Basic Life Support

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving technique useful in many emergencies, including a heart attack or near drowning, in which someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped.

The American Heart Association recommends that everyone - untrained bystanders and medical personnel alike should be able to perform CPR in an emergency.  (You Could SAVE A LIFE!)

Just A Few Simple Steps...

1. Activate EMS (Emergency Medical Services)

Check the injured person for responsiveness. If the person is not responsive and not breathing or not breathing normally. Call "YOUR LOCAL EMS", USA 911 UK 999 Europe 112 etc. and return to the injured person. If possible bring the phone close to the person and place on speaker mode. In most locations the emergency dispatcher may be able to assist you with CPR instructions.  Important Point - DO NOT WASTE TIME LOOKING FOR A PULSE! If no signs of response begin compressions.

2. Begin Chest Compressions.

If the injured person is still not breathing normally, coughing or moving, begin chest compressions. 

Push down in the center of the chest 2-2.4 (4 to 5cm) inches 30 times.

Pump hard and fast at the rate of 100-120/minute, twice as fast, than once per second.

3. Perform EAR Expired Air Resuscitation (Only if trained and comfortable with skills)

Tilt the head back and lift the chin. Pinch nose and cover the mouth with yours and blow until you see the chest rise. Give 2 breaths.  Each breath should take 1 second.

More details about CPR...

CPR involves chest compressions for adults between 5 cm (2.0 in) and 6 cm (2.4 in) deep and at a rate of at least 100 to 120 per minute. The rescuer may also provide artificial ventilation by either exhaling air into the subject's mouth or nose (mouth-to-mouth resuscitation "EAR") or using a device that pushes air into the subject's lungs (mechanical ventilation "BVM Bag Valve Mask").  Note the mouth to mouth has been dropped in many Countries, however if you have a pocket mask or BVM then this may be effective in helping recovery...

Current recommendations place emphasis on early and high-quality chest compressions over artificial ventilation; a simplified CPR method involving chest compressions only is recommended for untrained rescuers. In children, however, only doing compressions may result in worse outcomes. Chest compression to breathing ratios is set at 30 to 2 in adults.

CPR alone is unlikely to restart the heart. Its main purpose is to restore partial flow of oxygenated blood to the brain and heart. The objective is to delay tissue death and to extend the brief window of opportunity for a successful resuscitation without permanent brain damage. Use of supplemental oxygen in addition to CPR may be greatly beneficial... See IHMP Oxygen First-aid. 

Administration of an electric shock to the subject's heart, termed defibrillation, (Use of an AED is highly recommended), is usually needed in order to restore a viable or "perfusing" heart rhythm.

Defibrillation is effective only for certain heart rhythms, namely ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia, rather than asystole or pulseless electrical activity. Early shock when appropriate is recommended. CPR may succeed in inducing a heart rhythm that may be shockable. In general,  CPR is continued until the person has a return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) or is declared dead.

  ITDA/IHMP (Stephen Craig-Murray) Are full members of the UKRC 854697 and also the ERC The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) is the European Interdisciplinary Council for Resuscitation Medicine and Emergency Medical Care.

BLS Basic Life Support

IHMP BLS First-Aid training and certification programs with IHMP... ITDA Instructors may also certify as IHMP "Specialist" First Aid Instructors and Trainers...

IHMP/ITDA BLS First Aid Training Program

From First Aid and Basic Life-Support Certification to Advanced Life-Support, Rescue and EMT Training, plus Specialist Scuba, First Aid At Work, Hyperbaric and Professional First Aid Training. BASIC LIFE SUPPORT from ITDA/IHMP is very different from most first-aid training program in that we cover: Physiology and Anatomy and almost all possible emergency first-aid situations.

Looking for causes, prevention and first-response treatment (Pre-Hospital care)... And this program maybe used in additional to our AED/DEA First-Aid and Oxygen First-Aid Programs.

IIHMP have been the first aid and medical training division of ITDA Group International since 2010 and before that European Technical Diving Agency since 1998.

Our business philosophy has always been "be innovative, be prepared, and ALWAYS be human". We are one of the few or maybe only first aid training companies that designs, develops and supports our own programs.

When you work with IHMP you get real people who have real life experience in teaching, training and developing your skills in the practical application of first aid and emergency care.

Whether you need help deciding which training program will work best for your needs, have a question about one of our products, or just want to make sure we really are as human as we claim...

just mail us at admin@diveitda.com

CPR First Aid and BLS

IHMP CPR First Aid Training is for anyone to learn the basic steps in life saving first aid and offers a basic certification level in First Aid using International standards and up to date techniques.

 

IHMP CPR First Aid includes:

• CRP  (Emergency Response Program)

• Basic First Aid Skills for a general variety of Accidents and Injuries

• Rescuer Risks Assessment and Safety Check

• Primary Assessment

• Secondary Assessment / Injury and Illness Assessments

• Stage Steps to Successful CPR - Open Airway - Good Compressions and EAR (Expired Air Resuscitation)

• Recovery and Handover to Emergency Personnel

• Rescuer Risks Assessment and Safety Check

Who will benefit from this level of training and certification?

Anyone from any background will benefit from this program, but especially: Sports Instructors, Teachers - Dive Store Staff -  Office Staff, Resort/Hotel Staff, Divers, Divers families & friends, and Diving Professionals (any Agency) will Benefit greatly and gain confidence to deal with Diving and Non Diving Emergency Situations requiring first response / emergency care in general situations and various environments.

But whoever you are and whatever your training level and experience, BLS Training could change your chances from effecting a poor and difficult attempt to help an injured person with excessive personal risks, to a very successful one, with much less personal risk!

You Could SAVE a life...

Standards

ITDA Group International and IHMP First Aid and Medical Training Standards meet and exceed in most cases all National and International Standards, Our CPR Standards follow the latest standards and reviews from the AHA (American Heart Association) and the EU ERC (European Resuscitation Council). We also offer training, certification and registration with AREMT (Australasian Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians) 

We also only issue certifications based on actual ability level, sometimes this means requiring more experience before full certifications are awarded. 98% of our programs are pass first time...

  ITDA/IHMP (Stephen Craig-Murray) Are full members of the UKRC 854697 and also the ERC The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) is the European Interdisciplinary Council for Resuscitation Medicine and Emergency Medical Care.

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