Now, let's cover something that I call the five fears of rescue. This is a problem with
training in that, when people have these fears, and they don't get rid of them, in many cases,
it stops people from rescuing. So, let's address them right away, get them out of the way,
and then when you learn your skills, you'll have the confidence to keep going, and to
make a difference when an emergency occurs. So what are these five fears? Well, number
one, what about being unsure of your skills. I don't know if I'm gonna know what to do,
and if I don't know what to do, maybe I'll do it wrongly, you just never know. Number
two, what if I make the condition of the patient worse? what if I hurt them, what if I kill
them, because I did something wrong. Number three, what if I get sued? what if somebody
thinks that I did something wrong, or I did hurt them, and I suffer a lawsuit as a result.
Number four, what if there is blood or body fluids, and and those blood or body fluids
contain a disease, and I catch that disease, and Number five, what if its too dangerous?
what if there is an electrical cord on the ground, what if there's a higher power line,
what if I am in an intersection with multiple cars crashing, and its slippery, and I become
a victim too. These are all quite legitimate sounding at first glance, but stay with me,
I think we can get ride of them, and when we do, you'll be empowered to rescue, so let's
get right at it. Number one, unsure of your skills is a problem if there is no way to
refresher training. See, we designed our video based education to be available when its best
for you to be ready to self paced when you're ready to learn, not when an instructor's ready
to teach. So, having the ability to go back to the training library, and refresh yourself
whatever you need to, is a great way to get rid of the unsurety of skills. Number two,
what I make their condition worse? well, you have to realize that when a person dies, no
breathing, no pulse, they're clinically dead at least. They don't get worse, they just
remain that way unless somebody is involved. So, when we have an individual who's not breathing,
and doesn't have a pulse, and we do CPR compressions, we're sometimes afraid that we might break
ribs or separate cartilage or do something wrong, but you cannot make a dead person worse,
but if you try with CPR, we might just buy them time and make their condition better.
Number three, what if I get sued, because someone thinks I did something wrong? The
good news is since 1985, The Good Samaritan Act has not failed. Its protected people,
and and immunize them for lawsuit, and its only when people do something, because they
mean to hurt the individual that they get into trouble. As long as you don't receive
any compensation for doing good service or good work, as long as you don't mean to do
anything wrong, and as long as you don't go above and beyond your level of your training,
you're covered under the Good Samaritan Act, and that's reciprocal in all 50 states. So,
don't worry about lawsuits when it comes to the Good Samaritan Act. Number four, what
if they have a blood borne disease? When we have gloves in the CPR shield with a one way
barrier, we keep the bugs or the pathogens on their side, and we keep ourselves on the
other side, and as long as we have this personal protective equipment, we don't have to worry
about contracting the disease, and you say, yeah but I always don't have that with me.
You know, good researchers come back that even if you do compressions on the chest over
and over again which is compression only CPR, without rescue breaths especially on an adult
within the first three to five minutes, its actually helping them at least as much as
full CPR. Now, if you know how to do CPR, go ahead and do it. But, if you don't or if
you don't feel confident, or you don't have your personal protective equipment, hands
only CPR will still benefit the patient, and number five, what if its too unsafe? Now,
this is a legitimate reason not to rescue. You would still call 911, you can still get
emergency medical services on the way, but if that scene is dangerous, we don't need
another patient. We should not be going into something where we become injured on killed,
therefore, we're unable to rescue, we should stay at a safe distance until the scene is
safe, and once the scene is safe, now we can go in and rescue. You see these five fears
stop ninety percent of rescuers from ever using their skills. When you get rid of those
fears, you insert empowerment, you become confident, and you take away the reasons why
you shouldn't get involved. Now, go forth and rescue, and let's begin your training.