CPR Portland Oregon

CPR Portland Oregon - When you need training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, here is a helpful guide to help you find the right CPR training facility in Portland. CPR is one of the best first aid techniques you can learn, and CPR certification is a requirement for many jobs in the healthcare and services industries.  Whether you need it for work or not, getting Portland CPR training can be a good idea because you never know when your first aid training might help to save a life.  

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is administered when someone's breathing or pulse stops. If both have stopped, then sudden death has occurred. While some of the causes of sudden death include poisoning, drowning, choking, suffocation, electrocution, or smoke inhalation, the most common cause is from heart attack. (OSHU.EDU)  Call 9-1-1 if you need help in a medical emergency.

The Oregon Red Cross is a great place to learn more about Portland first aid courses, including Portland CPR training and certification.  They offer the following first aid courses (from their website OregonRedCross.org):

Portland First Aid Class. "Learn how to recognize and respond to an emergency, and give care to help sustain life and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness until medical help arrives. Classes teach you to identify and treat shock, control bleeding, care for a muscle, bone or joint injury, care for a head, neck or back injury stroke, and respond to diabetic emergencies, heat and cold related emergencies, poisoning and allergic reactions. Students receive a First Aid certificate valid for three years.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Portland CPR Class). Learn to care for conscious and unconscious victims, using cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Students receive a CPR certificate valid for one year.

Automated External Defibrillator (AED). This course teaches you how to use an AED on a victim of sudden cardiac arrest. Students receive an AED certificate valid for one year. Learn more about Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) and AEDs.

Portland CPR and First Aid for Children and Infants. This course teaches how to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in children 12 and younger.  Whether you work with children, want training for employees, are a professional rescuer, or simply want to know how to help in an emergency, the American Red Cross has a program for you."

Here are some additional CPR Portland Oregon locations throughout town:

Portland CPR Training Classes

Visit the American Red Cross to learn more about CPR Portland Oregon options to find a first aid program near you.