CPR and PAD

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

The Pinewood Fire Department in conjunction with UPFF local 1505 provides CPR training once a month from June through Sept.

Heart attack, drowning, electric shock, and other problems may cause a person’s heart to stop pumping blood. Studies show that effective CPR right away improves survival from cardiac arrest. You never know when you might need to use these skills you learn from this course on one of your loved ones. You can make a difference!

Sadly 70 percent of Americans feel helpless to act during a cardiac emergency because they either do not know how to administer CPR or their training has significantly lapsed. As much as 88 percent of cardiac arrests are witnessed by family members. The Pinewood Fire Department will help teach you what you need to know to help save a loved one’s life.

The Pinewood Fire Department teaches “Hands-only CPR” which consists only of compressions. Hands-only CPR gives patients the best chance of survival, by keeping the blood moving until professional help arrives. Anyone can learn CPR and everyone should! We teach all ages so don’t hesitate to sign up.

To learn more about Hands-Only CPR visit azshare.gov/info4public

The Heart saver course will provide the general public with the hands on training and confidence you’re looking for in a CPR class. All classes are taught by certified CPR instructors that are full time Pinewood Fire Department firefighters

This is a free course offered to all members of the community and lasts about 2 to 3 hours. If you would like a healthcare provider card the cost is $5.00

The Pinewood Fire Department has implemented a program in the community called the PAD (Public Access Defibrillation). The goal of this PAD system is delivering an early electrical counter shock to primary ventricular fibrillation victims, training is key and response of personnel is imperative.

Through review and evaluation of our community we have asked all the businesses throughout the community to buy and place an AED inside their business that is easily accessible to the community.  Through the extension of modern technology, training, and immediate service delivery, our community has the unique opportunity to impact citizen mortality due to sudden cardiac death.

A community P.A.D. equipment program, coupled with the massive effort to train the largest number of citizens possible in CPR and defibrillation intervention, will provide that needed first responder capability, insuring that a higher percentage of victims of this deadly disease will walk out of the hospital to resume their lives as fully productive citizens in our community.

Synopsis

Through the extension of modern technology, training, and immediate service delivery, our community has the unique opportunity to impact citizen mortality due to sudden cardiac death.  The infrastructure is already in place in our EMS delivery system to extend an expanded care role from our professional responders.  However, the first onscene citizen responders must have the training and equipment needed to impact this disease in a quick and timely fashion.  A community P.A.D. equipment program, coupled with a massive effort to train the largest number of citizens possible in CPR and defibrillation intervention, will provide that needed first responder capability, insuring that a higher percentage of victims of this deadly disease will walk out of the hospital to resume their lives as full and productive citizens in our community.