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<blockquote data-quote="mike33" data-source="post: 357524" data-attributes="member: 14195"><p>Your local Red Cross offers these courses. I am a 22 year vol. ff. and our training is thru Univ. of Md. but for members only, however different states and locations could be different. I have a similar story of why training is so important for EVERYONE. About 15 years ago i had to go to red cross for a cpr class for national certification for a higher level of firefighter cataglory. My fire company has an ambulance service but i mainly stayed on the fire side. I received my cert and of course the manuever for someone choking. About 2 months past than i attended a wedding in Ohio, during the reception i stepped out side for a chew and no one was around. With in a couple a minutes a man crashed thru the door acting very in different , he started to throw him self against a car hood and it finaly sunk in, he was choking. I right of way grabbed him and started the hymlec ( how ever spelled ) the guy was real big and it took all i could do and after 4 cracks he finally spit out a chicken bone he was choking on. By now other people including his wife was out side and stated what happened. The guy right of way thank me for saving his life. It happened so quick and i thought later of what happened if it didnt work. Speaking to ems staff after i got home everyone said keep on doing it because the person will die otherwise. I actually thought after the 3rd lunge i might of broke a rib i was doing it so hard, but that is what it took. Later i had a man walk up and thank me for my action he was the county sherrif and the man i saved was one of his deputies. I later received a nice plack from the Portage County Sheriffs office for doing this. The plack was nice but seeing the man walk away breathing and a simple thank you was enough. Here is a case where this guy tried to get away from the crowd so he wouldnt feel embarrased and was the wrong thing to do. Inside the reception room just to my knowledge was my wife, sister in law, and mother in law of whom was all registered nurses. The guy actually ran away from help and if a redneck like me was not outside it could of been fatal. It is so important for everyone to have a little training in these fields you NEVER know when you might need it. I will say CPR does save lives but if you run in to this situation and apply it and it doesent work, do not beat yourself up and feel you done your best. I hate to say this but over the years just driving the ambulance i have seen it given around 15-20 times and it didn't save the person. That is mainly do that most of the time it was given to late. My story!</p><p>Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mike33, post: 357524, member: 14195"] Your local Red Cross offers these courses. I am a 22 year vol. ff. and our training is thru Univ. of Md. but for members only, however different states and locations could be different. I have a similar story of why training is so important for EVERYONE. About 15 years ago i had to go to red cross for a cpr class for national certification for a higher level of firefighter cataglory. My fire company has an ambulance service but i mainly stayed on the fire side. I received my cert and of course the manuever for someone choking. About 2 months past than i attended a wedding in Ohio, during the reception i stepped out side for a chew and no one was around. With in a couple a minutes a man crashed thru the door acting very in different , he started to throw him self against a car hood and it finaly sunk in, he was choking. I right of way grabbed him and started the hymlec ( how ever spelled ) the guy was real big and it took all i could do and after 4 cracks he finally spit out a chicken bone he was choking on. By now other people including his wife was out side and stated what happened. The guy right of way thank me for saving his life. It happened so quick and i thought later of what happened if it didnt work. Speaking to ems staff after i got home everyone said keep on doing it because the person will die otherwise. I actually thought after the 3rd lunge i might of broke a rib i was doing it so hard, but that is what it took. Later i had a man walk up and thank me for my action he was the county sherrif and the man i saved was one of his deputies. I later received a nice plack from the Portage County Sheriffs office for doing this. The plack was nice but seeing the man walk away breathing and a simple thank you was enough. Here is a case where this guy tried to get away from the crowd so he wouldnt feel embarrased and was the wrong thing to do. Inside the reception room just to my knowledge was my wife, sister in law, and mother in law of whom was all registered nurses. The guy actually ran away from help and if a redneck like me was not outside it could of been fatal. It is so important for everyone to have a little training in these fields you NEVER know when you might need it. I will say CPR does save lives but if you run in to this situation and apply it and it doesent work, do not beat yourself up and feel you done your best. I hate to say this but over the years just driving the ambulance i have seen it given around 15-20 times and it didn't save the person. That is mainly do that most of the time it was given to late. My story! Mike [/QUOTE]
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