees like us because we make learning about first aid treatment for medical emergencies interesting and entertaining and the accounting department likes us because our prices are generally much lower than the competition.

Keith Murray, owner of The CPR School, LLC is also the lead instructor.  Keith indicates that they try to customize their classes to fit the industry.  For example, if they are teaching a class for pilots and flight crew they spend more time talking about injuries such as heart attack and cardiac arrest, stroke, allergic reactions, and diabetic emergencies versus when we offer training classes for lifeguards we would spend more time on drowning, heat related emergencies and bites and stings from sea life.  We are very thorough in our classes, but we put greater emphasis on medical emergencies that are more likely to occur in that particular industry.  In all classes students are trained on at least two AEDs.  We feel that it is important that all students have actual hands on experience using several AEDs.

The students, who were mostly pilots were very interested in learning and asked a lot of great questions.  The quality of the questions was very impressive.  The pilots were really thinking about real life emergencies that could happen while in flight.  While on the ground, most of us are within 8-12 minutes of EMS – Emergency Medical Services.  While in flight we could be flying at 25,000 feet and the wait time to get to Emergency Medical Services could be a long way off.  That is why flight crew must be trained with real life scenarios, and interactive lectures.  The students must be encouraged to ask questions and the instructors should ask the students questions as well.  If a medical emergency occurs while in flight, you may not have time to look the answers up in a book and you maybe required to administer medical assistance immediately.

What is sudden cardiac arrest and can it happen on an aircraft?  Sudden cardiac arrest is caused by a life-threatening abnormal heart rhythm that can result from heart attack, respiratory arrest, drowning, electrocution, choking, trauma or it can have no known cause and it can happen to anyone regardless of age or gender.  

In most instances to restart the heart you will need an AED or Automated External Defibrillator.  Unlike the defibrillators with the paddles you see on TV, the AEDs that are in many public places such as airports, marinas, shopping malls, health clubs and schools are safe to use.  These AEDs are designed to only shock dead people.  By this I mean that these public access defibrillators or AED’s will not shock a living breathing person.  They are designed to only shock people that are no longer breathing.  This means that you can’t connect someone up to this AED and shock them unless they are no longer breathing and in 2 unique types of heart rhythms.

Are AEDs commonly found on US aircraft?  In 1997, American Airlines became the first U.S. carrier to equip it’s aircraft fleet with Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs).  In the first 10 years American had the AEDs on board it saved 76 lives.  Without the AED, most, if not all of these 76 passengers would not be alive today.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires U.S. airlines to carry automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and enhanced emergency medical kits.  The rule applies to all airplanes flying domestic and international flights that weigh more than 7,500 pounds each and have at least one flight attendant.

When a plane is flying at 25,000 feet, it takes at least 20 minutes to land for EMS to reach the plane.  Before AEDs were placed on planes there was little chance to save a passenger in cardiac arrest while in flight.

According to the American Heart Association, sudden cardiac arrest claims about 340,000 lives each year – or around 930 every day in the United States.  Sudden cardiac arrest, which is the leading cause of death in the United States kills more people than breast cancer, lung cancer, and AIDS combined.  Currently 95 percent of all cardiac arrest victims die.

Should all aircraft have an AED at onboard?  My answer is always “Yes”.  According to OSHA 13% of all workplace fatalities result from sudden cardiac arrest.  According to the American Heart Association, sudden cardiac arrest claims about 340,000 lives each year – or around 1,000 every day in the United States.  Sudden cardiac arrest, which is the leading cause of death in the United States.  Cardiac arrest kills more people than breast cancer, lung cancer, and AIDS combined. Currently 95 percent of all cardiac arrest victims die.

Simply put, Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) save lives.  Would you spend $2,000 if it saved an employee?  The answer is obviously yes.  You have smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in safety equipment onboard most aircraft, why not put something in place that will cost less than $2,000 and could save a life.

Do you have real AED experience?  Keith Murray, lead instructor from The CPR School, LLC has first hand experience using AEDs and often shares his story about having to use an AED on a passenger waiting to board a Delta flight in Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.  Along with the help of two other passengers, they were able to perform CPR, rescue breathing and revive the victim with the first shock of the AED.  Fortunately for the passenger, Atlanta’s airport has AEDs everywhere for the public to access and use in the event of cardiac arrest.

Where will The CPR School travel to for onsite CPR AED and First Aid Training for pilots and flight crew?  This class was held in Fort Lauderdale Florida at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in Broward County.  The CPR School is based in South Florida however we will travel to anywhere in the world.  We have customers as far away as Australia and Fiji.

Keith Murray, owner of The CPR School, LLC is a licensed Florida EMT Firefighter who hold a masters degree and both the Florida 220 and 215 insurance licenses.  Mr. Murray consults with Florida businesses and risk and safety managers regarding Automated External Defibrillators (AED), CPR AED and First Aid Safety Training Classes and other risk management issues.

The CPR School can help you every step of the process from A to Z.  We start by helping you find the right make and model AED for your aircraft.  Next we help you select the right location to store your AED.  Then we train your staff how to use the AED.  Then we train your staff how to properly maintain and inspect the AED.  And finally, if you use the AED we help you download the event data and get the defibrillator back into service.   Automated external defibrillator sales, AED Program Management, AED Maintenance, AED Batteries and AED Electrode Pads, Onsite CPR, AED First Aid Safety training classes at your Florida business.  Contact The CPR School at 877-6-AED-CPR or 877-623-3277 or on the web at http://www.TheCPRSchool.com

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