Kansas CPR, Inc.

08/21/2025

🚨 Why Every Facility Needs an AED 🚨

When seconds matter, an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) can make the difference between life and death. Yet according to the 2023 CARES (Cardiac Arrest Registry for Enhanced Survival) Annual Report, only 11.7% of patients who suffered cardiac arrest in public had a bystander use an AED. That number should be much higher—and your facility can help change it.

Here are 3 ways AEDs help save lives:
1️⃣ Restarting the Heart – AEDs deliver a life-saving shock that can restore a normal heart rhythm during sudden cardiac arrest.
2️⃣ Easy to Use – With clear voice and visual prompts, AEDs guide anyone—even without medical training—through the process.
3️⃣ Buying Precious Time – AEDs bridge the gap until professional help arrives, dramatically increasing survival chances.

💡 At Kansas CPR, Inc., we go beyond training. We:
✅ Sell trusted AEDs from companies like Zoll and Defibtech, along with the supplies you need to keep them ready.
✅ Track expiration dates on pads and batteries so your AED is always in service.
✅ Offer essential add-ons like Stop the Bleed kits, first aid kits, pocket masks, gloves, and more—everything your team needs to respond.

📞 785-230-4140 | 🌐 www.kansascpr.com
Saving a Life is everyone’s business. ❤️

07/25/2025

🚨 Be Ready When It Counts! 🩹🩸
Register now for a First Aid or Bloodborne Pathogens course! Whether it’s for workplace safety, community preparedness, or everyday emergencies, you’ll gain the skills and confidence to act fast and save lives.

✅ Nationally recognized certification
✅ Quick, engaging training
✅ Perfect for individuals & businesses
✅ We offer both HSI and AHA courses to fit your needs

📲 Sign up at www.kansascpr.com or call 785-230-4140

07/24/2025

If your kids can complete the hands on skills they can be certified in CPR. We also offer non-certifying CPR awareness courses that are great for a range of ages!

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03/06/2025

🚑 New Training Available at Kansas CPR! 🚑

We are now offering Health & Safety Institute (HSI) First Aid, CPR, and AED courses! These courses are perfect for workplaces, community groups, and anyone who wants to be prepared for emergencies.

Wondering how HSI differs from the American Heart Association (AHA)? HSI courses are designed with the layperson in mind—they’re easy to follow, engaging, and ideal for workplace safety and community preparedness. Both certifications meet OSHA and workplace requirements. We are excited to offer HSI at a more affordable rate for individuals and businesses!

🔹 Hands-on, practical training
🔹 Learn lifesaving skills for real-life situations
🔹 Certification upon completion

Be ready when it matters most! Contact us today to schedule your training.

📍 Topeka, KS
📞 785-230-4140
💻 www.kansascpr.com
📧 julia@kansascpr.com

11/14/2023

❤️We offer two different learning formats for AHA courses, Instructor led and Blended Learning, for Heartsaver courses, Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS).

💻The Blended Learning format includes a self paced online course with information, test questions and a digital copy of the student or provider manual, and an in person skills check session in one registration. After both have been completed you will receive your provider card for your discipline.

⌚️If you don't have a big block of time at once to devote to your training, use these skills in your job often, or have been recertifying for decades, this format may be right for you!

🗓Check our courses for more information and available testing dates: https://kansascpr.enrollware.com/schedule

🏢Have a group of people that needs certified? We offer on-site training and testing for corporate or community groups. Email julia@kansascpr.com for a quote.

11/04/2023

Haven’t taken a CPR class since high school? Here’s a quick refresher video for how to help someone in public.
Around 80% of out of hospital cardiac arrests happen at home. Are you prepared to help a family member? Find a certifying class: www.kansascpr.com

11/02/2023

Looking for a Basic Life Support class? We have one this Saturday, Nov 4th, 9am - 12pm. For more details, click here: https://kansascpr.enrollware.com/enroll?id=8736585

Need a different date, check out our schedule: https://kansascpr.enrollware.com/calendar

10/31/2023

Does your facility need an AED?⚡️ Contact us today for a quote!

billing@kansascpr.com | 785-230-4140

09/06/2023

Info from the American Heart Association

"Access to AEDs Act Supports Lifesaving Response to Cardiac Arrest in Schools

In March, the Access to AEDs Act was introduced on Capitol Hill. This bipartisan congressional legislation would help ensure schools, including faculty and students, are prepared and trained to respond in a time of crisis. This legislation would authorize a grant program to support CPR and AED training in K-12 schools; purchase AEDs for use in schools; foster new and existing community partnerships to promote the importance of defibrillation in schools; and create cardiac emergency response plans.

Cardiac arrest can strike at any time. About 7,000-23,000 youth under the age of 18 experience cardiac arrest annually, with student athletes being more than 3.5 times as likely than non-athletes.

This bill is endorsed by the American Heart Association, National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League, NBA, WNBA, NASCAR, Major League Soccer, and the NCAA. The National Alliance for Youth Sports, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, American Federation of School Administrators, National Association of State EMS Officials and many other groups also support the bill.

To find out more about the Access to AEDs Act and become part of a Nation of Lifesavers, text ‘AED’ to 46839 and tell Congress to support this vital legislation."

07/07/2022

A good read. Abdominal thrust (aka heimlich) requires limited training and no special equipment. If the person becomes unresponsive begin CPR.

Foreign body airway obstructions (FBAO) occur commonly and the use of an anti-choking suction device has been somewhat controversial.

Anecdotally people have reported to us that these devices work - but what does the data show?

Do these devices work and can they be successfully deployed during an emergency by non-medical bystanders?

A pilot study evaluated 51 participants (a combination of parents and kindergarten teachers) on their ability to use a device with only the manufacturer’s leaflet for instruction.

What were the findings?
Most participants were able to follow the steps in the leaflet.
- The weakest skill was securing the mask to the victim’s airway.
* 43.1% failed to do so with LifeVac
* 33.3% failed with DeCHOKER

There were a higher number of successful FBAO removal in a shorter time with LifeVac
* Lifevac: 82% success (1st min)
* DeCHOKER: 44% success (1st min)
* 67% using abdominal thrusts.

Fitting and keeping the mask on the victim seems to be the largest failure point in both devices used in the study.

So what is the takeaway? Should you run out to buy a device?
Well, like most medical devices, training should be provided before being used in an emergency. Incorporating a device in the FBAO lesson plan of a basic life support course may be beneficial.

What are your thoughts? Do you have any experience using one of the devices?

Read the study here:
http://ow.ly/qn4b50JKe2b

Link to publications on the Lifevac: https://www.lifevac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/uploaded/lifevac-medical-folder-condensed.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2oSvuuQEYJLjOzKCX5JUHAg_hmRYlVPQ_0vQicIACQDehY6IQu-z9w7tE

Note: Handtevy has no COI with either of these devices.

06/29/2022

CPR saves lives.

With the extended weekend approaching, take a moment and learn Hands-Only CPR ❤️

Video: http://spr.ly/6189zkJvB

The AHA’s Hands-Only CPR campaign is nationally supported by Anthem Foundation

06/07/2022

CPR, AED's, and drones can save lives.

Correspondence from The New England Journal of Medicine — Use of a Drone-Delivered Automated External Defibrillator in an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest