Murfreesboro, TN - Published by: SureFire CPR & First Aid

We are EXTREMELY EXCITED to announce the opening of our CPR Training Classroom here in Murfreesboro! This was the initial goal of mine when I began teaching the lifesaving skills of CPR & First Aid. Not only can we travel to your workplace to train you and your staff how to react in the face of emergencies, we can now offer open enrollment classes throughout the enitre month for the community to be trained in these skills, as well! All you have to do is go to our website, www.surefirecprfa.com, go to our calender page and register for one of our upcoming classes! It's that simple! We feel that the opening of this classroom will be a vital resource in making not only our community a safer place to live, but our homes as well.

For any questions regarding CPR, First Aid or AED training, call us at 615-785-7158.

Murfreesboro, TN

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If you are a restaurant owner or simply work in the industry, this blog is for YOU! Each day your doors are open for business, the foot traffic through your restaurant includes people from all walks of life. What do they bring with them besides their appetites? Their health problems. When you think about it, all age groups that frequent your establishment can have a myriad of health concerns ranging from cardiovascular disease to diabetes. Ask yourself this: If one of your customers were to collapse, would you or any of your staff know what to do? In most cases unfortunately, this answer is no. CPR & First Aid training isn't something many eateries think about, but should. At minimum, at least management should be certified in CPR & First Aid so they know how to react in an emergency involving a customer or a fellow staff member.

SureFire CPR & First Aid offers layrescuer CPR that is ideal for restaurant staff. We use the cirriculum from the American Heart Association and tailor the training for YOUR needs. Material covered in these classes includes Adult/Child CPR and Relief of Choking (Heinlich Maneuver) for adults, children and infants. Additional topics can be included in a First Aid module that covers recognition of diabetic emergencies, stroke and allergic reactions. These topics are extremely important due to the sudden nature in which they occur. Early recognition can make the difference in a quick recovery and death.

To schedule a CPR class for you and your staff, call us at 615-785-7158 or find us on the web at www.surefirecprfa.com. We will come to your location to prepeare your staff while making your establishment safer for your customers and employess, alike.

The title of this blog is broad in spectrum so let me narrow it down a little. Let's just say it's 2:15 on a Wednesday afternoon. Quitting time is around the corner but not close enough to get excited about yet. You're finally done answering the last of your emails that you were behind on when you decide it's time for that mid-afternoon snack from the trusty vending machine in the break room. As you walk into the breakroom, you notice Mary, the new secretary lying on the floor. It looks like she is gasping for air but only every few seconds. You call out her name but she does not respond to you. What do you do? Are you prepared? Do you know CPR? Do you have an AED on site? Do you remember what they told you in your last CPR class? "Wait, when WAS my last CPR class?" you ask yourself. "Oh my gosh...I don't know what to do"

This scenario is not that out of the ordinary. It happens every day. Well not always in the break room so it's ok to go get your Famous Amos cookies now. What I'm talking about is Sudden Cardiac Arrest or (SCA). In general, people want to help. The problem is, most of the time, they just don't know how or they have forgotten what they learned in their last CPR class that was over 2 years ago. Does this sound familiar? This is why I founded SureFire CPR & First Aid. As a full-time Firefighter/EMT for the City of Murfreesboro, I have seen first hand how not being prepared can effect the outcome of a medical emergency in the workplace. My mission is to raise awareness and prepare my community.

By now, you should be asking yourself, "How do I go about preparing my workplace for a medical emergency", or at least you should be. Luckily for you, I have the answer for ya! All you have to do is contact us to come out to your site and put on a CPR/AED class. We use the cirriculum established by the American Heart Association. We also tailor the training to the needs of YOUR work site by running scenarios involving your staff, preparing them ahead of time for a real life emergency.

Do you have an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on site? Do you remember how to use it? Did you know the pads and battery have an expiration date? Guess what? We sell AEDs! If you are one of our customers or purchase through us, we monitor those expiration dates for you and by the way, it's FREE! Yes, that's not a mis-print...it's FREE! We figure you have enough to worry about let alone if your AED is operational.

So, have I answered the question about preparing your business for a medical emergency yet? I thought so! All you have to do is call us at SureFire CPR & First Aid and we can get started preparing you and your staff with a life saving education!

