pushing hard and pushing fast cpr party
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One of our friends writes: “I am going to start some CPR parties soon where I teach groups of people about CPR, the importance of quick response, and my experiences as ambulance clinician as well as what CPR is actually trying to do for the person. I am trying to get a structure together that makes it interesting and relevant (not many people are as interested in perfusion rates of the cardiac system as I am). I know I am going to show the youtube video of the gent in the office who survived, and a couple of jobs I have been to both good and bad. I also have an idea to show some laptop based things. Have you any ideas or information I could use? I do want to try and push the idea of CPR parties quite hard and make sure they are ~20 min of info that people will remember.”This is a response and set of general recommendations.TRANSCRIPT
Pushing Hard and Pushing Fast!
Making the Best of 20 Minutes at a “CPR Party”
One of our friends writes:
“I am going to start some CPR parties soon where I teach groups of people about CPR, the
importance of quick response, and my experiences as ambulance clinician as well as what
CPR is actually trying to do for the person. I am trying to get a structure together that makes
it interesting and relevant (not many people are as interested in perfusion rates of the cardiac
system as I am). I know I am going to show the youtube video of the gent in the office who
survived, and a couple of jobs I have been to both good and bad. I also have an idea to show
some laptop based things. Have you any ideas or information I could use? I do want to try
and push the idea of CPR parties quite hard and make sure they are ~20 min of info that
people will remember.”
Here is what we recommend:
Be sure that the settings for the parties are comfortable and have plenty of space
Since you are using a fair amount of multimedia, be sure that it travels and sets up
easily.
Light food and beverages are a plus and will help give the “party” an appropriate social
appeal.
Warning signs of heart attack and stroke are a good place to start. Be brief and to the
point.
Next, your message regarding CPR as a civic duty and moral obligation…and a skill
that everyone should know and be willing to perform.
Consider showing video such as:
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsLZBnOMWG0
or
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBC90L83-
80&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL1FE20BB933DFF4FE
Introduce Hands-Only CPR with a “promotional” style video, suited to the audience.
The gentle humor will help party goers to be more “comfortable” with the active
participation as well as talking about the subject and performing chest compressions.
There are quite a few that are available such as:
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5hP4DIBCEE
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HGpp6mStfY&feature=relmfu
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuN0e4keMwA
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILxjxfB4zNk
Now, with everyone at ease, and prepared for learning, give the party goers something
to push on. This would preferably be manikins but even things like mini footballs or
soccer balls can work in a pinch. Use an “instructional” style video such as this one
and have them practice while watching:
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuJkRpJ7Fxg
At the conclusion of the “instructional” video and without pausing, queue up some
100+ BPM music and have them continue pushing to the beat while you provide
encouragement and reaffirming statements.
Here is a video of a similar approach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-t18pVkObE