You can see two popular types of the AED. There may be patches and a cable for young children (under 8 years old, the cable is equipped with an electricity-adjuster) in the AED box. Even if there aren't you can use ones for adult. For young children, you stick a patch on the chest and the other on the back. Be sure that the person is not wet and to remove all the metal belongings (accessories, underwear with metallic wire etc.) before applying the electric shock, or the person can get burnt around them. There are also groves to prevent infection in the AED box.
For young children, you use two fingers to apply CPR. AED should be applied after trying CPR.
When you find something wrong with your baby, hit his/her feet and see if s/he reacts. If s/he gives no reaction, get ready to call 119. To see if s/he is breathing properly, see if his/her belly moves up and down for about 10 seconds. If no, you may need to apply CPR. CPR should be "strongly, quickly and without recess" till the ambulance arrives (the average time is in 7 minutes).
Choking: when your baby was choked, hold your baby with his/her head down (maybe you can sit on a chair), and beat his/her back with your palm like pushing the choking stuff out.
The fire station staff told us that we should open the door before calling 119 because once you start CPR, you can't stop until the ambulance arrives. And it is important to attend emergency management workshops regularly because we may forget as time goes by.
We would like to show our deep gratitude to Hodogaya International Lounge, Hodogaya Fire Station and Hodogaya ward for having provided us this opportunity.
Here are reactions from some of the participants:
Becoming a new parent has made me feel a lot of joy and happiness, but also a lot of worry for all the expected and unexpected that might happen. Things you hope will never happen to your little one (like choking hazards or just stopping breathing for some reason) might occur any time. Knowing exactly what to do in case of such an emergency might be essential for saving your baby’s or child’s life. Today’s lecture at Hodogaya International corner was aimed on performing the first aid on an unconscious baby or a child and was not only very informative, but also with a lot of practical hands on experience. Every participant got to perform heart massage with use of AED on a real size doll, as well as first aid for choking hazards.
So even my fear for an emergency is still there I feel more confident of my abilities giving my baby the first aid she might need one day. Today’s lecture was also a very nice opportunity to get to know and get in touch with other mothers and their babies living in the area and share some interesting information with each other. And I would like to say Thank you to all who arranged such a great event.
-Ms.T (a mom of a baby girl)
It was my first time to attend any kind of rescue lessons.I actually see that some places have AED ready to use, but I never knew how to use one. Especially, when you are living with a small child, there always is a fear that these little lives are just so small and helpless. Whenever my little boy is sick, or bump his head somewhere, I really feel scared that there always are risks.
I decided to attend this AED lessons, hoping that this might be helpful one day if any accident occur,or if nothing happens(well, it’s the best thing), but I can still feel confident that I have knowledge to save lives.After learning how to deal with AEDs, or correct ways to help choking children from a professional rescue team, I feel glad to know the correct method, that I won't feel confused when something actually happens. I think every moms should have this knowledge, it really made me feel better and confident in taking full responsibility to my child's life.
Also, this gathering was a really good place to communicate with other moms in Yokohama.
-Ms. E (a mom of a boy, and #2 on the way)
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