#red cross classes

[cumberlandfarmz]

I’m in my signing up for classes era rn I wanna sign up for all the classes

[dimondsaremadeunderpressure]

I take my classes seriously I swear!

I'm in a Red Cross online class and my teacher asked who are you going to call and Instead of saying 911, I replied with Ghostbusters!

[iamnotadesigner]

red cross classes: first aid, cpr & aed for the lay person

while i can't take the class until after my surgery, it's something i'm going to do.

http://www.redcross.org/take-a-class

my mind is still trying to process yesterday. i had a hard time going to bed until i admitted to the dr., "I saw too many horrible things today."

i couldn't stop myself from watching all the videos and looking through all the horrific slide shows of gruesome bloody photos. i don't know why i couldn't just stop myself.  i kept hitting refresh.  i kept letting it consume me.  i kept my mouth shut though as i didn't really want to talk about it.

i couldn't really talk about it.

i didn't know how to. in all my online conversations and text messages the most i could come up with was.

fuck.

the thing that i could not let go was the idea that someone had decided to head to the marathon to celebrate the fact that human beings do crazy shit like run 26.2 miles just because they can and then...

'l saw someone lose their leg' 

'i saw dismemberment'

and then they're met with this.

whether they were running the race and were moments away from fulfilling a dream, whether they were cheering from the sidelines looking for their loved ones, or yelling out encouragement and love to strangers for the sheer joy of it...

they're met with this kind of horror.

Steve Silva, the sports producer from Boston.com was filming at the finish line and his comments were the first ones i saw posted online as well as his video.

His were the first words i read that made my insides crumble.

My connection to Boston and the lazy summer days i spent laying around in Copely Square brought this close to home for me but my new found running routine (with the ultimate goal of running a marathon) made me feel a whole new level of shock and sorrow.

Being so far away I feel so helpless and useless.  If you know me, you know that I have severe issues with feeling useless.

So the only logical thing for me would be to learn something useful and while i never want to be in a situation that would ever call for me to use this knowledge I will be damned if disaster struck around me and all I could do was stand there and not do anything. the class would be a small step towards being a certified emergency medical responder.  

Locals:  Sports Basement also offers free CPR training classes in the city though I don't think they offer official certification:  http://community.sportsbasement.com/free-classes/cpr/

The Red Cross also offers classes in Emergency Preparedness and Emergency Medical Response.  

it's something i want to do for myself.  i'm a doer and i have a hard time not doing anything.

in the meantime, i'm taking a break from the media coverage. while i want to know the whys and hows and whos as much as everyone else does i'm not a fan of speculation and finger pointing and the mess that comes with it.  

[firstaidcerts]

First Aid and CPR Classes

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Canadians are given the option of selecting from a great number of first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation lessons classes. These lessons range in duration from four hours to 18 hours. Most providers offer renewal courses for people that want to renew old certificates. The major CPR and 1st aid lessons featured via the Canadian Red Cross include:

Standard first aid and CPR courses

Standard Childcare 1st aid lessons

Emergency 1st aid lessons (click here for more information)

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Babysitting first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation classes

CPR training is included inside the previously listed programs. Automated external defibrillator (AED) education is provided. Nearly all major Red Cross providers give candidates the opportunity to choose the type of cardiopulmonary resuscitation schooling to join the course.

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation level A

CPR level C and AED

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation level "C" for health care providers (CPR "HCP") 

Most of these training courses are usually made available in cardiopulmonary resuscitation "only" programs. Automated external defibrillator (AED) training is offered with the stand-alone lessons.