I have been taking CPR and First Aid classes for I don't know how long and I had wondered if I would ever need to know this stuff. The other day at Costco I just about needed it.
I was walking out after I had paid for my items and not happy about how much I had spent, as usual, and I hear people saying someone call 911. Of course being interested in anything medical I tried to look and see what happend. A man had collapse on the ground in the middle of the parking lot and was having a seizure. I saw people were trying to do compressions and breathing on the man after his body gave out because of the seizure. I ran over there knowing that compressions after a while can wear a person out and asked a Costco employee if the people needed help with compressions and that I know CPR and First Aid. Luckily as I was asking them the rescue squad pulled up and they took over and I walked out of there way but continued to watch. For the next 10 to 15 min the EMT's were doing compressions, using the defibrillator, and giving oxygen to the man.
I will never know if this man lived or died but because of people having been trained in CPR and First Aid a life can be possibly saved. I hope anyone who reads this will understand the importance of just knowing the basics on how to help someone in a emergency situation and will go out and receive training. I know I will for the rest of my life renew my certification as often as necessary.
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