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Cardiac Arrest Victims Get CPR From a Bystander
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Cardiac Arrests Occur At Home
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People Who Suffer Cardiac Arrest Outside Of Hospital Survive
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Feel Helpless To Act During a Cardiac Emergengy
What We Offer
Family and Friends CPR Course: 4 Hours
A popular class for homes, Pre-primary and Primary schools, Daycare centres.
No prior knowledge/training required
Heartsaver First Aid Course: 5 Hours
This course is suitable for: Parents, Au Pairs, Teachers and Assistants, Coaches, Aftercare Staff, Matriculants and Scholars, Caregivers, Child Minders and/or persons dealing with children within the work environment or on a daily basis needing to know the basics of First Aid.
Discovery Miles (1000) earned.
Heartsaver CPR with AED Course: 4 Hours
This course is suitable for: Gym Instructors, Yoga Instructors, Swimming Coaches, Sport Coaches, Biokinetic Staff, Matriculants, Pharmacy Staff, Doctors’ room/medical staff, paramedical Staff (Beauty Therapists) Customer Service staff etc.
No prior knowledge/training required.
Discovery Miles (1000) earned.
Family and Friends Domestic CPR Course: 4 Hours
A popular class for homes and Day-care centres.
No prior knowledge/training required.
BLS CPR Course: 6 Hours
This course is offered to Medical and associated medical staff ie: Physiotherepists, Biokineticists, Dentists and assistants, Homeopaths, Pharmacy staff etc.
Discovery Miles (1000) earned.
Level 1 First Aid Course: 20 Hours / 3 Days
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are a few of the typical frequent questions that are put to us along with brief explanations
Can I fit into an existing course?
Are courses available over weekends?
Do I earn Discovery Miles from your courses?
Yes, as MED-X is accredited to the Discovery program through the Resuscitation Council 1000 Discovery Miles would be awarded to any member who has completed an accredited CPR course through MED-X. MED-X personnel will take care of this registration process on your behalf on completion of the course.
Nearly 383,000 out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests occur annually and 88 % of cardiac arrests occur at home.
Many victims appear healthy with no known heart disease or other risk factors.
Sudden cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack.
Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when electrical impulses in the heart become rapid or chaotic, which causes the heart to suddenly stop beating.
A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle is blocked. A heart attack may cause cardiac arrest.
Four out of five cardiac arrests happen at home.
Statistically speaking, if called on to administer CPR in an emergency, the life you save is likely to be someone at home: a child, a spouse, a parent or a friend.
African-Americans are almost twice as likely to experience cardiac arrest at home, work or in another public location than Caucasians, and their survival rates are twice as poor as for Caucasians.
Effective bystander CPR provided immediately after sudden cardiac arrest can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival, but only 32 percent of cardiac arrest victims get CPR from a bystander.
Sadly, less than eight percent of people who suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital survive.
The American Heart Association trains more than 12 million people in CPR annually, to equip Americans with the skills they need to perform bystander CPR.