For those of you that have CCW, are you certified by the AHA for CPR and AED?

are you certified

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Caeser2001

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So you have your CCW and ready to defend yourselves, family and possibly others against immediate threat to bodily harm and/or prepared as can be to take a life. How about to save a life?
 
I've got my EMT-intermediate certification by DSHS in Texas. ;) One day I might go back and get my full paramedic certification.
 
Certified instructor for cpr/aed adult and child. Certified instructor for first aid and bloodborne pathogens. I am with the Am. Red Cross though and not AHA.
 
You don't have to be certified to know how to perform CPR. I was trained by a former Marine turned paramedic while in the Boy Scouts. And I've kept up to date about the changing procedures. But I've never been certified by any group or organization (except that I passed the required CPR test/demonstration required to earn my First Aid merit badge).

It's hardly a complicated process, but as with all emergency situations: If you don't feel confident in performing the required action to save a life, don't. If you feel you'd be placing your life in unreasonable danger by performing the required action to save another, don't.

Of course, those are rules of thumb. Each individual must make their own decisions based on the circumstances that they are faced with. I don't push certification, but I encourage anyone to learn useful skills. Basic first aid is one of those, IMHO.
 
One reason for certification is to protect yourself against lawsuits.
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Other way around, actually. When you are certified, you are legally held to a higher standard of care. Those who are not certified are generally better protected by the Good Samaritan laws (assuming your state has one).

pax
 
Other way around, actually. When you are certified, you are legally held to a higher standard of care. Those who are not certified are generally better protected by the Good Samaritan laws (assuming your state has one).
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Right, and this is why I have let my certifications lapse. I had to have them when I was active fire brigade and ERT for my company, including CPR, AED, emergency first-aid, and HazMat. Since I have retired I have let all lapse. We were always warned about doing nothing and possible lawsuits in the offing. Doing nothing, unfortunately, is sometimes the best course of action, once you know about blood-borne pathogens, but you know nothing about the victim.
 
I'm a Red Cross Instructor for Healthcare Providers, and I'm a LEO.
I "nursed" a motorcycle once or twice though. :D

Biker
 
However, as long as you do not violate your training, your certifying agency will help defend you.
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Link? I've seen thousands of lawsuits about CPR or ACLS related care but never heard of AHA or ARC defending anyone.
 
AHA CPR trained through the Navy (not AED trained though),...

But as #20fan put it, I am:

cell phone to 911 trained
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as well.

But if you ask me, you phrased the question incorrectly. I am prepared to take a life to save a life.
 
Absolutely certified. Due for recert in a couple weeks.
All of my family is too.

98% of the company I work for is CPR/AED certified.
I've been the recipient of results of the training.

I had a cardiac arrest at work in 2006. Quick action by my collogues and the use of the AED and I regained my pulse but not consciousness. Rapid action by the local EMS and I was at the hospital in the cath. lab and also put into induced hypothermia. Three days later, they brought me out of the coma and supposedly there was no heart or brain damage. The cardiologist has proven the lack of heart damage but don't ask my collogues about the brain damage. Apparently the jury is still out on that one.:rolleyes:
By the way, the company I work for makes the AED's that saved my life.:D
Lets hear it for LifePaks and training.
dean
 
The only times I have ever heard of successful lawsuits against individuals who performed CPR on an individual were incidents where the rescuers did not follow protocol. Even the few lawsuits that were successful did not result in the court award a mega-lottery ruling against the defendant. And I live in NJ, the most litigious state in the country!
 
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