I signed my DD up for a safe sitter course; she wants to take it for a GS badge. I got an email from the instructors yesterday and I hate to say it, but it didn't dawn on me until hours later that they'd be using the CPR dummies, which will have been used by others in the past.
Has anyone here who has food allergies (we're dealing with egg, peanut, and tree nut) taken a CPR class and used the dummies?
What should I ask for in terms of accommodations?
It's been 32 years since I've taken CPR, but I seem to remember that we used an alcohol wipe on the mouth of the Resuci-Annie. Would that be sufficient in the case of food allergies?
Ah --- she can get a mouthpiece and do the training. I think that is how they do it now --- using the CPR mouthpieces (which, someone with a severe food allergy should have in their "kit" of some sort...I have one in my car-medical kit) is standard now.
Ask them about it? I've always gotten one when I've asked.
Yup. That's what DD's class used.
Something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Adult-InfantCPR-Mask-Combo-Gloves/dp/B0054N8M26/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1409763916&sr=8-3&keywords=cpr+mask (http://www.amazon.com/Adult-InfantCPR-Mask-Combo-Gloves/dp/B0054N8M26/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1409763916&sr=8-3&keywords=cpr+mask)
So I ordered the mask in the previous post and I also ordered this product in the link below.
http://www.amazon.com/pack-Shield-Barrier-Pocket-KEYRING/dp/B000VB5LFW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1409766496&sr=8-4&keywords=cpr+face+shield (http://www.amazon.com/pack-Shield-Barrier-Pocket-KEYRING/dp/B000VB5LFW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1409766496&sr=8-4&keywords=cpr+face+shield)
I have taken CPR classes several times, recently just a few weeks ago. They give everyone a mouth protector that is disposable to put on the mouth of the dummy, so no extra accomodations were necessary. They are very careful these days not to put students at risk for microbes; hence the disposable cover for the mouth that each student receives. I am severely allergic to peanuts and I had no problems, since my mouth never touched the mouth of the dummy.