Joint effort to train CPR

U.S Marine Corps Lance Corporal Adrian Saenz, Marine Aircraft Group-14 Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3 communications navigator, and U.S Marine Corps Corporal Patrick Taylor, Marine Aircraft Group-14 Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3 seat shop technician, practice cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures during a class May 17, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. CPR is a lifesaving technique used in many emergencies including heart attacks or near drownings, in which someone’s breathing and or heartbeat has stopped. Two separate classes were offered, during which 38 Marines, Airmen and soldiers were trained. Taylor and Saenz’s home stations are Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. Taylor’s hometown is Laconia New Hampshire. Saenz hometown is Madera, California. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Colin Cates)

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Joint effort to train CPR

U.S Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Stuart Sylvester, Marine Aircraft Group-14 Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3 munitions senior non-commissioned officer in charge uses a bag valve mask during a cardiopulmonary resuscitation class May 17, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. CPR is a lifesaving technique used in many emergencies including heart attacks or near drownings, in which someone’s breathing and or heartbeat has stopped. Two separate classes were offered, during which 38 Marines, Airmen and soldiers were trained. Sylvester home station is Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, and his hometown is the Bronx, New York. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Colin Cates)

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Joint effort to train CPR

U.S Marine Corps Lance Corporal Thomas Kaseca, Marine Aircraft Group-14 Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3 munitions aviation ordnance technician, practices cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures during a CPR class May 17, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. CPR is a lifesaving technique used in many emergencies including heart attacks or near drownings, in which someone’s breathing and or heartbeat has stopped. Two separate classes were offered, during which 38 Marines, Airmen and soldiers were trained. Kaseca home station is Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, and his hometown is Anadarko, Oklahoma (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Colin Cates)

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Joint effort to train CPR

Published May 23, 2014
By Senior Airman Colin Cates
379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar -- Al Udeid Air Base hosted a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation class and two American Heart Association instructor came from neighboring Camp As Sayliyah to be the approving authority for the class.

In the joint effort the two AHA instructors and two instructors from here taught two separate classes, training 38 participants with a 100 percent pass rate in the life-saving CPR skill.

"A recent medical event put a spotlight on a need for a CPR class, and it was discovered that there were no classes available here," said Staff Sgt Jack Williams, 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron independent duty medical technician and CPR instructor. "The base is not a military training network training site because most members are taught this training at home station, which is why it was a huge help to have the two instructors come out here from Camp As Sayliyah."

"From this training I know there are 38 more people that can provide the care that will help a Soldier, Airman, or Marine home to see his or her family," said Army Staff Sgt. Dennis England 1st Squadron 10th Calvary Regiment treatment non-commissioned officer in charge and AHA certified instructor.

CPR is a lifesaving technique used in many emergencies including heart attacks or near drownings, in which someone's breathing and or heartbeat has stopped.

"The emphasis is that this could happen to anyone at any given time," said Williams. "It is far better to have the training to be able to do something, rather than to do nothing at all. Remember, the difference between you taking action or not could be someone's life."

"All in all what this is, is a great example of the Army, Air Force and Marines coming together to make our respective services and AUAB a safer place, said England. "I thank them all for giving me this opportunity and hope we get to do more classes in the future."