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1 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:02,544 (soft music) 2 00:00:02,544 --> 00:00:05,797 (cardiograph beeps) 3 00:00:05,797 --> 00:00:07,674 (cardiograph flatline) 4 00:00:07,674 --> 00:00:09,009 King County actually 5 00:00:09,009 --> 00:00:12,554 has one of the highest cardiac arrest survival rates in the entire world, 6 00:00:12,554 --> 00:00:17,225 and a big part of that is because so many bystanders are trained in CPR. 7 00:00:17,308 --> 00:00:20,228 - I've been in situations where I've, you know, wished 8 00:00:20,228 --> 00:00:21,855 that I knew more about CPR. 9 00:00:21,855 --> 00:00:24,024 - Have you ever come across a situation where you ...? 10 00:00:24,232 --> 00:00:25,025 Yeah, yeah. 11 00:00:25,859 --> 00:00:26,985 A couple months ago. 12 00:00:26,985 --> 00:00:28,570 - CPR is a lifesaving skill, 13 00:00:28,570 --> 00:00:29,988 and Seattle’s ahead of the game. 14 00:00:29,988 --> 00:00:30,739 A heart attack, 15 00:00:30,739 --> 00:00:32,782 The easiest wat to put it is a circulation problem, 16 00:00:32,782 --> 00:00:36,077 and think about cardiac arrest as an electrical problem. 17 00:00:36,453 --> 00:00:37,579 That's when we do CPR. 18 00:00:37,579 --> 00:00:40,248 They’re sudden, they can’t, they’re unconscious, 19 00:00:40,248 --> 00:00:42,167 They're unresponsive, They’re not breathing. 20 00:00:42,167 --> 00:00:45,754 One of medic 2’s goals is removing as many barriers as possible for people 21 00:00:45,754 --> 00:00:49,132 to learn CPR and have that critical skill and potentially save lives. 22 00:00:49,382 --> 00:00:50,675 So we don't do pulse checks anymore. 23 00:00:50,675 --> 00:00:53,636 But what we do is we call them out. Hey, are you okay? 24 00:00:53,636 --> 00:00:54,929 Hey, are you okay? 25 00:00:54,929 --> 00:00:56,890 They don’t respond, I feel safe, I can, 26 00:00:57,932 --> 00:00:59,392 Hey, are you okay? 27 00:00:59,392 --> 00:01:00,310 Hey, are you okay? 28 00:01:00,310 --> 00:01:04,731 - We've taught community CPR classes here at Seattle Fire Department headquarters 29 00:01:04,731 --> 00:01:08,943 for years, but recently we've built this partnership 30 00:01:08,943 --> 00:01:10,820 with Seattle Parks and Recreation. 31 00:01:10,820 --> 00:01:12,405 What we want your heart to do, 32 00:01:12,405 --> 00:01:15,283 is kind of this, like boom, boom. Boom, boom. 33 00:01:15,784 --> 00:01:16,659 That's great. 34 00:01:16,659 --> 00:01:18,745 We call that a normal sinus rhythm. 35 00:01:18,745 --> 00:01:19,662 And we love this. 36 00:01:19,662 --> 00:01:23,124 Seattle Fire reached out to us, which was amazing, being proactive 37 00:01:23,124 --> 00:01:25,835 and just said, hey, we have an opportunity to offer free 38 00:01:25,835 --> 00:01:27,837 CPR classes to the community. 39 00:01:27,837 --> 00:01:29,881 It just made sense to do them in the community centers 40 00:01:29,881 --> 00:01:34,094 because these are the the binding hubs for our neighborhoods in Seattle. 41 00:01:34,427 --> 00:01:39,265 And, this is helping us get to more people, to underserved communities, 42 00:01:39,265 --> 00:01:43,186 to people who, populations who never were able to 43 00:01:43,186 --> 00:01:43,895 maybe have the, 44 00:01:43,895 --> 00:01:46,648 find the chance to learn how to get certified, to help them. 45 00:01:46,731 --> 00:01:49,317 - It was an easy, like, ten minute drive for me, and it looks like they're 46 00:01:49,317 --> 00:01:51,945 put on pretty much like every other week or something like that, so ... 47 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:53,321 My shoulders in line with the chest, 48 00:01:53,321 --> 00:01:54,030 my head over ... 49 00:01:54,030 --> 00:01:54,906 - It was easy, it was convenient, 50 00:01:54,906 --> 00:01:56,407 and it was free. 51 00:01:56,407 --> 00:02:00,537 - If you would like a CPR certification card for any reason, it does cost $30. 52 00:02:00,537 --> 00:02:03,039 But we also offer that class for free. 53 00:02:03,039 --> 00:02:05,083 If you don't want to receive a certification card. 54 00:02:05,083 --> 00:02:06,501 So say you just want the skills 55 00:02:06,501 --> 00:02:09,003 You can come and take the class and not pay anything. 56 00:02:09,003 --> 00:02:10,713 We have a couple ways to find the center of the chest. 57 00:02:10,713 --> 00:02:13,091 One way is if you go kind of this low part. 58 00:02:13,091 --> 00:02:14,509 If evryone can do this, with two fingers. 59 00:02:14,509 --> 00:02:17,387 You see this soft part, this soft part right here? 60 00:02:17,387 --> 00:02:18,680 Kind of under your chest, 61 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,141 two fingers up, that's where we want to do CPR. 62 00:02:21,141 --> 00:02:22,350 Not on the left side, 63 00:02:22,350 --> 00:02:23,643 right side, right in the middle. 