Upcoming Group Classes

May 13th @ 6:30 pm
Manhattan Pediatric First Aid Class at the JCC of Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Ave and 75th St. Please call JCC to register at (646) 505-5708

May 17th @ 10:00 am.
Brooklyn Infant/Child/Adult CPR/First Aid/Choking class training on May 17th 10:00am to 12:30pm at the Brooklyn Play Spot on 399 Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn. $75 pp/$85 pp with 2 year American Heart Certification.

May 18th @ 10:30 am
Manhattan Infant/Child/Adult CPR/First Aid Class at Soho Parenting, on 568 Broadway, Suite 402, Manhattan. $85/$95 w/certification per person.

May 31st @ 2:00 pm.
Queens Infant/Child/Adult CPR/Choking/First Aid class training on May 31st 2:00pm at St.Marks Church, 34th Ave between 81st and 82nd Streets, Jackson Heights, in Queens. $75pp/$85pp with 2yr CPR American Heart certification.

June 1st @ 3:00 pm
Brooklyn Infant/Child/Adult CPR/First Aid/Choking Class at Madison Physical and Occupational Therapy, 84-15 4th Avenue, in Brooklyn. $75 per person or $85 w/ certification per person.

June 2nd @ 6:30 pm
Manhattan Infant/Child/Adult CPR class training on June 2nd 6:30pm at the 14th St. Y, on 14th Street between 1st and 2nd Ave, in Manhattan. Please call 14th St Y to register at (212) 780-0800.

June 4th @ 6:30-9 pm.
Brooklyn Infant/Child/Adult CPR/Choking/First Aid class training on June 4th 6:30pm at Cynthia King Dance Studio, 1256 Prospect Ave, Brooklyn, 11218. $75pp/$85pp with 2yr CPR American Heart certification.

June 7th @ 2:30 pm
Brooklyn Child/Adult CPR/First Aid Class at Still Hip 283 Grand Ave, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, 11238. $65 per person/$75 w/certification per person

June 11th @ 6:30-9 pm.
Brooklyn Infant/Child/Adult CPR/Choking/First Aid class training on June 11th 6:30pm at The Backyard, 20 Tiffany Place, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. $75pp/$85pp with 2yr CPR American Heart certification.

June 14th @ 12-2:30 pm.
Brooklyn Infant/Child/Adult CPR/Choking/First Aid class training on June 14th 12:00pm at Brooklyn Dojo, 93 Pinapple Walk,Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. $75pp/$85pp with 2yr CPR American Heart certification.

June 17th @ 6:30 pm
Manhattan Infant CPR/Choking Class at the JCC of Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Ave and 75th St. Register through JCC (646) 505-5708.

June 18th @ 6:30 pm
Manhattan Child/Adult CPR/Choking Class at the JCC of Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Ave and 75th St. Register through JCC (646) 505-5708.

June 21st @ 12-12:30 pm.
Brooklyn Infant/Child/Adult CPR/Choking/First Aid class training on June 11th 6:30pm at The Backyard, 20 Tiffany Place, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. $75pp/$85pp with 2yr CPR American Heart certification.

June 22nd @ 10:30 am
Manhattan Infant/Child/Adult CPR/First Aid/Choking Class at Soho Parenting, on 568 Broadway, Suite 402, Manhattan. $85 per person.

June 24th @ 6:30-9pm.
Brooklyn Infant/Child/Adult CPR/Choking/First Aid class training on June 14th 12:00pm at Brooklyn Dojo, 93 Pinapple Walk,Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. $75pp/$85pp with 2yr CPR American Heart certification.

June 28th @ 2:30-5pm
Queens Infant/Child/Adult CPR/First Aid/Choking Class at the Yoga Room, in Astoria, on 32-32 Steinway Street 2nd Floor

June 29th @ 2:30-5pm
Brooklyn Infant/Child/Adult CPR/First Aid Class in SPANISH/English at the Midwood Martial Arts & Family Fitness Center. $75 per person/$85 w/certification.

Call 1-888-SAFE-557 for more info about scheduling a home, office or group CPR/First Aid class

New AHA CPR Guidelines

There are new American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. The major changes in the 2005 guidelines recommendations for lay rescuers for CPR are the following:

If alone with an unresponsive infant or child, give 5 cycles of compressions and ventilations (rescue breaths) (about 2 minutes) before leaving the child to phone 911. Instead of providing 1 minute of care before calling 911.
Use 30:2 compression-to-ventilation ratio for all victims. Instead of 5:1 ratio for infant and child.
Take 5 to 10 seconds to check for presence or absence of breathing in the unresponsive infant or child.
Do not try to open the airway using a jaw thrust for injured victims - use the head tilt-chin lift for all victims.
Take a normal (not a deep) breath before giving a rescue breath to a child.
First signs a child is in respiratory distress
Give each breath over 1 second. Instead of 1 to 2 seconds. Each breath should make the chest rise.
If the victim's chest does not rise when the first rescue breath is delivered, perform the head tilt-chin lift again before giving the second breath.
Do NOT check for signs of circulation. After delivery of 2 rescue breaths, immediately begin chest compressions (and cycles of compressions and rescue breaths). Airway. Breathing. Compressions & rescue breaths (instead of checking for circulation).
No teaching of rescue breathing without chest compressions.
For children, use 1 or 2 hands to perform chest compressions and compress at the nipple line; for infants, compress with 2 fingers on the breastbone just below the nipple line. Instead of only one hand for child and 1 finger width below the nipple line for infant.
Actions for relief of choking (severe airway obstruction) have been simplified. Rescuers should act if they see signs of severe obstruction: poor air exchange and increased breathing difficulty, a silent cough, cyanosis, or inability to speak or breath. Rescuers should ask the victim 1 question: "Are you choking?" If the victim nods yes, help is needed.