By: Anish Y. Delivering relief: The Red Cross has not been quiet when it comes to supporting health care organizations. They’ve accomplished over 200 requests to support quarantine and facilities and provided more than 40,000 relief items (such as cots, blankets, and hygiene kits) in several states including California, Oregon, Texas, Washington, and more. The Red Cross has also established its Safe and Well system to let people know when there are hospital transfers. It also ensured that people in need don’t go hungry during times of disease. Many community collaborators have distributed food and resources to mandatory quarantine orders. During this time, social distancing protocols are followed to ensure safety. They have also set up food distribution sites where possible including hard-hit places such as Los Angeles and New York City. To provide health care services, local friendly volunteers are helping to answer questions about COVID-19 and providing wellness checks for the elderly. The Mission: The main effort to stop the pandemic includes training services, donations, and international services. As one of the largest youth organizations in the country, They continue to fulfill their duties even during this time. They provide online courses for COVID 19 tips and mental healthcare. The goal is to spread awareness of the public health guidelines and social distancing procedures. They even offer professional courses on their website for certification. As an organization, they provide many items such as comfort/hygiene kits to military families and more operate through the COVID changes. The network of Red Cross stations worldwide helps send emergency messages between deployed service members and their families at home. Their outreach is global, ranging from transporting patients to hospitals in Italy to installing handwashing facilities in Bangladesh’s refugee camps. Safety and Security: Due to the pandemic, the Red Cross has been working in more efficient ways to stop the spread while also continuing the mission. This includes better performance as many new blood drives were added leading to 203,600 units of blood from the more drives. In the Red Cross donation facilities, there are now infrared thermometers for fever checks, in addition to other supplies: masks, gloves, hand sanitizer, disinfectant, and etc for better cleaning precautions. The Red Cross also uses double red cell machines (which can collect more blood from eligible donors) and electronic blood donation record equipment. What You Can Do:
Ultimately, it is crucial to understand that the Red Cross relies on its communities and donations for support. As you may know, many families are in need during these desperate times, so your kindness and generosity towards support the Red Cross will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for all the help! Sources:
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By Vallari Shah Disclaimer: This article does not certify you to conduct CPR. Please review the official cpr resources for more information, or take a cpr course to become a trained cpr. We encourage you find a training on https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/cpr Did you know that every year, there are 450,000 Americans who die from a cardiac arrest? And did you also know that 350,000 of those Americans have a cardiac arrest outside of the hospital every year? This number continues to get bigger, making it critical for more and more people to get trained to perform CPR. Every year, the American Heart Association educates more than 22 million people globally to learn about first aid, CPR and other life saving techniques for people who desperately need help. In this article, I am mainly going to fill you in on what CPR is, the importance of it, as well as include some of my own opinions of first aid in this club. CPR is an important training that everyone should have. It can save a person’s life, whether they are a stranger or a family member. Imagine if someone in your house collapsed on the floor and all you could do was call 911 and pray for help to come soon. Now think about the same situation, but now you have CPR training. You see someone collapse, remain calm, call 911 and begin CPR, which could potentially save his/her life. How great would it feel to know that you can be kind and help people around you by engaging in a training course? Before we get into too much detail, let me walk you through what CPR is. CPR stands for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and should only be used in emergencies, as it can be life threatening otherwise. When you first notice a person you suspect is experiencing cardiac arrest on the floor, walk up to them and tap their shoulders while constantly asking if they are okay. You should then check the scene around him, making sure they are safe, before instructing people near you to call 911, find an AED or complete other tasks. It is crucial that you understand never to leave the patient by themselves. If you are alone, call 911, but don’t leave the victim, not even to get an AED or another item. After 911 is called and the scene is overlooked for safety reasons, CPR can begin. You should compress the center of the patient’s chest and perform 30 compressions followed by two rescue breaths. These breaths give you and the victim a chance to breathe, before continuing another 30 compressions. Make sure to follow to compress the victim’s heart at a rate of 100-120 beats per second or to the tune of “Staying Alive.” Continue to repeat all the above compression exercises until help arrives and be sure to hand the exercises over to another person if you get too exhausted to continue. Remember your life is important too! Now that you have a brief idea of CPR and it’s life changing ramifications, I want to express my opinion on further incorporating CPR training into our Red Cross club. First aid is a common topic in our club discussions, but I believe that not everyone trains them or educates themselves enough in CPR. Like I mentioned earlier, CPR is beneficial and can save a life a lot of times. Not enough people know this, so let me make my point more clear and say that CPR should be required by all Red Cross volunteers, as well as everyone else, regardless of their involvement in the Red Cross. Why is it that in today’s day and age, enough people can’t understand that life is short and worth saving? Why can’t we all understand that every single life is precious? If there is something you can do to help protect a life or take an action in protecting a life, why can’t you take that leap forward and feel confident that you are doing the right thing? Personally, I have a very strong opinion on the topic of CPR, but I want to hear your opinion too. The numbers of deaths due to cardiac arrests and other problems similar to that are growing, increasing rapidly. We, as a community, need to reinforce the idea of CPR and helping others, whenever we get the chance to, before it is too late. Sources
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