CPR Training Today at OYYAM

Today was an awesome day for our CYO Camp Staffers - those that needed it were all given a 4 hour CPR and First Aid training and certification class! It was held in the OYYAM living room and about 20 of our staff members were in attendance where they were able to see a power point of examples in emergency medical situations, hear real stories of emergency calls and how to respond, and learn how to administer CPR & the Heimlich Maneuver among other life saving tips.

This training was provided by the American Heart Association which was taught by the wonderful Fire Chief and Paramedic Scott Kelly of the University Place Fire Department in Tacoma whose real life examples of situations and clear instructions of how to act were incredibly valuable. His use of repetition of instructions and using abbreviations (ABC = A:Airway, B:Breathing, C:Compression for CPR) to help everyone easily remember what to do in an emergency were extremely helpful. He stressed that the more training and preparration you have before an emergency, the greater the liklihood of you being calmer and clearer thinking in an actual emergency.

If you haven't already, I would highly recommend that everyone take a CPR class as it opened my mind to a lot of incredibly valuable information as well as corrected a lot of misconceptions that the common person has about emergency situations! We are very thankful for this training and the CYO Camp Staff members feel even more prepared for Camp Sessions to begin!