CPR and First Aid for Families and Kids
I’m a Girl Scout leader and in order to go on trips with the girls, we are required to be certified in CPR and First Aid. It was really hard for our area council to find the trainers available to teach this class for certification but finally my co-leader and I got in! yeah!!
It was from 9-4pm on a Saturday, which seems like a LONG time to spend away from one’s normal Saturday pleasures. However, I recommend that to ALL people! Even if you don’t have kids or think you’ll never use it. I learned so much that day that I almost felt tempted to go to school to learn more about health and wellness and preventative care.
The biggest thing I learned there, to share with others is:
1. Choking - if someone you know is choking - first ask the person if they can talk. If they can’t and they are NOT coughing, then they are CHOKING! come from behind the person and put fist above naval and under rib cage and pull in to force cough. If that doesn’t work then pound them on their back.
2. Heat exhaustion - Make sure that all people get enough water out in the heat. don’t cool off too fast - use cooled clothes on forehead and such to get their temps down and have the person lie down inside cool room.
There is a lot more but with kids, make sure that they get enough water to drink!
At our next Brownie meeting, Tracy and I worked on a safey Try-It and showed the girls how to help a parent if choking incident came up, and no other adult was around. I don’t know if they got it but we tried 
Now our troop can go on fun trips and comply with safety regulations because we are CPR and First Aid Certified!