Karl Daigle, Founder

615-785-7158

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If you are reading this, you care about life. It’s our most thing valuable thing as humans. We spend our days treasuring it and mourn when anyone loses it. Here in Murfreesboro, SureFire CPR makes life restoration their primary goal.

Do me a favor; get out your phone. Save SureFire CPR in your contacts, 615-785-7158. Now pray you'll never need this in an emergency. I was privileged to be able to take a CPR certification class with the company founder Karl Daigle. Karl lives in life saving. When he's not teaching people how to save a life, he's saving lives as a professional firefighter.

Myself and my friend Mike Myers (yeah really, that's his name) took the American Heart Association CPR/AED course at the office. Not only was Karl exactly on time (Just like Porridge, not too late, not too early) But he was fully prepared and we started 5 minutes after his arrival.

The video-led course was pretty fundamental. Karl is the one who made the difference. Mike said it best, "He did a great job. He explained clearly, and made me feel comfortable and eager to learn." I couldn't agree more. I also received CPR certification cards less than a week after the class.

So what's my overall advice to Sure Fire CPR training? TAKE THIS COURSE. It takes on hour, and you do not want to be the person who could have prevented death.

We wanted to thank Fleet Feet Sports Murfreesboro for partnering with us in implementing an AED program for their store here in Murfreesboro. The staff at Fleet Feet were trained in CPR and AED use and were interested in purchasing a defibrillator to have available during their many training runs that prepare their clients for marathons. We wanted to commend their efforts in providing a safe training enviornment for their customers and willingness to go out of their way to help their community.

Fleet Feet Sports Murfreesboro is just one of the many customers that have helped us to raise awareness to the importance of Public Access Defibrillation. It is estimated that more than 95% of sudden cardiac arrest victims die before reaching a hospital, resulting in approximately 250,000 deaths each year in the U.S. That's three lives every seven minutes - over 600 people a day. With increased awareness to these statistics and getting more members of the community and in the workplace trained in CPR and the widespread placement of AEDs, we can help to increase the survival rates of those who suffer from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).

To learn how you can set up a CPR class in Murfreesboro and surronding counties, contact us @ 615-785-7158 or www.surefirecprfa.com.

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Murfreesboro, TN - We are excited to announce as of this month, SureFire CPR & First Aid is now an authorized distributor of Philips AEDs! With this latest development, we now have the oppurtunity to increase our ability to raise awareness to the importance of CPR with AED use. With the ease of use and lower cost of these life saving machines, the ability to equip your office, school or gym with an AED is easier than ever.

Here is a basic overview of using HeartStart OnSite AED:

If an AED is needed, turn on the machine and place the AED pads on victim's chest as illustrated on the pad package. If a shock is advised, the defibrillator directs you to press the flashing orange Shock button.The OnSite also advises you to call emergency services and perform CPR. While performing CPR, the defibrillator’s voice instructions can be activated to coach you on the frequency and depth of compressions as well as breaths. Should EMS need a summary of care, it can be retrieved from the defibrillator’s internal memory. An EMS provider simply presses the i-button and HeartStart OnSite verbally recounts events from its last clinical use.

For more information on the purchase of an AED for your company, contact us at 615-785-7158.

*The above overview of using an AED is NOT meant to be any form of certification. For actual certification in CPR and AED use, contact us at www.surefirecprfa.com.

When a 4-year-old boy was drowning, sheriff’s Sgt. Eldon Currey quickly gave the child two quick rescue breaths and rolled him over. Water poured from the boy’s mouth and Currey checked his pulse.

“His heart was beating a mile a minute,” Currey recalled.

Currey gave the boy another rescue breath before handing the child over to paramedics and police officers. The boy survived.

To recognize Currey’s efforts, Sheriff Robert Arnold presented him the Lifesaver Award pin that the sergeant proudly wears on his uniform at his job at the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center.

The rescue occurred last July when Currey, his wife, Heather, and daughters Alia and Eliana, who was also 4, were vacationing in Pigeon Forge after Currey returned from serving in Iraq with the 278^th Armored Combat Regiment. They were enjoying the pool when a woman screamed and pulled the boy from the water.

Currey was well-trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid because he taught those classes at the sheriff’s office. He immediately asked his wife to call 911 while treating the boy. Once in the ambulance, the boy began talking and recovered.

