First Aid: Skills To Save a Life

Would you know what to do if someone collapsed in front of you? What about if an accident happened and someone was bleeding heavily? In a conversation with two emergency medicine physicians, Dr. Cindy Chang and Dr. Brad Sobolewski, we dive into first aid and the importance of acting quickly and calling for help if an emergency unfolds in front of you. Learning how to do CPR, stop bleeding and use an AED, are all important steps that parents and older kids can take together to be ready. This 40 minute episode could literally help you save someone's life.

Topic timestamps:

3:33 - Types of first aid and when you could need them

5:45 - High quality CPR - why it's important and how to do it

7:40 - Hands-only CPR - why breaths aren't advised anymore

10:20 - AEDs - what they do and when to use one

12:30 - AEDs - how to use one

15: 32 - Hemorrhage and bleeding control

17:19 - Tourniquets - why and how to use one

22:20 - Teaching kids first aid skills to learn more about right age to teach them

25:05 - CAT tourniquets and bleeding control kits

26:44 - Addressing concern about fear or hesitation to do first aid

29:43 - Trusted organizations for teaching first aid

31:40 - Additional benefits to parents who learn first aid

32:55 - AEDs in public places and who can use them

34:10 - Purchasing an AED and first aid supplies

38:06 - Final thoughts from our experts

Trusted organizations:

American Heart Association CPR & First Aid

Red Cross Training | Take a Class | Red Cross

Project ADAM

STOP THE BLEED - Save a Life | Stop The Bleed