Compressions for Life Presentation American Heart Association - CPR education and certification on the Kitsap peninsula.

1. Compressions for Life
CPR Education and Certification
Proudly serving the Kitsap Peninsula

2. Mission Statement
It is the mission of Compressions for Life to promote health, safety
and well being in the community. This is accomplished by
providing professional CPR and First Aid Training to health care
providers and other members of the community so that in the time
of need they will be prepared.

3. Our Educational Center
701 Pacific Avenue
Downtown Bremerton

4. Lead Instructor
• Kevin Bernt is the lead instructor at our facility and has
been teaching various pre-hospital medical classes for the
past 10 years.
• He is currently employed as a Firefighter/Paramedic
serving your local Kitsap Peninsula communities.
• He also instructs for Kitsap County Emergency Medical
Services (KCEMS) as a Senior EMT Instructor
• During his tenure in the Fire Service, education has been a
priority and passion for him, he has achieved five degrees;
his most recent degree is a Masters of Science in Public
and Fire Administration.

5. Why should I fit
this class into my
busy schedule?
• Anyone can learn CPR!
• 70 percent of Americans feel helpless to
act during a cardiac emergency because
they do not know how to administer
CPR.
• According to AHA statistics home is
exactly where 88 percent of cardiac
arrests occur.
• The life you save with CPR is mostly
likely to be someone you know!
* Information provided by AHA

6. Why Learn
CPR?
• Cardiac arrests are more common than you
think, and they can happen to anyone at any
time.
• Nearly 383,000 out-of-hospital sudden
cardiac arrests occur annually.
• Many victims appear healthy with no known
heart disease or other risk factors.
• Sudden cardiac arrest is not the same as a
heart attack.
• Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when electrical
impulses in the heart become rapid or chaotic,
which causes the heart to suddenly stop beating.
• A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to
a part of the heart muscle is blocked. A heart
attack may cause cardiac arrest.
*Information provided by AHA

7. Why Take
Action?
• Failure to act in a cardiac emergency can lead to
unnecessary deaths.
• Effective bystander CPR provided immediately
after sudden cardiac arrest can double or triple a
victim’s chance of survival.
• However, only 32 percent of cardiac arrest
victims get CPR from a bystander.
• Sadly, less than eight percent of people who
suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital survive.
• The American Heart Association trains more
than 12 million people in CPR annually, to equip
Americans with the skills they need to perform
bystander CPR.
* Information from AHA

8. Common Excuses to
not take a CPR
Class
Do these excuses fit you?
• Too busy to take a class!
• I will never use this skill!
• The class is too pressuring and
demanding!
• I think I already know it, I took it 5 years
ago!

9. Remedies to
these Excuses
• We offer workplace CPR – an hour out of
your workday we come and train your
workplace during Lunch Break!
• We do not pressure you or embarrass you
during our instruction, we know how it
feels.
• Having to give CPR is sudden and
unexpected, nothing is more reassuring
then knowing the skill in a time of need.

10. Workplace CPR
• We arrange through your employer
to come teach CPR in your
workplace.
• This class is instructed by a
Professional Fire/Medic that works
in your community.
• For approximately an hour you are
educated on workplace emergencies
and how to mitigate them.
• You customize the time and length
of the class to fit your needs.
• This is an excellent team building
event that has enormous benefits
for your team!

11. American Heart Association
Certifications
• Basic Life Support for the
Healthcare Provider
• Heartsaver CPR/AED/First Aid

12. Compressions for Life Classroom
701 Pacific Ave – Downtown Bremerton
Outside Inside

13. Compressions for Life is Mobile
This class was taught in an
Apartment complex cabana.
We provided instruction
and certified workers within
the apartment industry.

14. Compressions for Life LLC
• We do what we do because we
care!
• The Kitsap Peninsula is the
community that we live and
work in. We want everyone to be
safe and live the long life that
they deserve!