Are You CPR Ready?
The Boston Athletic Association announced it will offer free CPR training to its runners and runner family members at the expo before the Boston Marathon, in the hopes that more people with the life-saving skill will line the marathon route.
Organizers of the 2012 Boston Marathon will offer free training in CPR to as many as 1,000 people who are attending the Boston Marathon expo this year, the weekend before the race.
The goal is to have more people with the life-saving skill along the 26.2-mile route, from Hopkinton to Boston.
Medical research has shown that people stand a better chance of surviving sudden cardiac failure if they have access to a bystander who knows and uses CPR. In recent years, more emphasis has been placed on chest compressions, rather than mouth-to-mouth.
Are you trained in CPR? Have you ever had to use that training? And if not, would you be willing to be trained in it?
edwinzjackson
5:10 am on Sunday, March 18, 2012
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Cheryl Tully Stoll
1:59 pm on Sunday, March 18, 2012
Hi for anyone who received their CPR training years ago, my understanding is that the recommendations have changed a lot. My husband is running Boston this year and we plan to avail ourselves of the new training. We all know adults who have had heart attacks, but many of us also have children in our lives who play sports and are very active. It's worth a small investment of time to be prepared in a tragic circumstance--a few hours spent learning a new skill beats a lifetime of regrets.
Mary MacDonald
6:09 pm on Sunday, March 18, 2012
Hi Cheryl, that's true. I was trained in it a couple years ago, and it seems the compressions are the emphasis now, not as much the breathing. You also think you're pressing enough, and usually it's not enough. Good to get trained, so if something happens, no panic.