64 00:02:24,352 --> 00:02:26,062 We have two different options for classes. 65 00:02:26,187 --> 00:02:28,690 We do a hands on CPR class 66 00:02:30,066 --> 00:02:32,485 So you're learning basically compression, only CPR. 67 00:02:32,485 --> 00:02:35,196 How to use an AED and then actually performing CPR. 68 00:02:35,196 --> 00:02:36,990 - (AED machine) Place the pad firmly on skin. 69 00:02:37,615 --> 00:02:41,494 We also teach an adult child an infant CPR certification class, 70 00:02:42,245 --> 00:02:45,415 you're learning, CPR, how to use an AED. 71 00:02:45,415 --> 00:02:47,000 - And now flip. - This way? 72 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:47,458 - Yes. 73 00:02:47,458 --> 00:02:48,793 - Choking intervention techniques. 74 00:02:48,793 --> 00:02:51,254 - And then I'm going to stabilize with this hand. 75 00:02:51,296 --> 00:02:53,965 - On adult, children, and infants. 76 00:02:53,965 --> 00:02:57,218 In all of our classes, you're going to learn about what to look out for. 77 00:02:57,218 --> 00:03:01,639 Agonal breathing is a reflex of your brain stem, and it's a sign of death. 78 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,308 And so it can sound like a couple different things, 79 00:03:03,308 --> 00:03:04,809 but most of what it sounds like is, 80 00:03:04,809 --> 00:03:06,603 (choking sound) 81 00:03:06,603 --> 00:03:07,478 that sort of sound. 82 00:03:07,770 --> 00:03:10,773 So if someone goes unconscious, how to tell if they're breathing or not, 83 00:03:10,773 --> 00:03:12,734 and how to tell if their heart is beating or not, 84 00:03:12,734 --> 00:03:15,695 and then when to step in and actually start performing CPR. 85 00:03:15,695 --> 00:03:17,906 - You're going to do 30 compressions, 2 breaths, 86 00:03:17,906 --> 00:03:20,033 just enough to see the chest rise. 87 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:22,619 - Certification classes also include rescue breaths. 88 00:03:22,619 --> 00:03:25,538 - For infants, we're going to start 89 00:03:25,538 --> 00:03:26,456 with two breaths. 90 00:03:26,456 --> 00:03:28,750 - Sometimes you feel intimidated doing it. 91 00:03:28,958 --> 00:03:31,544 But it seemed to go really well. 92 00:03:31,544 --> 00:03:34,005 - We got people coming in for different reasons. 93 00:03:34,005 --> 00:03:35,381 - I'm a personal trainer, 94 00:03:35,381 --> 00:03:37,383 and so it’s a job requirement. 95 00:03:37,383 --> 00:03:40,428 I also work security in Fremont at a venue, 96 00:03:40,428 --> 00:03:42,222 And also just for the betterment of humanity. 97 00:03:42,222 --> 00:03:45,099 - Most people I would say, want to learn to save a life. 98 00:03:45,099 --> 00:03:46,935 Okay, clear, clear, clear. 99 00:03:46,935 --> 00:03:50,355 - No one wants to think about this happening, but it's a possibility. 100 00:03:50,355 --> 00:03:54,776 Actually, more than 70% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen at home. 101 00:03:55,235 --> 00:03:58,238 - Besides wanting to be up to date on everything, 102 00:03:58,238 --> 00:03:59,948 I also take care of an elderly. 103 00:03:59,948 --> 00:04:03,243 Aunt I have young children that live next door 104 00:04:03,243 --> 00:04:05,203 that I take care of occasionally. 105 00:04:05,203 --> 00:04:08,206 So I felt I needed to know what to do. 106 00:04:08,665 --> 00:04:11,793 - You knowing what to do to step in to help that loved one 107 00:04:12,001 --> 00:04:15,004 can be the difference between them living or dying. 108 00:04:15,463 --> 00:04:17,423 - I work in the field like in the wilderness sometimes. 109 00:04:17,423 --> 00:04:21,261 And so this person was, they were choking and I had, like, wilderness first aid 110 00:04:21,552 --> 00:04:21,970 and everybody's 111 00:04:21,970 --> 00:04:25,098 kind of freaking out, you know, if I have to step into a situation 112 00:04:25,098 --> 00:04:26,015 like that in the future, 113 00:04:26,015 --> 00:04:29,185 I think I’ll be a little bit calmer and a little bit sure of what's going on. 114 00:04:29,185 --> 00:04:30,645 - We want to save lives. 115 00:04:30,645 --> 00:04:32,146 We want eventually the idea that, 116 00:04:32,146 --> 00:04:35,275 I know it's hard but, everyone in Seattle can do CPR. 117 00:04:35,483 --> 00:04:36,818 That would be amazing. 118 00:04:36,818 --> 00:04:39,570 (cardiograph flatline returns to beeps) 119 00:04:55,169 --> 00:04:57,463 Watch CityStream, Tuesday nights at 7pm 120 00:04:57,463 --> 00:05:00,300 on the Seattle Channel, or find us anytime online at 121 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:04,304 SeattleChannel.org