How to organize a CPR awareness session in your community?
Le 2023-06-29
It is necessary to intervene in the first minutes to increase the chances of survival of a person who has suffered cardio-respiratory distress. Each of us should therefore learn about CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation). In this way, we can react quickly and carry out first aid maneuvers correctly if ever we are confronted with this type of incident. Whether on the street, at work, with family or even at school. This is why it is important to organize regular CPR awareness in your community. Here are the things you will need to think about for this.
Are you planning to organize a CPR awareness in your neighbourhood, your workplace or your school? The first thing to do is to find qualified and certified instructors who will lead the session. Depending on your objectives, they will talk about:
They can even give demonstrations and offer a short practice session, if necessary.
Depending on the availability of the instructors and that of the target audience, you must then define the date, time and place of the awareness. Regarding the duration of the intervention, it depends mainly on your objectives. Is it just about educating the community about the importance of CPR or does it go much further and even do practice sessions? The instructors will be able to give you a more accurate estimate of how long it will take to fulfill your request.
It is easier to capture the attention of the participants and to convince them by providing them with the necessary resources, which they can also reread at home. Always in collaboration with the instructors, you must therefore prepare a complete, simple, clear and illustrated awareness support as far as possible. You must also obtain the necessary materials such as mannequins, training defibrillators or pocket masks if you plan to offer a practice session.
Next, you need to promote the event. To do this, you can use posters, leaflets or publications on social networks. Make sure that all your targets are informed at least a few days before the scheduled date. This way they can prepare and free up their schedule. Finally, you must offer practical solutions for registrations: by telephone, online and face-to-face.
Organizing a CPR awareness session is a complex mission, but one that can save lives. A person who is able to perform CPR maneuvers increases a patient’s chances of survival by a lot. At Impact Santé+, we offer several CPR training courses adapted to each situation. Contact us for additional information.
