As I was looking through childcare listings the other day, I noticed most nannies and babysitters were certified in infant CPR. I thought well if I am requiring my nanny to be certified, then most certainly, my husband and I should be trained in it as well! Moreover, my husband's uncle had a stroke last year, and within seconds, a teen lifeguard on the train performed CPR on him and SAVED.HIS.LIFE. So although we hope that we are never called upon to perform CPR, a three hour training certainly is a small price to pay for possibly saving our or another infant's life.
When we arrived in class, we received our very own plastic blow up baby.
Then we watched a DVD on how to perform CPR by pressing into the baby's chest 30 times, and the puffing breaths into his mouth two times. The plastic baby's chest "clicks" when you press in the right spot and hard enough; and his chest rises when you puff the right way. It wasn't as simple as I thought!
You have to press into the baby's chest with quite force, and fast, to achieve the results you want. It almost feels like you may bruise the baby - although that's better than the alternative!
We also learned how to get small objects out of baby if he is choking, which is a real threat. Hopefully we won't feel the need to use either technique ever, but I feel MUCH better knowing what to do in the event of an emergency.
When we arrived in class, we received our very own plastic blow up baby.
You have to press into the baby's chest with quite force, and fast, to achieve the results you want. It almost feels like you may bruise the baby - although that's better than the alternative!
We also learned how to get small objects out of baby if he is choking, which is a real threat. Hopefully we won't feel the need to use either technique ever, but I feel MUCH better knowing what to do in the event of an emergency.
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