American Red Cross First Aid Kits

The Red Cross has long sought to distribute information that could save lives. The Red Cross has sponsored special programs, programs at pool facilities and programs intended to strengthen the public readiness to save drowning victims. Any facilities that have such a program invariably also have a Red Cross First Aid Kit. Now the Red Cross is seeking to enroll an ever larger number of students in CPR classes. The Red Cross has recognized its peculiar ability to hasten the public familiarity with cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. The Red Cross can help members of the public learn the fundamentals of CPR assistance.

When Sharon Lazzara retired from her job at the Red Cross, she did not worry about widening the distance between her and first aid gear. Ms. Lazzara knew that she had a Red Cross First Aid Kit in her home. Still, Ms. Lazzara’s possession of that kit did not offer her the help that she needed, when her husband suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. Roger Lazzara survived that experience, because his wife had taken Red Cross CPR classes.

By taking that class, Ms Lazzara had learned how to administer cardiac pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). No Red Cross First Aid Kit, no matter how well-equipped it might be, can substitute for the knowledge acquired by those who have set aside time for taking the Red Cross CPR class. In fact, during the first week of December in the year 2007, Red Cross officials arranged for widespread distribution of information about Red Cross CPR classes.

It is too bad that the push for enrollment in the Red Cross CPR class has not become evident until fairly recently. Too bad, that such a push did not exist back in 1977. During that year the board member for a Pennsylvania hospital witnessed a tragedy: her husband died of a heart attack. Had she taken a CPR class, she might have steered the events of that August afternoon in another direction.

Possession of a Red Cross First Aid Kit would not have helped that same Pennsylvania woman. Such a kit can not make any person instantly prepared to administer cardio pulmonary resuscitation. At the same time, those who have taken the Red Cross CPR class can see how a Red Cross First Aid Kit has the ability to prevent the occurrence of a heart attack. A well-stocked Kit should contain a package of aspirins.

No person anywhere can say with confidence that he or she will never have a heart attack. For that reason, each person should be ready to hold-off such an attack. The aspirin in a Red Cross First Aid Kit can facilitate the prevention of a heart attack. Thus, one can never know when he or she might need a Red Cross First Aid Kit.

By the same token, no person can know when he or she might observe the tortured motions of a heart attack patient. Those who have taken a Red Cross CPR class know how to respond effectively to such motions. Why do they posses such useful knowledge?

Attendance at a CPR class provides a student with valuable knowledge, knowledge that can aid the saving of lives. For that reason, no person can say for sure when he or she might need to make use of the information imparted by CPR instructors.