Accidents can occur at any time, and in many situations, someone ends up in the emergency room. However, if everyone has basic first aid and CPR knowledge not only do you benefit from having this knowledge but others around you also benefit from it as well. We do not always need professionals to save lives. In fact, if everyone could give first aid or CPR they could prevent people from losing their lives unnecessarily.
As I have already said in my introduction accidents occur at any time and it is important for everyone to learn CPR and first aid because it can save someone’s life. This could be the most basic reason why everyone should learn CPR and first aid. Based on statistics from the Palms Beach Post, Dr. Alan Zelcer a cardiologist at Delray Medical Centre stated that about 400,000 people die each year from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. If someone around these people could perform CPR then these people could have had their brain function preserved during an emergency as it would keep the blood circulating through their body and increase their chances of survival.
Also, not every accident requires hospitalization. That is why having the basic first aid knowledge would increase patient comfort. For example, if a person is bleeding profusely and there is a person with knowledge on how to clean and dress the injury, the injured person would be more comfortable as the person with the first aid knowledge would help in easing their pain. These things as easy as they may seem could be tasking for an inexperienced individual, or for people that try to do it themselves without the knowledge of how to go about it.
Why is CPR Important?
Learning first aid and CPR could also prevent a situation from becoming worse. I will use the same example as my first point a person who is bleeding profusely, if no one has first aid knowledge they would be unable to stop the bleeding which could worsen the situation drastically and cause a lot of blood loss. If everyone has first aid knowledge, worsening of medical emergencies can be prevented. The patient would be stable until emergency medical services arrive and take control of the situation.
Another reason why everyone should learn CPR, and this could be one of the most important reasons, and that is to prevent brain death. Performing CPR is not an arduous task especially if you are well trained. If a person can perform CPR they stand the chance of rescuing a person from loss of life or being in a coma for a long time it keeps the patient’s brain function intact long enough for them to be fully resuscitated.
Conclusion
So therefore, everyone should find a center to learn CPR and first aid. You never know whose life you might save, or whose pain you could ease just from learning these two simple things.