Dankmeyer staff members are required to have several kinds of training to meet our American Board of Certification (ABC) accreditation requirements. CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) training is not required by ABC, but it is a skill that we think is a valuable skill to have - both to provide emergency care to our patients and staff, and be an emergency resource out in the community.
The Mayo Clinic website page says “Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving technique that's useful in many emergencies, such as a heart attack or near drowning, in which someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped.” (For more information, click here.)
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were not able to provide this training to our staff as we have in the past. This year we were happy to arrange training through Bayside CPR & AED Training Center (an American Heart Association training center.) Our instructor, Steven Yetton, brought his training materials from their Annapolis office, which include a powerpoint and the adult and infant dummies that are used for hands-on practice.
Using our Baltimore Washington office conference room as the CPR education center, staff members got a bit of a workout when practicing techniques on the dummies arranged on the floor! Training was provided to administer CPR to both adults and infants. At the end of the session, staff members were able take the required written test in order to get their official certification and CPR cards.
Education and service to our communities are two important pillars of our mission. Steve and the folks at Bayside helped us to accomplish our CPR training goals to further that mission.