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How Taking A CPR Certification Class Can Be Beneficial

29 June 2018 by Dylan Owens

Even if you have read about how to perform CPR or have watched plenty of videos and feel rather confident about your ability to do it, you will still want to make sure that you are signing up for a CPR class. This will help you in many ways, including the following:

You Will Have First-Hand Knowledge

It is one thing to read about it or watch videos, but it is something different altogether for you to get on the floor with a CPR dummy in order to do the chest compressions. The reason this is important is that working with the dummy will give you the chance to get a feel for just how hard you need to push down for each one of the chest compressions. There will be a certified CPR instructor there that will be able to help you learn how hard to push on the chest, as well as how fast or slow you should be pumping on the chest in an attempt to get the heart going again.

You Will Have A Certification For Your Resume

No matter what type of job you apply for, being able to list that you are certified in CPR is a very good thing. This will help you stand out in a crowd of applicants. After all, the certification will show that you have taken the initiative to further your knowledge and to take action so you can help others. It will also show the employer that you may be one of the people they can turn to for help in the event someone at their place of employment need someone to perform CPR on them. You could someday save one of their lives, and this makes you highly valuable to them. 

You Learn About The New Methods

Even if you have gone through a CPR training class years ago, it is important to make sure that you are going again every time your certification expires so you can get it renewed. The ways in which CPR is performed has changed and may continue to change as new studies find that there are better ways of helping people. By keeping up with your certification, you will always have the latest knowledge to work with, which may just come in handy one day.

Look in the newspaper, online, or call your local hospital to see when there will be another CPR certification class. The sooner you sign up, the sooner you will be newly certified and ready to save lives.  

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