CPR, AED, AND FIRST AID TRAINING
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Good Samaritan Story
Did one of your CPR, AED and First Aid students help someone by using the skills they learned in your class? If you're a current authorized HSI Instructor, we would love to give your student an HSI Good Samaritan award. The award will be provided to you by email as a PDF that you can print and present. It will be signed by HSI's General Manager of Emergency Care, Anthony Corwin, and have an area for you to sign above your name, title, and Training Center.
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Good Samaritan Stories
John DePaul
Midwest Safety Group LLC, Illinois
Earlier this year, an employee experienced a sudden cardiac event at his desk. Thanks to the quick response of coworkers who immediately called 911 and security, help was quickly on the way. In the meantime, Esperanza Escalante, along with Thomas Vargas and Tim Tulsty, jumped into action. They assessed the situation, applied and used the nearby AED, and performed CPR until the Chicago Fire Department arrived. Their fast, confident actions kept the individual alive until professional responders could take over and transport him to Northwest Hospital.
Brian Bisson, Jr.
American Federation of Teachers, Connecticut
Thought I’d share some good news. Two young men from the Norwich Technical high School in CT performed CPR for an unresponsive elderly man and the man survived.
Zerrin Ratzer, the junior in the story, earned his HSI Adult First Aid, CPR AED All Ages certification card through a class being offered in his health class.
Jose Delacruz
Columbia Helicopters, Oregon
Two employees, Joe and Noah, were eating lunch at Carl's Jr. located in Woodburn, Oregon. Joe started coughing and Noah asked if he was okay. Joe continued to cough for a few more seconds, but when he stopped coughing, Noah saw he was not able to breathe.
Noah stood up, grabbed Joe from his chair, stood behind him, and started conducting abdominal thrusts. The piece of meat lodged in Joe’s throat came out of his mouth, and he was able to breathe again. Joe was very thankful for Noah’s quick, lifesaving reaction that day.
Jason Fordyce
ABC’s of CPR, Pennsylvania
At approximately 16:40, a woman called 911 from the parking lot in front of the PennDOT building. At 16:45, when two employees, Patrice and Raina, were leaving, they noticed an ambulance circling the parking lot with its emergency lights on.
Patrice, upon approaching her vehicle, noticed a person slumped over in their vehicle. She attempted to call 911, but instead while waiting for 911 to answer, she ran over to the ambulance to report the person in the vehicle. In the meantime, Raina assisted in pulling the person out of the vehicle and began doing chest compressions.
Both employees assisted in saving the person’s life. The medic and EMT who arrived on scene, came back to the office the following week to tell the employees the woman they assisted came out of her coma and is expected to make a full recovery. Without the swift actions of getting the ambulance to where it was needed, and performing chest compressions on the patient, survival would not have been possible.
Cardiac Arrest Survivor Alliance™ (CASA)
Cardiac Arrest Survivor Alliance™ (CASA), a program of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation, is a place for anyone touched by cardiac arrest. CASA fosters an online community for patients, families, friends, caregivers, lay responders, and advocates. Peer support, information resources, and access to experts help community members recover, re-engage, and thrive. CASA is a home for hope and healing.
Learn more and join CASA here: CASAhearts – Cardiac Arrest Survivor Alliance
