By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer
The American Heart Association offers a free app for your smart phone with simple instructions on how to use hands only CPR. It is called, appropriately, “Hands-Only CPR.” I downloaded the app and the first thing you see on the screen is instruction on what to do if an adult collapses. The first instruction is to call 911. Now this mean seem obvious, but when you are in a panic situation, sometimes what is obvious normally becomes confusing. So being reminded, to call 911 is clear-headed practical advice. The other thing on the main screen is a simple direction of how to perform CPR (Push hard and fast in the center of the chest) with a link to a short video showing you how to perform hands-only CPR (no mouth to mouth).
According to the info in the app (Supplied by the American Heart Association), studies have shown that Hands-Only CPR can be as effective as conventional CPR (with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation added). This is one app you don’t want to miss! It could save the life of someone you know.
Check out the Hands-Only CPR App on iTunes here. It also works on Android phones.
Jive Media, Inc also produces other useful life saving apps: Pocket First Aid & CPR (for $1.99) and Pet First Aid($2.99). Apparently, it costs more to learn basic pet first aid than human first aid!
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