Nurses are often the first responders on the scene when someone has a medical emergency. That makes it necessary for them to receive proper training to deliver essential and urgent early medical care. This care can save lives. Nursing students need training in the administration of First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). At Health Counseling Services, we offer training courses that give nursing students and current nurses the knowledge and skills they need to provide competent care involving First Aid and CPR.
First Aid and CPR training are important for nursing students for the following reasons:
Assessing Victims
First Aid and CPR training gives nursing students the ability to evaluate patients and recognize the signs of someone needing CPR. The training also helps nursing students learn how to find the problem and provide proper care in other medical emergencies.
Recognizing Symptoms of Cardiac Arrest
Training in First Aid and CPR enables nursing students to recognize the signs and symptoms of cardiac arrest. Nursing students learn how cardiac arrest affects victims and how to perform high-quality CPR and effective ventilation.
Developing CPR Skills
Nursing students will learn how to provide single rescuer CPR as well as 2-person and team based CPR.
Learning How to Give Proper Ventilation
Nursing students will learn how to effectively use a pocket mask and a bag-mask device.
Ability to Use AED
It is vital for nursing students and other medical practitioners to learn how to properly use an automated external defibrillator (AED). Early use of an AED increases the chance of survival. An AED can identify abnormal heart rhythms and deliver a shock to stop an abnormal heart rhythm to allow the heart’s normal rhythm to resume.
Confidence to Handle Medical Emergencies
First Aid and CPR training gives nursing students the skills they need to stay composed while attending to medical emergencies and also how to keep patients calm during time prior to receiving specialized treatment.
Importance of Teamwork During Medical Emergencies
CPR training gives nursing students the ability to work in a coordinated manner with teams to help save lives.
To learn about the First Aid and CPR training sessions we make available to help nursing students and others gain the skills they need to help save lives, call us today at 612.345.8522 or complete our contact form.