I just sit and passed the course today and hopefully I can save a life or two in the future. The course is offered by AHA (American Heart Association) and conducted in Penang Adventist Hospital.
BLS is Basic Life Support. We learned the following skills in the watchful eyes of the instructors
- CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) for adult, child & infant using adult & infant manikins
- To use an automated external defibrillator (AED)
- Relieve choking (foreign-body airway obstruction)
With the affluent lifestyle of Malaysians, lots of great foods leads of bulging waistline that lead to heart diseases. Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in an out-of-hospital scenario. According to my doctor, our brain takes merely 4-min to 'cook', or say 'Kapuk'. So sending a SCA victim to hospital through the Malaysia roads without first giving CPR really reduces the chance of survival for the victim. It's with this hope that more will learn the CPR skills to save more life.
Learning CPR does not make us a doctor, but merely giving us the skills to help sustain the victim's vital organs with sufficient oxygen until the ambulance arrived.
Learning to use the AED is really cool and I am sure everyone already know by now that when we give 'shock' to the victim using AED, you are NOT supposed to touch the victim, otherwise you too get 'shock'. Read more about AED from American Red Cross website.
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