The sergeant credited his wife for helping save the boy’s life by calling 911 and getting emergency responders to take over treatment. The boy’s family gave Currey a card, the hotel gave the family free lodging and the Pigeon Forge Tourism Department donated free passes to the Titanic Exhibit.

During a roll call ceremony, Arnold talked to the second shift about an officer who performed a good deed.

“I was really surprised when he gave it to me,” Currey said. “I didn’t do anything anybody else would have done.”

He wears his pin proudly every day. He encouraged people to take American Red Cross CPR or other life-saving classes.

Currey said it was nice to be recognized by the sheriff but the “greatest reward is making sure that young man was OK.”

The Difference between Sudden Cardiac Arrest and a Heart Attack

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Sudden cardiac arrest is often confused with a heart attack. Although a prior heart attack increases one's risk for sudden cardiac arrest, the two are quite different, with distinct risk factors, treatment options and outcomes.

Anatomy of a Heart Attack

A circulation problem of the heart causes a heart attack when one or more of the arteries delivering blood to the heart are blocked. Oxygen in the blood cannot reach the heart muscle, and the heart muscle becomes damaged. You can think of a heart attack as a “plumbing problem” in the heart.

This damage to the heart muscle can lead to disturbances of the heart's electrical system. And a malfunction of the heart's electrical system may cause dangerously fast heart rhythms that can lead to sudden cardiac arrest.

Anatomy of Sudden Cardiac Arrest

In contrast to a heart attack, sudden cardiac arrest is caused by an “electrical problem” in the heart. It occurs when the heart's lower chambers (ventricles) suddenly develop a rapid, irregular rhythm (ventricular fibrillation) causing the ventricles to quiver rather than contract. The chaotic quivering motion of the ventricles renders the heart an ineffective pump that can no longer supply the body and brain with oxygen.

Within seconds, the person loses consciousness and has no pulse. Only immediate emergency treatment, such as cardiopulmonay resuscitation(CPR) and external defibrillation, can prevent death from sudden cardiac arrest. Time is key to surviving sudden cardiac arrest, with chances of survival decreasing about 10 percent every minute without defibrillation. The American Heart Association recommends defibrillation within five minutes of collapse or sooner.

If you are interested in learning the lifesaving skills of CPR & AED use, contact SureFire CPR & First Aid to schedule a class, today! We provide onsite CPR classes in Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Nashville and surronding locations.

Murfreesboro, TN - Think about something for just a second. Answer these questions to yourself: Where are you right now? How many people are around you? Men, women and children? What would happen in the case of an emergency? If you do not have the training to operate a defibrillator or know how to properly perform CPR, you can’t assume that someone else does. It may be you on the ground not breathing. It may be your child.

Meet Sure Fire CPR & First Aid. I met with owner Karl Daigle and learned just how important saving a life can be and how ANYONE can be that angel. Karl spent four years in the Navy and now is a Murfreesboro firefighter. I asked him why he would want to start a CPR training company in Murfreesboro. His answer stunned me, “My daughter has had three heart surgeries. I have found that very few school employees were prepared for a first aid emergency situation. And as far as Murfreesboro…this is where I live. This is where I serve the community through the fire department.”

Around Murfreesboro, there are very few resources to get life emergency training. Add that you never know what tragedy might happen or where you might be and you have a formula that makes it difficult to ignore this. Right now, someone near you could collapse and need CPR or an AED.

CPR (or cardiopulmonary resuscitation ) according to Princeton’s Wordnet is an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration. An AED, defined by the same source, is an electronic device that administers and electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in order to restore a normal heartbeat.

The American Heart Association recommends that one person in every household be CPR certified. Insurance companies offer discounts of premiums for having AED’s stocked in the office. Emergency situations have to be proactively treated. If you are reactive, you risk someone’s death. All of these things, AED’s, training, licenses and paperwork, are taken care of by Sure Fire CPR & First Aid. It’s one-stop shopping for saving lives. Avoid the costs of lost labor, replacement and bad press by preparing for an emergency with the hopes it never happens. Group and corporate discounts are offered. Sure Fire CPR & First Aid is your Murfreesboro life saving, training resource. Call Karl Daigle at (615)785-7158 or email the company at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .